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.

Audio engineering is by Bob Witterschheim.

My book, also called Nothing Much Happens, is available wherever books are sold.

Thank you for your support.

Now let me say a little about how this podcast works.

I have a story to tell you.

And that story will become a softness to lay your mind in for the night.

Both as you fall asleep, and if you need to return to sleep later.

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

Let it be like a lullaby for your thinking mind.

As it's rock to sleep, your whole body will become heavy and relaxed.

And before you know it, you'll be waking up tomorrow, feeling ready to go.

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

If you wake in the night, you could listen again, or just think back through the shape

of the story.

Anything that you can remember.

Then you'll go right back to sleep.

With this technique, we are conditioning your nervous system to respond in a particular

way.

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