This is a Zen story about destiny. There is a strong tradition of telling stories as a way of opening the listener to new ideas and perspectives on their own lives.

A Zen story explores destiny and the tradition of using stories to encourage new perspectives on one's life.

Destiny

This brief guide to accepting and ultimately loving yourself is inspired by the words of Charlie Chaplin. May it be of benefit.

A guide inspired by Charlie Chaplin to help you accept and love yourself.

As I Began to Love Myself

A story about learning acceptance of things we find challenging.

Taming the Wolf

Where does happiness come from? Sally sets out to answer this essential question, with some unexpected help along the way.

Sally explores the question of happiness with unexpected help.

Sally Germaine Dreams of the Future

Robin Hood: Chapter 1. You may know many of the major details, but have you ever listened to the full tale of Robin Hood? This first chapter introduces the main characters, with a few new details and a more thorough back story. Enjoy! Chapter 1 of 24

Chapter 1 of Robin Hood delves into the backstory of the main characters and provides new details in a full tale of the legendary hero.

How Robin Hood Became An Outlaw

Let me tell you about my best friend, Erik, and the promise I made when we were children. And how that promise set the course for the rest of my life.

A childhood promise to a best friend sets the course for a life story.

Viking Funeral

This is a story a out confidence, spontaneity, a sense of humor, and a willingness to share your bounty with others.

A tale of confidence, humor, spontaneity & generosity, urging readers to share their wealth.

Stone Soup

Listen to this classic tale from the brothers Grimm about how wits and courage get you where you want to be!

Classic Grimm tale teaches the value of intelligence and bravery in achieving success.

The Tale of the Clever Tailor

Listen to this sweet story of a mythical Irish giant and his wife, the giantess, and how they helped their rabbit neighbors have a party in peace.

A mythical Irish giant and his giantess wife assist their rabbit neighbors in hosting a peaceful party, revealing a heartwarming tale.

Joe Rabbit's Party

Imagine having a pair of shoes that give you the power to do unimaginable things! A journey awaits tonight. Get ready to be mesmerized by the must have accessory this season - a pair of magic shoes!

Experience the unimaginable with this season's must-have accessory: a pair of mesmerizing magic shoes that will take you on an incredible journey tonight.

The Magic Shoes

Welcome to this evening's Sleep Time Story. Tonight you are on board the Deep Sleep, a spaceship that specializes in sleep. You are joined by, Tom the Sleep Tech who settles you into your sleeping pod. This story features a body scan exercise to help settle your mind and body ready for sleep.

Join the Deep Sleep spaceship and settle into a body scan exercise with Tom the Sleep Tech for a restful night's sleep.

Deep Sleep (Wind Down Story)

This is a short story about a banana named Benny whose entire life changed on one adventurous day...

A banana named Benny's life changes on an adventurous day in this short story.

The Banana That Outgrew His Peel

In this soothing bedtime story about Greek Mythology, join me as I share the story of the Odyssey. I discuss a few historical, cultural, and literary aspects, in this case, the ancient poem by Homer. Learn more about the lotus eaters, the cyclops, the sirens, Aeolus, Circe, Scylla, and Charybdis, Calypso, and rejoice as Odysseus is finally reunited with his wife Penelope and son Telemachus after ten years at war and ten more lost at sea. Relax and enjoy as you gently fall asleep.

A calming bedtime story about Greek Mythology, discussing the adventures of Odysseus in the Odyssey, leading up to his reunion with his family.

The Odyssey: Odysseus' Adventures

If you have a big project at work or a deadline looming and you're feeling angst and anxiety because you're unsure about how to make it happen, all of that can take its toll on your workplace wellness. If you sense pressure building, listen to this inspiring story of "implementation intention" and learn how one simple yet powerful question helped an Olympics team take home the gold. That same question can help you to re-focus your attention and reclaim a calming sense of progress and confidence toward achieving your workplace goals.

Feeling anxious about a big project at work? Learn about the power of "implementation intention" and how it can help you achieve your goals.

A Story Of Implementation Intention

In this bedtime story, I tell you about four Greek myths: - Pandora and her jar (or box), which contained countless plagues that she let escape, providing a backstory for the existence of suffering in human life. This myth works as a "theodicy" (a backstory or an argument that explains why evil is part of the human condition when God(s) would have the power to avoid it). It is also connected to the biblical character of Eve. - The tragedy of the Danaïdes, daughters of King Danaus condemned to a futile task forever for the murders of their husbands. - Sisyphus, the king of Corinth, was sentenced to another eternity of useless work for defying Zeus and cheating death. - Icarus, the young man who flew too close to the sun and fell.

Greek myths: Pandora's jar explains human suffering, Danaïdes doomed to eternal task, Sisyphus defies Zeus, Icarus flies too close to sun.

