Welcome to Bedtime Stories for grown-ups.

In which nothing much happens.

You feel good and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nicolai.

Let me say a little about how to use this podcast.

Just like when you were a child, being tucked in for bed.

I'm going to read you a story to send you off to Dreamland.

It's a simple story without much action but full of relaxing detail.

The story is meant to be a soft landing place for your mind.

So that instead of circling through the same thoughts you've been stuck in all day,

you can rest it in a sweet, peaceful place.

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

If you find yourself still awake at the end of the first or second telling, don't worry.

That's a good rule of thumb in general.

When you're trying to fall asleep.

Don't worry.

Relax.

Take your mind back to the beginning of the story and walk yourself back through the details

that you remember, especially any bit that felt particularly cozy.

You're training your brain and body to wind down and the more often you do it,

the faster you will fall asleep.

So have a little bit of patience at the beginning.

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