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

You feel good, and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nicolai, my right and read all the stories you hear on nothing much happens.

No engineering is by Bob Witterschheim.

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

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And you can always learn more, or get yourself a cosy, nothing much happens hoodie, at nothingmuchappens.com.

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

I have a simple story to tell you, to help you relax, and drift off to sleep.

Not much happens in it, and that's kind of the idea.

It's just a cosy place to rest your mind.

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

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

That is sometimes how it goes.

Relax.

Walk yourself back through whatever bits of the story you can remember.

Lean into them, and before you know it, you'll be waking up tomorrow, feeling refreshed,

and calm.

This is a kind of brain training.

We're training your brain to follow along with the shape of the story, like an upturned

leaf floats along on the surface of a river.

Each time you use a story to settle your mind, it will happen more quickly and with more

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