Welcome to bedtime stories for grown-ups, in which nothing much happens. You feel good, and

then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nikolai. I write and read all the stories you hear on nothing much happens.

Audio engineering is by Bob Witterchheim.

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

Thank you for your support.

Now, we need a bridge between our daily lives and good sleep.

A way to create a little space for your mind to rest in.

And that's what our stories are.

They're a soft space to settle.

Nothing much happens in them.

There's nothing to keep track of. Just listen and relax and sleep will come.

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

If you wake again in the night, you can turn a story right back on or just think through any detail from it that you can remember.

Doing that shifts your brain right back into a place where it will fall asleep.

Now, it's time to set things down and switch off the lights.

Get your eye mask or your teddy bear or your favorite pillow and get as comfortable as you can.

Let your muscles soften and your body go heavy into the bed.

I'm taking the next watch, so you can let go.

Truly. You're safe.

Take a slow breath in through your nose and sigh from your mouth.

So relaxed.

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