Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations

This is a free preview of Listen To Sleep Plus. We just finished The Children of Odin, a great book of Norse tales, and now we're starting Winnie The Pooh.  You can subscribe to Listen To Sleep Plus at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You'll get new chapters of Winnie The Pooh over the coming weeks and then other longer books read serially in these Wednesday night episodes: that's a total...

A sweet, sleepy story about finding the soft heart of beauty in our sometimes hard world.  I took a walk with Bodhi this week that helped me remember to see the beauty in the world. I wrote a little bit about it and posted a video of our walk on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/the-beauty-around-us/ .  If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it with $1...

A guided sleep meditation to help you cultivate compassion and loving kindness for yourself and others.  In this metta sleep meditation, we direct loving kindness toward somebody we love already, somebody we are neutral towards, and then finally toward ourselves. You can search and listen to over 150 sleep meditations and bedtime stories for free on https://www.listentosleep.com .  If th...

A Japanese fairy tale about a magical boy who was born from a peach.  This week, the mountain has been either shrouded in fog or drenched in sun, and we had a beautiful wolf moonrise. The fog got me thinking about how often life can feel foggy and I wrote a bit about how mindfulness can help on the blog. I also posted a video of a foggy walk with Bodhi and a picture of the moon. It's all at h...

A guided mindfulness meditation to help you create inner peace as you fall deeply asleep.  I'm so excited to be bringing you these new meditations to help you sleep. They are in addition to the regular Sunday bedtime story episodes, and please let me know what you like and what you don't on the website at https://www.listentosleep.com so that together, we can make these as sleepy as possible....

A sleepy Russian fairy tale about a prince who outwits an evil magician.  We had an extremely colorful week up here on the mountain. One day we had one of the most beautiful sunrises I've seen in a while, another there was an incredible rainbow. If you'd like to see some pictures and video, they are on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/rainbows-and-unicorns/ .  If the podcas...

A guided visualization of a beautiful day on a tropical beach to help you relax and fall deeply asleep.  I hope you enjoy these new Thursday night meditations and visualizations to help you sleep. They are in addition to the regular Sunday bedtime story episodes. Please let me know what you like and what you don't on the website at https://www.listentosleep.com so that together, we can make t...

A sweet, sleepy tale from the early 1900s about a girl who lives on a fishing boat with her family and her dog.  We had snow, rain and a sunny day up here on the mountain. I went out on some beautiful walks with Bodhi in all of it and took a couple videos for my TikTok and the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/all-the-weather/ .  If the podcast helps you sleep, would you conside...

A guided mindfulness meditation to help you relax your body and fall deeply asleep.  I'm so excited to be creating these new Thursday night meditations and visualizations to help you sleep. They are in addition to the regular Sunday bedtime story episodes, and I sure do hope you enjoy them. Please let me know what you like and what you don't on the website at https://www.listentosleep.com so...

A sleepy Icelandic fairy tale about a prince and his magical dog.  It was Bodhi's sixth birthday this week and he got lots of treats and kisses. I took him for a couple of good long walks to check out the snowfall and made a couple videos of our adventures. If you'd care to join us, they're on the blog this week along with some puppy pictures of Bodhi at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/bod...

The sleepy conclusion of the Charles Dickens holiday classic.  It was a beautiful Winter Solstice up here on the mountain. The waterfall that is in the artwork of the Listen To Sleep logo was shrouded in fog and I put a photo up on the blog along with a couple of TikTok videos answering some questions about living in the country. It's all at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/the-listen-to-sl...

A sleepy reading of part four of the Charles Dickens holiday classic. We'll finish next week with the final chapter on Christmas Eve.  We had some snow up here on the mountain this week. If you'd like to see a picture I took and some video, it's on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/snow-on-the-ridge/ .  If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it with $1...

A sleepy reading of part three of the Charles Dickens holiday classic. We'll have a new chapter each week in December until we finish with chapter five on Christmas Eve. For many years, the holidays have been a difficult time for me. This holiday season has been different, and that is partly because of the support I've received from all of you this past year. I wrote about it and made a short vide...

A sleepy reading of part two of the Charles Dickens holiday classic. We'll have another chapter each week in December until we finish with chapter five on Christmas Eve.  I'm so grateful to all of you for helping me live out my dreams in 2021. I wrote about it in the blog this week and posted a video about the importance of dreams at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/dreams-do-come-true/ .&n...

By multiple requests, a sleepy reading of the Charles Dickens holiday classic.  I took another sunrise walk with Bodhi this week. When the fog broke, we got a beautiful view of the moon setting behind the ridge. I posted some pictures and a video on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/sunrise-moonset/ .  If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it with $1...

A sweet, sleepy story about a Thanksgiving surprise in early 1900s Boston.  I took a walk up the hill to watch the sunrise this week and it filled me with gratitude. I wrote a bit about it and put some pictures and a video on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/sunrise-gratitude/ .  If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it with $1 a month? You'll get ne...

A sleepy fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tiny girl and her magical life, by request for a patreon supporter. I took a magical hike with Bodhi and Bandit, who's visiting with us this week, to leave a couple of gifts at the local fairy houses. There are some pictures and a video on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/dont-forget-the-magic/ . If the podcast helps you sleep, w...

A sleepy classic by Anton Chekov about a morning in the life of a late 19th century schoolmistress in tsarist Russia. Bodhi and I took a few hikes searching for some red-bellied newts this week. If you want to see what they look like, there are some pictures and a video on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/no-newts-isnt-good-news/ . If the podcast helps you sleep, please consider supp...

A sleepy tale about how cats and people might first have come to live together.  We got over a foot of rain this week, and the waterfall was as wild as I've ever seen it. If you want to see a picture and some video, it's on the blog this week at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/the-waterfall/ .  If the podcast helps you sleep, please consider supporting it with $1 a month. You'll get n...

A sleepy, bittersweet fairy tale about two star-crossed lovers by Hans Christian Andersen.  This week it has starting pouring rain here on the mountain. Bodhi and I took a walk during a short sunny break from the deluge this morning to get some pictures of some of the changes the rain brings. If you'd like, you can see them on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/hard-rain/ . ...

A sweet, sleepy story by Katherine Mansfield about a young country woman's outing to her first ball in the big city.  This week I took a class online with Dr. Gabor Maté and his teaching on healing trauma and compassionate inquiry moved me deeply. I wrote a bit about it in the blog as well as how I saw those issues so clearly through the characters in Scenes From A Marriage on HBO when Joe an...

This is a free preview of Listen To Sleep Plus. We just finished Peter Pan, and now we're starting The Children of Odin, a great book of Norse tales.  You can subscribe to Listen To Sleep Plus at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You'll get new chapters of The Children of Odin over the coming weeks and then other longer books read serially in these Wednesday night episodes: that's a total o...

A sleepy fairy tale pitting the power of a mother's love against a dark witch and her monsters.  This week on the mountain, we had a visit from a river otter and a family of black bears. You can see a picture and some videos on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/otters-bears/ .  If the podcast helps you sleep, please consider supporting it with $1 a month. You'll get new...

A sleepy (and not too creepy) werewolf romance for spooky season; think Romeo meets Mr. Hyde.  Our outdoor commode had a couple cute little visitors who got there before me this morning, and we were all a bit surprised when I lifted the lid. There's a picture of them along with a video of some band-tailed pigeons I took on a walk with Bodhi this week on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.c...

A mystical tale about an old man living in the woods who builds a chess set that changes his life.  Thank you for all of your well wishes, good vibes and rain dances! We just had our first rain of the season this week. I took a couple pictures and a short video as the rain was tapering off. You can see that and more about life up here on the mountain on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.c...