Episode 30 - Sleep is a Gift You Give Yourself

Salutations!!! Join me, Steve, The Hopeful Humanist, Woodrow II, and Danielson along with all the background sounds of life (I may have gone a little overboard with the sounds of life in this episode?!) as we initiate a tip-of-the-iceberg discussion about some resources accessible on YouTube that might help you get a sweet, slumbering sleep.  The musical intro played by Woodrow II is called "Jazz Blast," by Nancy and Randall Faber. 

T-shirt Idea: "Sleep is a gift you give yourself"

Showcase Resources:

1. Calm Sleep Stories for Adults:
   1. The Nordland Night Train by Erik Braa at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcrcXtjRTTE&t=1204s
   2. Blue Gold by Stephen Fry at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mGifCwig8I
   3. Sacred New Zealand by Jerome Flynn at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4x9ssJ0jfM
2. Sleep Meditation for Kids:
   1. Magic Sleep Tent at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2bQ850rylI
   2. The Sleepy Sloth at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsPo4T3v6dA&t=1566s
   3. The Sleep Train: Destination Dreamland at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BvddFyiLVI
3. Some concussion friendly audio books to help with sleep:
   1. Making Space: Creating a Home Meditation Practice.  Click here to access a link to Amazon - https://www.amazon.ca/Making-Space-Creating-Meditation-Practice/dp/193700600X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=making+space+by+Thich+Nhat+Hanh&qid=1583078708&sr=8-1
   2. Self Hypnosis by Lynda Hudson. Click here to access a link to Amazon - https://www.amazon.ca/Learn-Self-Hypnosis-Discover-power-within/dp/B071DWNPVL/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Self+hypnosis%3A+Discover+the+power+within+by+Lynda+Hudson&qid=1583078886&sr=8-2
   3. What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast by Laura Vanderkam. Click here to access link to Amazon - https://www.amazon.ca/What-Successful-People-Before-Breakfast/dp/B072Q1VVB2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2A0QXYN2KE4C7&keywords=what+the+most+successful+people+do+before+breakfast&qid=1583078985&s=books&sprefix=What+the+most+succe%2Caudible%2C187&sr=1-1
4. For some ideas about why we sleep, check out this TED Talk by Russell Foster at this link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWULB9Aoopc&t=477s

A special thanks to Woodrow II and Danielson for their contributions to this episode. Thank-you for listening.  It is my hope tonight you might have the gift of a restorative, "sweet, slumbering, sleep" (cool, an alliteration!).  Until next time, peace and take care. 

For more on alliterations click here - https://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=alliteration#id=3&vid=dddf32db477bbfbc798c850cfe7bbc77&action=click

The Hopeful Humanist