The Life and Times of William Shakespeare | Hypnotic Biography For Sleep

Sleep Magic: Sleep Hypnosis & Meditation for Sleep Podcast

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Alternative Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In tonight's soothing sleep hypnosis with Jessica, we're diving into the life and time's of one of the worlds' greatest poets and writers - William Shakespeare. This episode is designed to help you drift off to sleep, all whilst learning about what made William, "The Bard Of Avon". As always, tonight's episode will start with a relaxing introduction from Jessica, before we sink into tonight’s Sleep Hypnosis. Want more Sleep Magic? Join Sleep Magic Premium ✨ Enjoy 2 bonus episodes a month plus all episodes ad-free, access to Jessica's complete back catalog of over 60 episodes, and show your support to Jessica. To Subscribe 🪄 Apple Podcast listeners, just join using the prompts on the show page. All other listeners, subscribe via Supercast using this link https://sleepmagic.supercast.com/. Spread the Magic: Love the Sleep Magic Podcast? Please subscribe & leave a review ⭐️ Feedback: How are we doing with Sleep Magic? Click here to let us know 🙌 Stay Social: Keep up with Jessica and share your thoughts by following us on Instagram: @sleepiestapp TikTok:@sleepmagicjess About Sleep Magic ✨ Sleep Magic ✨ is a podcast from the creators of Sleep Wave, and hosted by hypnotherapist Jessica Porter.Sleep magic harnesses the power of Hypnosis to help you fall into a deep, restorative sleep easily, just like magic. Beyond helping you drift off into a deep sleep, Jessica will also spend time talking about all the different things that go into being, well, human! From releasing worries to building self-love, she’ll dive deep into how we can improve our relationship with ourselves, as well as our sleep, one night at a time. Looking for the brands I mention on the show? You’ll find all the latest sponsor links and offers right here : https://lnk.to/sleepmagic ✨ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jessica Porter and welcome back to sleep magic, a podcast where I help you find the magic of your own mind, helping you to sleep better and live better.
0:23.4	Hi everybody. Thank you so much for being here. You know, I have kind of a long intro tonight,
0:30.1	so I'm just going to cut to the chase, because tonight we're talking about William Shakespeare.
0:45.0	Before we get started, let's hear a quick word from our sponsors who make this free content possible.
0:54.4	Ah, Shakespeare, I'm surprised it's taken me this long to get to him.
0:59.3	You know, when I was young in high school and first exposed to Shakespeare,
1:02.2	I felt like I think most kids do.
1:04.5	Like, this is dense, man.
1:08.4	I couldn't understand like every third word.
1:11.6	And looking them up, even if the definitions were on the opposite page, was a pain in the butt. Shakespeare was quite simply hard work, and he didn't
1:19.3	seem worth it, really. But I think, in retrospect, a lot of young people probably feel that
1:25.5	way. It wasn't until I was in university that Shakespeare started to become interesting to me.
1:33.6	There was a guy in my class named Michael Littman,
1:36.5	who was this cool guy who at 19 or 20 had the gall to direct Shakespeare plays.
1:46.8	And he made them fun and cool.
1:50.0	Romeo and Juliet in modern dress with a modern sensibility,
1:54.6	you know, having fun.
1:56.6	And Michael would cut the text here and there
1:58.9	so it didn't drag on too long,
2:02.6	which is a blessing.
2:10.7	Michael was the first person who really made Shakespeare breathe and sing and dance for me.
2:13.9	And it just went on from there.
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