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Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Stories to calm your thinking mind and help you find your way back to yourself, read by your mountain grandpa from his cozy mountain cabin in Northern California. For less than $5/month, supporters get access over 500 premium, ad-free episodes, including nature sounds and eight classic audiobooks. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts or at https://www.listentosleep.com/support/. 💜 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Two Lines in the Snow - A Story of the Trail Already Created
Hanna has been creating trails for everyone for years. This morning, someone has already created one for her. You can get my new book, Awaken Your Myth, at…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Snail on the Step - The Story of a Girl Who Wanted to Write
Noor could read now, all by herself. Writing, it turned out, was a different thing. You can get my new book, Awaken Your Myth, at…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Bodhi and Joey and the Acorn Jay - A Gentle Story About Things That Grow in Their Own Time
Acorns fall on the cabin roof, a jay tucks them into the earth, and Bodhi and Joey settle into the slow turning of autumn on the mountain. You can get my new…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Even Middle - Part Two: The Ridge
Two girls from opposite sides of an old boundary follow the light from the night before to the top of a ridge, not knowing what, or who, they'll find there.You…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Even Middle - Part One: The Vigil
A girl spends her coming-of-age night alone in the forest, keeping an old vigil her people have kept for generations, until something unexpected catches her…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Chrysalis - The Story of the Transformation of a Monarch
Before a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, it has to disappear completely first. You can get my new book, Awaken Your Myth, at https://awakenyourmyth.com/book/…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Bakery at Dawn - The Story of a Starter and the Hands that Tend It
Iris spent her twenties sure she didn't want to spend her life in a bakery. She's opened the same one before dawn every day since. You can get my new book…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Quiet Cove - Two Porpoises and an Afternoon with Nowhere to Be
The best hunter in her family rarely stops moving. Then, for one golden afternoon, she does. You can get my new book, Awaken Your Myth, at…
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Tenzin's Dam - A Story About What Outlives Your Own Two Paws
An old beaver who built the biggest dam in Canada finds a new way to be useful once his teeth can no longer do the work. You can get my new book, Awaken Your…
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Larkspur Cove - A Story of Seeing What Others Don’t
A painfully honest young man arrives in a small coastal town and befriends the one person everyone else has agreed not to see. You can get my new book, Awaken…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Mill in the Hollow - A Tale of Finding Shelter in Each Other
A quiet bedtime story about four unlikely companions who build a home together by learning to lean on each other. Follow a horse, a goat, a goose, and a fox as…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Fenn and the Long Way Home - A Journey to the Sea and Back
A gentle bedtime story about growing, letting go, and finding the way home again. Follow Fenn, a young rainbow trout born in a quiet Northern California creek…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Horn of Ragnar - A Tale of Friendship and Remembrance
Einar walks a stretch of coastline with his lifelong friend to scatter his father’s ashes in the cove where he first taught them to swim. Along the way…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Grandpa’s River - A Story of Finding Life’s Flow
A gentle story about a girl and her grandfather on a day-long river journey, and the quiet lessons that pass between them without ever being said aloud. It…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Lookout - A Story of Climbing Above the Noise
A slow, sensory story about elevation, silence, and the particular peace of a job that asks only for attention. We’ll follow a weary traveler up a two-day…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Lamplight at the Hall - A Story of Cozy Companionship
A cozy story about a reunion of two best friends. On a rainy day, Bramwell prepares the hall for a visitor who may never arrive and falls in love with his…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Owl on the Road - A Story for Trusting the Dark You Can't See Through
A dreamy story about trusting what you can't fully see. A weary traveler loses the road in the dark, and the unlikely guide who finds him won't explain the…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Maren & the Dragons - A Story of an Obstacle That Becomes an Invitation
A gentle story about moving through life’s challenges and what might be waiting on the other side. Maren has spent twelve years moving dragons along, but one…
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The Slow River - A Story for the Questions That Don’t Have a Shape Yet
A slow, quiet story about sitting with not-knowing until it gets a little easier to carry. Rue the otter has something on his mind and goes to the river, where…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Unlit Wick - A Story of Letting the Fire Rest
