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

Now engineering is by Bob Wittershime.

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you can give a subscription to our ad-free and bonus episode feeds of nothing much.

Even if it's the last minute, and time has run away from you.

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

Just as your body needs a bed to sleep in, your mind needs a place to rest.

Some place calm and safe and simple.

That's what the story is.

It's a sort of slot to fit your mind into.

And once you do, relaxation and sleep are right around the corner.

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

If you wake again in the middle of the night, walk yourself back through any details you

can remember from the story.

It'll slip your mind right back into that story slot.

And soon you'll be waking up tomorrow, feeling relaxed and refreshed.

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