Nothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep

By: Wellness Loud
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  • Having trouble sleeping? Join Yoga and meditation teacher Kathryn Nicolai for bedtime stories where nothing much happens to help you relax and sleep peacefully. The stories are a soft landing spot for your mind. Rather than letting your brain race through the same thoughts you’ve been chasing all day, we are taking a detour to a calm and comfy place. We tell the story twice and go a bit slower the second time. You can find our book, "Nothing Much Happens," in over 20 languages. Request your local bookseller to shelve it: https://bit.ly/Nothing-Much-Happens
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  • Dogs & Dust Mops

    Dogs & Dust Mops
    Mar 31 2025
    Our story tonight is called Dogs and Dust Mops, and it’s a story about some spring cleaning on a warm afternoon. It’s also about an orange kitty in the window, the sound of the vacuum running upstairs, fresh sheets, scrabbling paws on the deck, and the way your heart swells when you wrap your arms around someone you love. We give to a different charity each week, and this week we are giving to BeHeard Movement. BeHeard offers a range of essential services to unhoused individuals including private showers, access to clean and fresh laundry services, haircuts and more. AquaTru water purifier: Click here and get 20% OFF with code NOTHINGMUCH. Beam Dream Powder: Click here for up to 40% off with code NOTHINGMUCH. BIOptimizers’ Sleep Breakthrough: Click here and use code NOTHINGMUCH for 10% off any order! Cymbiotika products: Click here for 20% off and free shipping! Moonbird, the world’s first handheld breathing coach: Click here and save 20%! NMH merch, autographed books and more! Pay it forward subscription Subscribe for ad-free, bonus and extra long episodes now, as well as ad-free and early episodes of Stories from the Village of Nothing Much! Search for NMH Premium channel on Apple podcast or follow this link. Listen to our daytime show Stories from the Village of Nothing Much on your favorite podcast app. Join us tomorrow morning for a meditation
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    36 mins
  • The Jewelry Box (Encore)

    The Jewelry Box (Encore)
    Mar 27 2025
    Originally Aired: March 23rd, 2020 (Season 5, Episode 6) Our story tonight is called The Jewelry Box, and it’s a story about a an heirloom handed down through a family. It’s also about a jeweled broach pinned on the lapel of a jacket, Spring sunlight, and some good advice for when things break. Visit bioptimizers.com/nothingmuch and use code NOTHINGMUCH for 10% off any order Listeners receive 20% OFF any AquaTru purifier! Just go to AquaTru.com and enter code NOTHINGMUCH at checkout. Visit our partner page to learn about the products featured in our ads. NMH merch, autographed books and more! Subscribe for ad-free, bonus and extra long episodes now, as well as ad-free and early episodes of Stories from the Village of Nothing Much! Search for NMH Premium channel on Apple podcast or follow this link. Listen to our daytime show Stories from the Village of Nothing Much on your favorite podcast app. Join us tomorrow morning for a meditation
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    32 mins
  • Rain on the Lake

    Rain on the Lake
    Mar 24 2025
    Our story tonight is called Rain on the Lake, and it’s a story about a sudden arrival of drops and dark clouds on a spring afternoon. It’s also about a broach in a jewelry box, the smell of rain mixing with lake water, mist, and lamps lit in the darkness, memories of rainbows and rowboats, and taking rest as showers move across the horizon. We give to a different charity each week, and this week, we are giving to United 24, which works to Unite the world around supporting Ukraine in an effort to protect, save, and rebuild. Visit moonbird.life/nothingmuchhappens to save 20% Right now, Nothing Much Happens listeners can save 30% on their first order! Just head to cornbreadhemp.com/NOTHINGMUCH and use code NOTHINGMUCH at checkout. Visit our partner page to learn about the products featured in our ads. NMH merch, autographed books and more! Subscribe for ad-free, bonus, and extra-long episodes now, as well as ad-free and early episodes of Stories from the Village of Nothing Much! Search for the NMH Premium channel on Apple podcasts or follow this link. Listen to our daytime show, Stories from the Village of Nothing Much, on your favorite podcast app. Join us tomorrow morning for a meditation
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    34 mins

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Perfection!

This is a truly safe place to rest my currently very vulnerable mind. Thank you so much x

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So helpful

Has the perfect level of detail to distract my brain and helping to fall sleep

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Kathryn’s method works!!

A beautifully delivered set of stories that really do send me to sleep in the right frame of mind, and also usually leaves me with a snippet of wisdom to think on, the following day. I feel like you’re really someone I know personally. Thank you.

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Perfect sleep companion

I love these podcasts. Pitched just right to keep your mind from wandering far but also letting you drift off

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love ❤️ this !!

it's part of my day !! look forward to it!! lovely and soothingly great

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Thank You

This podcast has quickly become part of my bed time routine, love listening to the beginning of the stories but never make it to the end. Well done from someone who now doesn’t dread bedtime.

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Just the ticket to get to sleep

I’ve been looking for a while for a story that’s calm and quiet, and nothing much happens to help me drift off - this is brilliant! Interesting enough to focus on, nothing exciting enough to stay awake for.

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Listen Every night

I actually listen at 0.8 speed just so its a little slower. I listen to this podcast every night and jave done for over a year. Its really helped me sleep and I never hear the end of the story!
Well written and well performed.

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Perfect

This is the best sleep program I’ve found so far. No annoying music or voice it is gentle and quiet with just the right level of story line.

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Very relaxing

The world of nothing much is so charming and peaceful I almost want to listen to the stories while awake too just to get into that relaxed, cozy state. It’s really a sort of meditation. I usually fall asleep in the first 10 minutes. I love the way the stories are built up and Kathryn’s voice and performance is perfect. I also purchased the book, which is super too but this podcast works even better.

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