A quiet hero's journey into the unnamed space between one life and the next, for anyone who has ever stood at the edge of something they couldn't yet see. Meet…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Unmapping - A Journey Back to Yourself
A story about solitude, wonder, and the quiet joy of coming back to yourself. A woman packs one broken suitcase and follows her heart to a small stone town in…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Glass Beach - A Story About What We Carry Back from the Places that Change Us
Saoirse, a young boatbuilder, returns to her small Irish coastal village after six months of apprenticeship away. A quiet coming-of-age about craft, fathers…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Emilia in the North - A Tale of Oslo (A Cabin Classic)
Join Emilia on a serene journey through the tranquil streets of Oslo. As the day gently transitions into the night, she unravels the city's rich tapestry of…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Ama's Loom - A Story of the Weather of a Life
An old woman weaves the weather of the world from a tiny house at the edge of everything — drought and rain, joy and grief, all of it intentional, none of it…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Invisible String - A Story of Connection and Renewal
Spring has come to Taylor's farm, and she's finally planting the cutting garden she's been designing in her mind for years. A slow, dreamy story about new…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Boy Who Followed the River - A Story of Spring Rivers, Old Forests, and Finding Your Way Home
A boy and his dog follow a swollen spring river deeper into the forest than they've ever gone, where an ancient cedar and the remains of a forgotten camp ask…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Awaken Your Myth - A Story Before Sleep
An adapted excerpt from my new book, Awaken Your Myth, published by Chronicle Books — a story about a bus ride, a legendary aunt, a bartender in a cowboy hat…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Mishka and the Bear - A Story for Anyone Who Has Ever Felt Different
A dreamy story about a girl named Mishka who discovers that the things we believe are wrong with us are often the very gifts we were born to share. Let this…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Hearthkeeper's Daughter - A Story of Those Who Stay
In the cozy village of Coppervale, a young hearthkeeper named Wren sets out on a quiet hero's journey to carry a live ember through ancient forest and up into…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Stone and the Luminous Ground - A Tale of Nature Revealing Itself
A bedtime story about releasing the weight we carry without knowing it, and the luminous ground that has always been there beneath it. For anyone who has ever…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Dreams of Thor - A Sleepy Norse Myth of the Silence Inside the Storm
This sleepy new Norse myth follows the god of thunder into deep sleep. What does Thor dream when he finally lets go of his hammer? Your support is the…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
One Good Thing - A Story about Finding Rest in a New Place
This sleepy tale is about a dog named Sierra can't sleep in a new place until she's found her one good thing: the spot on the couch where she can see everyone…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The View from the Loft - A Day Watched from One Window
A relaxing day observed from one window. Just the ridge, the creek, the changing light. No plot, no destination. The ordinary world, watched closely enough to…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Last Light - A Story for the Beauty of Enough
A lighthouse keeper spends her final night at work as a season of life comes gently to its close. A story about the beauty of letting go, the dignity of…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Loving Kindness Guided Sleep Meditation (A Cabin Classic)
This sleep meditation fosters feelings of love, kindness, and compassion towards yourself and others, helping you to find inner peace and tranquility. Your…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Nightboat of Nanna - A Gentle Journey of Drifting Off
Inspired by ancient Sumerian myth, this sleepy story follows an ordinary man invited aboard the moon god Nanna's night boat. It’s a slow journey through…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Mindful Breathing for Sleep - Guided Meditation (A Cabin Classic)
This gentle meditation will guide you through mindful breathing techniques designed to help you relax and fall into a deep and restful sleep. Your support is…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
What the Mountain Remembers - A Journey through Deep Time
A sleepy meditative story told from the perspective of a mountain that has witnessed millions of years. This gentle journey through deep time reminds us that…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Bodhi and Joey and the Winter Creek - A Gentle Story about Listening Differently
In the coldest winter the mountain has ever seen, Bodhi can’t find the voice of his creek and Joey discovers stars in snowflakes. A tranquil sleep story…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Garden of a Thousand Wings - A Tale of Peace and Unity - Part Two