Pandora's Box and Other Greek Myths

This is a story about identical twins Jack & John who embraced their differences. It's natural to compare ourselves to others—even to identical twins who grew up in the same household, received the same education, and pursued the same passions. Despite these similarities, we all possess unique experiences, ideas, beliefs, and personalities. It is these differences that make us extraordinary.

Identical twins Jack & John celebrate their differences, emphasizing that our unique experiences and personalities make us extraordinary.

Twins Who Embraced Their Differences

Spark is a brilliant firefly, but his fear of the dark is keeping him from sharing his light.

Spark, a bright firefly, is unable to share his light due to his fear of the dark.

The Firefly Who Was Scared of The Dark

Pixie is a unique star, she doesn't shine steadily like the others, but bursts out brightly with her laughter! The other stars aren't very happy about this...

Pixie, a unique star, stands out with her bursts of laughter, causing unhappiness among the other stars.

Pixie The Laughing Star

A story of chance. A story of courage. A story of love. This inspiring story will remind us all to love ourselves and to trust what the world has in store for us all.

A tale of chance, courage, and love that inspires self-love and trust in the universe's plan for us.

Love At First Sight

Journey through the heavens as a little star bursting with life looks for her place in the universe to shine her brightest. She sets out on a journey of discovery and is challenged by the reaction of the established constellations, who turn away from her brilliance. Is she really too bright? She is eventually directed to a constellation that is happy to talk about brightness - perhaps she will find the answer she is looking for there.

A little star goes on a journey to find her place in the universe and faces challenges from established constellations before finding acceptance.

The Star That Was Told It Was Too Bright

There's always a moral in the Aesop fables. This story has no hares and no tortoises ... but the same moral. Like Aesop's original it's short and to the point and as you listen and identify with the characters you might notice the lesson.

This story has a moral like Aesop's fables, despite lacking hares and tortoises, and is short and relatable.

The Hare & The Tortoise (Re-Imagined)

In this bedtime story for the curious, we explore the history of American railroads. From the opening of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1830 to the Transcontinental Railroad, the rise of magnates like Cornelius Vanderbilt or Jay Gould, and the transformations in the way Americans lived and consumed, I invite you to travel with me on this geographical, cultural and economic epic.

Explore the rich history of American railroads, from their beginnings in 1830 to the Transcontinental Railroad and its impact on American life and commerce.

History Of American Railroads

Starting with a gentle relaxation, this leads into how Patricia discovered the phenomenon that is collecting pieces of old industrial waste

Patricia discovered the passion for collecting old industrial waste after a gentle relaxation.

The Story Sea Glass

Enjoy this bedtime tale to help you drift off into a peaceful slumber. Tonight we read, The Snow Drop, by Hans Christian Andersen. This story describes the desire of a flower to bloom and reach its full potential. This audio is perfect for children or adults who want to relax, discover magic, or find adventure before a great night's sleep.

"Bedtime tale of a flower's desire to bloom, perfect for relaxation, magic discovery, and a peaceful sleep - The Snow Drop by Hans Christian Andersen."

Bedtime Tale: The Snow Drop

This is a relaxing, sweet story to help children of all ages to boost their self confidence :) Confidence cupcakes make by Ben and Sally's Nan do just that!

"Confidence cupcakes made by Ben and Sally's Nan help boost children's self-confidence in this sweet story."

Confidence Cupcake - Children's Meditation Story

In an excerpt from this autobiographical account of a year of traveling and adventure throughout the South Seas, authors James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff (writers of “Mutiny on the Bounty”) describe how they decided to travel to the South Pacific area in the early 20th century.

"Authors James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff recount their decision to embark on a year of South Pacific travel in their autobiographical account."

Faery Lands Of The South Seas

You are listening to "The Forest Cabin," a calm bedtime story set in the boreal forest of Canada. Enjoy a walk through the fog beneath the closed crown forest as you commune with nature. You follow a stream to a charming cabin as the rain begins to fall. The ethereal fog wraps around the cabin and rain streams down the skylights as you cuddle with a beloved pet in a cozy nook in the loft and fall asleep. It's time to dream away. www.michellessanctuary.com

"The Forest Cabin" is a peaceful bedtime story set in Canada's boreal forest, where listeners can follow a stream to a cozy cabin and fall asleep to the sound of rain.

The Forest Cabin | Rainy Sleep Story

Simplicity beckons as you settle for bed and fall asleep with tonight's cozy bedtime story. Enjoy calm storytelling for deep sleep, narrated by a relaxing female voice, with "Cabin Off-the-Grid." Far removed from modern noise, envision a forest where you bathe in a wood-fired clawfoot tub and watch the dreamy sunset. Night arrives with a crisp chill, as you seek refuge in a log cabin by a wood stove. It's time to dream away. www.michellessanctuary.com

Escape modern noise and relax with a calming bedtime story, narrated by a soothing female voice, in Michelle's Sanctuary's "Cabin Off-the-Grid."

