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

You feel good and then you fall asleep.

I'm Katherine Nicolai.

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

Audio engineering is by Bob Wooder-Shine.

You can also follow us on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter for a bit of extra coziness.

A beautiful book of our bedtime stories is coming out all over the world in a few months.

It will have many of your favorite stories, along with 16 news stories that will only ever

appear in the book.

It also has really charming illustrations, recipes, meditations, and a lot more.

To learn more or to pre-order your copy, go to nothingmuchappens.com.

Now let me explain how to use this podcast.

When left to its own devices, your mind will wander endlessly, rehashing and what

ifting into the wee hours.

We need to give it a soft place to land.

That's what the story is.

And once the mind settles, your nervous system can switch over into rest and digest mode.

And you'll sleep.

All you need to do is follow along with the sound of my voice and the simple shape of the

story.

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

If you find yourself awake in the middle of the night, you could listen again or just

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