Part two of this two-part story follows five birds through seven mystical valleys as they learn to see across difference, to trust without knowing, and to…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Garden of a Thousand Wings - A Tale of Peace and Unity - Part One
Part one of this two-part story follows five birds through seven mystical valleys as they learn to see across difference, to trust without knowing, and to…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Tale of the Sleepy Squirrel (A Cabin Classic)
A cozy bedtime story from the enchanted forest of Sleep Mountain, nestled between rolling hills and towering mountains, where Snorlax the sleepy squirrel lives…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Six Letters - A Ritual of Looking Back and Stepping Forward
A man approaching 60 spends the winter evenings before his birthday writing letters by hand to the person he was at each decade of his life. The ritual of pen…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Ocean Waves Guided Sleep Meditation (A Cabin Classic)
Enjoy this guided sleep meditation and the soothing sound of Pacific Ocean waves that I recorded myself to help you relax and fall into a peaceful and restful…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Ashi and the Raccoon - A Bedtime Story about the Patient Art of Building Trust
A hungry raccoon discovers Ashi's evening routine at the mountain barn, but reaching the food requires a different kind of intelligence than cat-leaping and…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
A Starry Night's Lullaby (A Cabin Classic)
In this sleepy original story, young Lila embarks on a magical journey through a celestial dreamscape, guided by the enchanting melody of a lullaby woven from…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Mission Bells at Vespers - A Sleepy Reflection on a Summer Evening
Escape to a 1920s California mission at sunset in this peaceful bedtime story. Experience the meditative ritual of ringing vesper bells as a warm summer night…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Hidden Forest of Dreams (A Cabin Classic)
A very sleepy original story about a sunset stroll on Sleep Mountain with the old man, Bodhi and Ninja. Your support is the cornerstone that allows me to…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Journey to Stillness - A Dreamy Norse Myth for the Turning Year
Join Odin's quietest son on a sleepy winter journey through frozen forests and mountain villages. This reimagined Norse myth explores stillness, presence, and…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Toinette and the Elves - A Charming Holiday Fairy Tale (A Cabin Classic)
A young girl named Toinette helps a friendly elf and receives the magical gift of invisibility with enchanted fern seeds, leading to an eye-opening adventure…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Shepherd's Fire - A Christmas Eve Story of Warmth Among Strangers
On a cold Christmas Eve in the hills of Andalusia, a young shepherd named Amara tends her flock alone—until, one by one, lost travelers find her fire. A story…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Following the Breath - A Guided Meditation to Help You Relax (A Cabin Classic)
My go-to mindfulness meditation for bringing me into our body and back to the present moment. This practice is perfect for bedtime or first thing in the…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Llama Trek to the High Valley - A Peaceful Journey through the Andes
Join a peaceful day-long journey through the Andes mountains, following a llama caravan from foothill villages to a hidden high valley. This guided sleep…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Mama & the Cubs (A Cabin Classic)
Spend a warm autumn day with mama bear and her cubs in the madrone grove across the canyon. It's one of my first original stories for Listen To Sleep, and it's…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Owl and the Longest Night - A Winter Solstice Bedtime Story
Drift through the longest night of the year with a small pygmy owl who watches from her oak tree as the forest settles into winter darkness. This gentle story…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Autumn Woods and Gentle Wisdom - A Mindful Bedtime Story About Nature and Self-Compassion
On her weekly foraging walk through autumn woods, an herbalist connects with the quiet wisdom of mushrooms, flowing water, and ancient trees as she discovers…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Stone Soup Night - A Dreamy Tale of Gratitude and Connection
A cozy bedtime story about gratitude, community, and the warmth that multiplies when we share what we have. On a cold November afternoon, Eleanor harvests the…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Between Ocean and Sky - The Sleepy Journey of One Drop
Follow a single raindrop through the complete water cycle in this immersive bedtime story—from the darkness deep underground to the bottom of the ocean…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
The Remembering - A Bedtime Story About Coming Home
An old man discovers that the forest holds mysteries that begin to gently wake him up to his true nature. A cozy bedtime story about curiosity, wonder, and the…
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations
Taylor and the Last Pumpkin - An Autumn Love Story about Patience and Presence
A gentle autumn romance about a woman who runs a pumpkin patch, her three very opinionated cats, and a hay ride that changes everything. It's all golden light…