Cabin Off-The-Grid Bedtime Story

In this Children’s Sleep Meditation Story you will enjoy this wonderfully relaxing meditation about a cow called Ben that is very shy. He meets someone just like himself and everything gets better. Listen to this gentle meditation to help with Sleep, Anxiety, Stress, Worry, Relaxation, and Practicing Visualization to Improve Imagination.

A calming sleep meditation story featuring a shy cow named Ben who finds a friend and improves his outlook on life. Helps with relaxation and anxiety.

Shy Ben

What would it be like to be a snack hanging out in the snack cupboard with all the different snacks! This fun, sleepy story is about how people, just like snacks, are all different. We are different on the outside and we have different personalities on the inside. We all have good qualities in our own way.

A fun and sleepy story about how people, just like snacks, are all different and have individual qualities on the inside and outside.

The Snack Cupboard

Feeling stressed? Relax with tonight's bedtime story, To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf.

De-stress before bed with Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse bedtime story.

To The Lighthouse - Bedtime Story

This story demonstrates how to have your self-worth.

This story showcases the importance of valuing oneself and having self-worth.

Your Selfworth

Have a restful and revitalizing night with the classic story of Jay Gatsby as he perseveres in his quest for the love of his life and depicts unconditional love. A story that revolves around universal love, justly visions, marked present, life's interconnection, and persistence. Everyone must overcome difficulties and grief. The purpose of this sleep story is to lessen the influence of worried thoughts and physical strain on your sleep. You will notice changes in your ability to fall and remain asleep after listening to a relaxing and inspiring story.

Sleep better with a classic tale of love, perseverance, and interconnectedness; relax, be inspired, and overcome worries for a restful night's sleep.

The Great Gatsby - A Sleep Story

A short story to help you fall asleep by Katherine Mansfield.

"Katherine Mansfield's short story is a perfect bedtime read for relaxation and drifting off to sleep."

A Dill Pickle By Katherine Mansfield

A story of love, and loss, with a sweet ending, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of Anne of Green Gables. Miss Sylvia had never shared her story of young love with anyone before meeting a magazine writer who reminded her of the man she once loved. After forty years of longing for answers before death had separated them, she is given an incredible gift - A leather-bound journal found by the one person who knows her story and can finally help her write the final chapter.

A woman's unshared story of lost love is revealed by a magazine writer, leading to a sweet ending with the help of a found journal.

The Finished Story

Welcome to this evening's Sleep Time Story. In this story, you explore an enchanting traditional Bathhouse. As you step inside you are greeted by the soothing scent of cedar wood and the sound of flowing water. Each room reveals a new sensory sensation. I hope you enjoy the story and remember to leave a review.

Step into an enchanting traditional Bathhouse filled with soothing scents and sensory sensations for a relaxing Sleep Time Story experience.

Bathhouse Tour

In this sleep story, we relive the mythical 12 Labors of Heracles, one of the most popular myths of Ancient Greece. From Heracles' birth under the curse of the goddess Hera to his redemption, years in the making, we travel around Greece and the Mediterranean Sea, and meet countless characters: Gods like Zeus, Athena, Poseidon, Artemis, or Hades; monsters like the Nemean Lion, the Hydra or the Cretan Bull; and other characters like Eurystheus, Pythia, Chiron, Geryon, Atlas and the Hesperides. Also learn more about Greek mythology, like the origins of the concept of the Greek hero and the evolution of Greek mythology over time.

Relive the famous 12 Labors of Heracles in this sleep story, meeting gods, monsters, and other characters of Greek mythology along the way.

12 Labors Of Heracles (Hercules)

Travel back in time on a train through Bavaria in this relaxing fall bedtime story for grown-ups. You arrive at a village for the annual fall festival and win a night at an enchanted pumpkin farm. When you arrive at the pumpkin patch, magical things begin to happen and a healing cottage appears. This cottage addresses every one of your needs and desires as you sleep through the night. It's time to dream away. www.michellessanctuary.com

Fall bedtime story for grown-ups takes you on a train ride through Bavaria to a magical pumpkin farm with a healing cottage that fulfills your dreams.

The Enchanted Pumpkin Cottage

Fall to sleep listening to this slow sweet story about a castle with a special room you visit called the Puppy Palace. You get to spend time with the cutest little puppies as you also learn life lessons about becoming more confident along the way! This sleep story is perfect for children and adults.

A soothing sleep story about visiting the Puppy Palace where you spend time with adorable puppies while learning life lessons. Perfect for all ages.

