Hi, I'm Jessica Porter and I'm a hypnotherapist, as well as a total relaxation nerd.

If you're struggling to sleep at night, I'm here to help.

Sleep Magic is my new podcast of relaxing hypnosis, created to help you doze off tonight.

With my episodes every Wednesday, I'm going to make suggestions that help you relax really, really deeply.

And hypnosis is not what you've seen on TV.

There's no swinging pocket watch or clucking like a chicken.

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so you can get the rest you deserve.

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Music magic on your favorite podcast app, and I'll see you there. Welcome to Snewzcast, the podcast designed to help you fall asleep.

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This episode is brought to you by The Ocean's Tides. Tonight, we'll read a story from Just So Stories, Red Yard Kipling, published in 1902 titled The Crab

That Played with the Sea. The book is a collection of origin stories.

Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories

to his daughter Josephine.

These had to be told just so, exactly in the words she was used to, or she would complain.

The stories illustrate how animals obtained their distinctive features, such as how the leopard

got his spots. This particular story explains the ebb and flow of the tides, as well as how the crab changed from a huge animal into a small one.

Let's get cozy.

Close your eyes.

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