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Welcome to Bedtime Stories for Everyone, in which nothing much happens.

You feel good, and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nikolai.

I write and read all the stories you hear on Nothing Much Happens.

Audio Engineering is by Bob Wittersheim.

We give to a different charity each week, and this week we are giving to the proper help foundation.

Their purpose is to pay off student loan debt and help families receive the proper help they deserve. You can learn more about them in our show notes.

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You can start your very own map room, just like at the village museum.

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You can regulate your system by hearing about others doing the same. You can settle your mind,

build more calm, more mindfulness, and of course, a more reliable sleep response by hearing

stories about those demonstrating the same.

It's called reparative witnessing, and it's part of trauma theory.

And the good news is you don't need to understand any of that for this to work.

Just listen. Follow the sound of my voice.

I'll tell the story twice,

and I'll go a little slower the second time through.

If you wake later in the night,

just press play again.

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