Good Night Story for Adults: Listen and you sleep better!
You know that for sure. You lie awake late in the evening, because you break your head over this and that and just can not switch off. The next morning, you feel like you're being blown because you barely recovered.
Bedtime Story: Listen and let go!
Then maybe it will help you to hear something really boring. Yes, that's right - it should be really boring to fall asleep quickly. That's the idea of Toby Baier: From the mucking out of the apartment, to ambition, to parents evenings? In his "Falling Asleep Podcast" he tells his life and, according to his own statements, he says "it's not too exciting". Then Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" is read aloud to make it easier to fall asleep. We think: great idea - and imagine the same episode.
Well, fast asleep? Then you can continue listening: The podcast is published every two weeks and is free! Of course, Toby himself does not rule out that you can also find his topics exciting. "Then they are suitable for long car rides, for example," he says.
You prefer to read yourself?
Mental coach Fabian Freigeist tells a good night's story for adults on his website, which may also help you fall asleep better. We have read it and find: There is so much truth in it!
"The story is about little Annika, who trembles when mom and dad leave their nursery, because ghosts rage in their closet, witches giggle in the dark, and monsters lurk beneath their bed." Annika pulls her blanket under her chin and presses her teddy She closes her eyes tightly, it does not help, she takes refuge in the safe nest of her parents night after night.
What would you say as a parent so that she is not afraid anymore? Would you try to explain to her that there are no ghosts? Annika would protest. They exist very well! She can hear her. Yes, even feel it.
Annika's mother has an idea. She places a small, green-shining moon in the nursery and tells her daughter, 'Did you know that ghosts are afraid of green light?' Annika looks at her mother with wide eyes. 'Ghosts are afraid too?' ask her. 'Yes, and they can not harm you when the green moon shines for you.' Every time Annika hears another giggle or flashes and storms outside, she looks at the moon. She believes in him. Imagines that his green light envelops her. Trust in the wisdom and love of her mother and close her eyes calmly.
Annika is growing up. At some point, she no longer needs the green light. The idea of witches and monsters is now funny. However? quite different spirits appear in Annika's life.
The worry of not finding the right one. The concern that the money for the rent increase is not enough. The fear that she will never fit in her favorite jeans? Do you think these ghosts are familiar? Even thirty years later, she can not sleep again because of ghosts. She turns back to her mother.
'You know mom, I sometimes wallow in bed for hours. The worries just do not want to go away. ' 'Little ones, can you still remember the green moon that drove away all your spirits?' 'Yes. What do you mean by that? A plastic light will hardly be the solution to my worries. These are real! ' At first the mother has to laugh heartily.
'Worries are like ghosts. If you do not believe in them, they can not hurt you. Because worries or fears have only one power: they keep you from concentrating on what you want. Your attention is like the headlight of a lighthouse. If he rests on what you want, he can not be with your worries. ' The mother chuckles happily and wants to get up. Everything is said for her.
'But Mom, if I do not solve my worries, then stay! I have to think about her. ' 'Have we been dealing with your spirits before? Has your closet broken down, trimmed the feet of your crib or called the Ghostbuster? No, we did not fight your spirits because they do not exist. Only your attention has given them life. Likewise, your worries only exist in your head. If you try to solve or fight them, they stay alive. '
Annika reflects on her mother's words. If a stranger had told her that, she would have labeled him a reality refugee. However, she has watched her mother too many times, keeping her smile in any challenge. She never had the feeling that she was covering something. Only now, after she herself knows the wrong ways and ups and downs of life, she appreciates this even more on her mother.
'OK.' says Annika. 'I'll give it a try. But I no longer believe in the protection of the green moon. I'm sorry.' The mother answers. 'You have something much, much better. It's your wishes and dreams. Focus your spotlight on the places you see, the people you laugh with, and the achievements you want to celebrate. I promise you that these pictures will get livelier day by day. '?
