(Originally Aired: February 9th, 2020 Original: Season 5, Episode 3) Our story tonight is called Hearts and Flowers, and it’s a story about showing someone what’s in your heart. It’s also about a Valentine’s Day card signed with a flourish, a shop full of flowers, and the moment that you decide to take a risk. Subscribe to our Premium channel. The first month is on us. 💙 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Welcome to Bedtime Stories for Grownups, in which nothing much happens. You feel good, and then you fall asleep. I'm Katherine Nicolai. I write and read all the stories you hear on Nothing Much Happens. Audio engineering is by Bob Wittersheim. My book, also called Nothing Much Happens, is available wherever books are sold. Thank you for your support. Let's get ready to sleep.
I'll read you a simple, cozy story. It's a place to rest your mind, and when your mind rests, your body inevitably will follow. I'll read the story twice, and I'll go a little slower on the second read. Just follow along with the sound of my voice and the cozy details of the story. Pull them around yourself, as you would a soft blanket.
And if you wake in the night, take yourself back into the story, thinking back through any bit you can remember. This trains your brain to return to sleep mode. And the more you practice it, the easier you will find it. Our story tonight is called Hearts and Flowers. And it's a story about showing someone what's in your heart. It's also about a Valentine's Day card signed with the flourish.
A shop full of flowers.
and the moment that you decide to take a risk.
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Responders are ready to support you, no matter what you're going through. Now, it's time to switch off the light. Set aside anything you've been looking at or working on. Adjust your pillows and comforter until you feel completely at ease. If you sometimes clench your jaw as you sleep, try resting the tip of your tongue at the place where your upper teeth meet the gums on the inside.
That will help to keep your jaw relaxed. Now you are about to fall asleep. You will sleep deeply all night. Take a deep breath in through your nose and sigh out of the mouth. Again, breathe in and out.
Good. hearts and flowers.
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