Nothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep
All the Way Around the Lake (Encore)
Thu, 09 Jan 2025
Originally Aired: January 11th, 2021 (Season 7, Episode 1) Our story tonight is called All the Way Around the Lake, and it’s a story about a slow walk on a cold day. It’s also about crossing bridges, a paper birch tree on an island, and remembering things that were forgotten. Order your own NMH weighted pillow now! shop.nothingmuchhappens.com/products/weighted-pillows 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 the link below nothingmuchhappens.com/premium-subscription Listen to our new show Stories from the Village of Nothing Much on your favorite podcast app. nothingmuchhappens.com/stories-from-the-village Join us tomorrow morning for a meditation at nothingmuchhappens.com/first-this Save over $100 on Kathryn’s hand-selected wind-down favorites with the Nothing Much Happens Wind-Down Box. A collection of products from our amazing partners: • Eversio Wellness: Chill Now • Vellabox: Lavender Silk Candle • Alice Mushrooms Nightcap • Nutrachamps Tart Cherry Gummies • A Brighter Year Mini Coloring Book • NuStrips Sleep Strips • Woolzies Lavender Roll-On
Full Episode
Welcome to Bedtime Stories for Everyone, 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. We are bringing you an encore episode tonight, meaning that this story originally aired at some point in the past.
It could have been recorded with different equipment in a different location. And since I'm a person... And not a computer. I sometimes sound just slightly different. But the stories are always soothing and family-friendly. And our wishes for you are always deep rest and sweet dreams. Now, I have a story to tell you. It's a soft place to rest your mind.
And I think it works best if you imagine yourself in it. So as you listen and follow along with the sound of my voice, pull the details of the story around you like a blanket. Before you know it, you'll be in deep, restorative sleep. I'll tell the story twice. If you wake in the middle of the night, you could listen again, or just pull those details back into your mind.
Think through any part of the story that you can remember, and you'll drop right back off. Our story tonight is called All the Way Around the Lake, and it's a story about a slow walk on a cold day It's also about crossing bridges, a paper birch tree on an island, and remembering things that were forgotten.
Okay, it's time. Turn off your light.
Set everything down. Get as comfortable as you can. You have done enough for today and now it is time to sleep. Take a deep breath in through your nose and let it out your mouth. Again, slow in. Out with sound.
Good. All the way around the lake.
I was nearly there, taking the last few turns down the dirt roads on the far side of the orchard, out nearly to the county line. Snow had fallen steadily for the last day or so, And while the skies were still low and gray, the wind had gone and the day felt bright. We often say to each other, when clouds blink at the sky, where did the sun go? But, of course, it hasn't gone anywhere. It persists.
steadily sending its warmth and light to us, even when we cannot see it. I'd been forgetting things like that lately, and it was laying me low. And I was looking at the world through the darkest, most smudged lens. A friend, hearing that heaviness in my voice over the phone, asked when the last time was that I'd been outside for a good, long walk.
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