Opening Up For Communication | Mini Meditation For Releasing Anxiety

Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast

Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Fiction

4.5 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Looking for a steadier mindset before a difficult conversation? Tonight’s mini meditation helps you ground in your body, slow your breath, and show up with clarity - ready to speak honestly, listen openly, and communicate with care. Love Night Falls? 😊 Join Night Falls Premium on Apple Podcasts or via https://nightfalls.supercast.com/ for a rich, immersive and totally ad-free experience 🌙 Please follow and leave us a review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ How are we doing with Night Falls? Let us know 🙌 You can now listen to Night Falls on Youtube! Enjoy the latest episodes with relaxing visuals 📺 About Night Falls 🌕🦌 The Night Falls podcast has been created to gently guide you to sleep with meditation and soothing bedtime stories. Join your host, Geoffrey Austin Newland, every Sunday and Tuesday in the mystical Night Falls, where the air tingles with magic as whispers of stories drift on the breeze along with the embers of the crackling campfire. We will begin each episode with a short meditation, before Geoffrey recounts his adventures in Night Falls, or tells a peaceful bedtime story you may recognise. Looking for the brands I mention on the show? You’ll find all the latest sponsor links and offers right here:⁠ lnk.to/nightfalls ✨ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Jeffrey here.
0:07.0	It's Jeffrey here.
0:24.3	Welcome to Nightfalls.
0:27.3	This practice is here to help you prepare for something many of us find difficult.
0:34.7	Honest communication.
0:37.2	You might want to use this before a meeting or confrontation,
0:42.3	before opening up to a loved one,
0:45.3	setting your boundaries, or communicating your needs.
0:50.3	Maybe you have something you need to say.
0:55.0	Maybe you're trying to listen more fully.
0:59.0	Maybe you're about to enter a conversation that feels a little vulnerable.
1:05.0	Whatever it is, take a moment here to pause to grind to reconnect with yourself so you can
1:18.1	show up with clarity presence and care let's begin with the breath.
1:30.3	Inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth.
1:37.3	Let it be a soft, steady breath.
1:43.3	Again, breathe in calm.
1:48.0	Breathe out any tension in your chest or jaw.
1:55.0	One more time, a deep breath in and let it go.
2:10.6	Now, gently bring your awareness to your body.
2:16.7	Notice where you might be holding tightness in your shoulders, your throat, your belly.
2:27.4	And as you breathe, invite those places to soften.
2:32.8	You don't have to force it. Just invite ease in. Now let these words move through you.
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