Return to the Chalet, Part 2

Nothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep

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Fiction, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Our story tonight is called Return to the Chalet, Part 2, and it’s picking up where Part 1 ended, at a little cabin at the foot of a snow-covered slope. It’s also about waking without an alarm and coffee by the fire, saunas and hot stones, soft hoodies, and not having to decide anything, quiet exchanges, and the achievement of letting yourself receive care without argument. We donate to a different charity each week, and this week we are supporting The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. They work to help Canadian parents, librarians, educators, and caregivers foster a lifelong love of reading in children and teens. Subscribe to our ⁠⁠⁠Premium channel.⁠⁠⁠ The first month is on us. 💙 ⁠⁠⁠⁠NMH Merch, Autographed Books and More!⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to our daytime show ⁠⁠⁠⁠Stories from the Village of Nothing Much⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sit Meditation with Kathryn⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pay it forward subscription⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠Nothing Much Happens⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more Village fun! Get cozy at the Inn with this playlist! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Get more Nothing Much Happens with bonus episodes, extra long stories, and ad-free listening, all while supporting the show you love.
0:09.7	Subscribe now.
0:13.1	Welcome to Bedtime Stories for Everyone, in which nothing much happens.
0:22.7	You feel good, and then you fall asleep.
0:27.9	I'm Catherine Nikolai.
0:30.6	I write and read all the stories you'll hear on nothing much happens.
0:38.0	Audio engineering is by Bob Wittersheim.
0:42.2	We give to a different charity each week,
0:46.3	and this week we are giving to the Canadian Children's Book Center.
0:52.2	They work to help Canadian parents, librarians, educators, and caregivers,
0:59.0	foster a lifelong love of reading and children and teens. Learn more about them in our show
1:05.9	notes. We make a lot of other things besides bedtime stories, the nothing much staffens and I.
1:17.7	Books, audio books, with a new one coming this year. Two other podcasts, merch and bonus and extra long episodes on our premium feed.
1:31.1	You can learn more and subscribe at Nothing Much Happens.com.
1:37.9	Falling asleep to sound is completely natural.
1:43.6	Our ancient ancestors
1:45.0	certainly would have heard
1:48.2	other voices,
1:51.1	crackling fires,
1:53.4	and sounds of the natural world around them.
1:57.3	All things considered
1:58.6	quiet at bedtime is kind of new.
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