The Comparison Trap, Chronic Pain & Identifying Gaslighting 💌 October Magic Mailbag

Sleep Magic: Sleep Hypnosis & Meditation for Sleep Podcast

Sleepiest

Alternative Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this month’s Magic Mailbag, Jessica answers your questions on comparison, gaslighting, and staying kind to yourself when life feels heavy. From learning how to stop spiralling when you compare yourself to others, to responding to gaslighting with strength, to finding light through chronic pain - Jessica shares compassionate advice for navigating life’s tougher moments. And for subscribers, there’s a bonus question that goes even deeper: the baby decision — how to approach one of the biggest choices of your life with full honesty. You can watch this episode on Spotify, or listen wherever you get your podcasts. To unlock the full conversation, including the bonus question, join Team Magic on Supercast, Apple Podcasts or The Sleepiest App 💌 Want more Sleep Magic? Join Sleep Magic Premium ✨ Enjoy 2 bonus episodes a month plus all episodes ad-free, access to Jessica's complete back catalog of over 60 episodes, and show your support to Jessica. To Subscribe 🪄 Apple Podcast listeners, just join using the prompts on the show page. All other listeners, subscribe via Supercast using this link https://sleepmagic.supercast.com/. Spread the Magic: Love the Sleep Magic Podcast? Please subscribe & leave a review ⭐️ Feedback: How are we doing with Sleep Magic? Click here to let us know 🙌 Stay Social: Keep up with Jessica and share your thoughts by following us on Instagram: @sleepiestapp TikTok:@sleepmagicjess About Sleep Magic ✨ Sleep Magic ✨ is a podcast from the creators of Sleep Wave, and hosted by hypnotherapist Jessica Porter.Sleep magic harnesses the power of Hypnosis to help you fall into a deep, restorative sleep easily, just like magic. Beyond helping you drift off into a deep sleep, Jessica will also spend time talking about all the different things that go into being, well, human! From releasing worries to building self-love, she’ll dive deep into how we can improve our relationship with ourselves, as well as our sleep, one night at a time. Looking for the brands I mention on the show? You’ll find all the latest sponsor links and offers right here : https://lnk.to/sleepmagic ✨ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we get started, let's hear a quick word from our sponsors who make this free content possible.
0:07.4	Hi, everyone. I hear from you guys all the time about those nights where your thoughts just won't switch off, no matter how tired you are. It's exactly what we work on together here with sleep magic, and it's also the idea behind
0:21.0	another podcast called Nothing Much Happens, hosted by Catherine Nicolai.
0:26.2	Her show, like ours, is all about calming your nervous system with gentle storytelling.
0:32.3	Nothing stressful, nothing dramatic, nothing you need to keep track of.
0:36.7	Just soft narration and repetition to help you
0:39.8	drift into rest. Millions of people around the world listen to nothing much happens to quiet
0:45.5	their minds before bed. And I recently checked out an episode called From the Hammock on one of those
0:51.0	nights where my thoughts wouldn't quit, and it really relaxed me.
0:54.9	So if you'd like another tool in your bedtime kit,
0:57.5	it could be worth adding this to your listening routine.
1:01.0	You can listen to nothing much happens
1:02.8	wherever you get your podcasts,
1:04.7	episodes every Monday and Thursday.
1:07.6	Enjoy.
1:28.5	Music. Thursday. Enjoy. Hi, I'm Jessica Porter and welcome back to sleep magic, a podcast where I help you find the magic of your own mind, helping you to sleep better and live better. Welcome, everyone, to our October mailbag episode. I get lots of questions
1:38.0	from you guys through Spotify and Supercast, and thank you for sending all these questions.
1:46.2	This is our way of addressing some of the things that aren't necessarily sleep-related.
1:52.2	So I'm going to do my best to just weigh in on these topics,
1:56.1	understanding that I'm not an expert on any of them except hypnotherapy.
2:04.8	So if you need help with any of these things and you don't feel like you're getting it here, please feel free to seek out. And
2:10.3	in fact, I encourage you to seek out help elsewhere. One last thing before we start.
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