Welcome to bedtime stories for grown-ups, in which nothing much happens.

You feel good and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nicolai.

I write and read all the stories you hear on nothing much happens.

Our audio engineer is Bob Witterschheim.

We are proud members of the Curious Cast Podcast Network.

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on calm reminders to breathe, and enjoy the small pleasures around you.

If you need more, nothing much in your life.

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Let me say a little about how to use this podcast.

I'm about to tell you a bedtime story.

It's simple and not much happens in it, and that is the idea.

The story is a soft place to rest your mind.

It's simple and pleasant way to occupy it, so that it doesn't wander away and keep you up.

All you need to do is listen in a relaxed way.

Just follow along with the sound of my voice and the simple details of the story.

And soon, very soon, you'll be deeply asleep.

I'll tell the story twice, and I'll go a little slower the second time through.

If you wake in the middle of the night, you could listen again, or just think your way back through any part of the story that you can remember.

We're training your brain to settle and rest, and the more you do this, the better your sleep will get.

It's time.

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