Puppy Palace - Bedtime Story For All

Explore the origins of a luxurious cave house overlooking the ocean and experience serene moments like watching a humpback whale breach at sunset and stargazing from a natural stone pool fed by a waterfall. Retreat to the coziest and most tranquil room in the house and fall asleep to the soothing sounds of the sea. It’s time to dream away. www.michellessanctuary.com

Discover a luxurious cave house by the ocean, with whale watching at sunset, stargazing from a stone pool, and falling asleep to the sounds of the sea. Dream away at www.michellessanctuary.com

Cave House by the Sea

In this story, we learn about two different mysterious locations in the American Southwest, Area 51 in Nevada and Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. How did the US Air Force base known as Area 51 get its reputation as a hotbed of extraterrestrial activity? We take a look at what is documented and the pop culture role Area 51 came to play as well as intense secrecy around the base's activities. Chaco Canyon is a large archaeological site in New Mexico, built more than a thousand years ago and over several generations by the Ancestral Puebloans. What is the meaning of architectural alignments based on astronomical observation and cardinal directions, the care given to landscape design, or the enigmatic web of roads that radiates from the canyon?

This text explores the mysterious reputation of Area 51 as a hub of extraterrestrial activity and the architectural significance of Chaco Canyon.

Mysteries In The American Desert

In "Love, Ellen," a father and son deal with the aftermath of an unexpected death, learning to find peace again with some help from above.

"Love, Ellen" follows a father and son as they cope with loss and find solace with divine intervention.

Soothing Stories for the Month of April

In tonight’s story, after learning that you are the heir to the throne of a kingdom, you bravely venture into the underground lair of a dragon, believing it has stolen your signet ring for its horde of treasure. When you meet the creature, however, you discover that you have something unexpected in common. You bond with the beast, who becomes your closest companion in the quest to claim your inheritance. The story concludes with a meditation on fire for grounding and cleansing.

A brave hero befriends a dragon while searching for their stolen ring and together they embark on a quest to claim the hero's inheritance.

The Dragon Rider

Tonight's story is to help you fall asleep, "The Magic Shop" by H.G. Wells. Gip and his father visit a magic shop that claims to use only genuine magic! Glass balls out of ears, rabbits under hats, disappearing acts, is it all fake, or is something else going on?

A father and son visit a magic shop that claims to use genuine magic in H.G. Wells' "The Magic Shop" in tonight's bedtime story.

The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells

In tonight's story, I tell you myths from Polynesia, especially Hawaii, and Aotearoa (New Zealand), and I explain the origins and connections of Polynesian people. We will discover the story of Maui, his fight with goddess Hine, the origins of the gods starting with Rangi and Papa from the Maori tradition, more divinities (Tane of the forest and the birds, Tangaroa of the sea, Tawhirimatea of storms and winds...) and the creation of men and women.

Discover Polynesian myths from Hawaii and New Zealand, including the story of Maui, Maori gods Rangi and Papa, and the creation of humanity.

Polynesian Myths and Legends

What does your future look like? Use nightly for 30 days to train your brain to become a better sleeper and become your future ideal self. Fall fast asleep with the hypnotic imagery of going on an adventure to an old castle to drift away from worries and concerns. Powerful delta wave binaural beats and brain entrainment are added to help you go to sleep even faster. This sleep story meditation is perfect for those looking to develop a better body image, confidence, stick to healthy habits, weight loss or weight management, exercise more, or eating healthily. This track contains powerful suggestions for deep peace, calm, and effortless sleep. Sweet dreams. ~ Dr. Liz Slonena

Train your brain to become a better sleeper and reach your ideal self with nightly use of this sleep story meditation, featuring hypnotic imagery and brain entrainment.

Meet Your Future Self Sleep Story

In this cozy sleep story, two mythical figures cross paths and enchantment ensues. You travel through time and space to the forest of twisted trees, where trunks and branches twist like licorice sticks. In the heart of the mystical forest, you encounter Jacob, a kind soul who leads you to the not-so-old woman who lives in a shoe. An ethereal and maternal soul, she invites you to stay for the night in the multi-storied boot cottage. Tend to your inner child, as you fall asleep in the cozy, albeit unique, dwelling as fireflies dance on the flowing hills of wildflowers and stars twinkle in a velvety sky. It's time to dream away. www.michellessanctuary.com

Two mythical figures meet in a mystical forest, leading to enchantment and a cozy night's sleep in a multi-storied boot cottage under a velvety sky.

Beyond The Forest Of Twisted Trees

The author of Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables.

The Man On The Train

A grandmother who is afraid to take a train due to thieves and pickpockets is compelled to take a journey on one to visit a sick relative. She meets a mysterious man on the trip who helps her when she finds her ticket missing...

A fearful grandmother takes a train, meets a stranger who helps her find her missing ticket on a journey to visit a sick relative.

Experience a tale of enchantment and possibility with 'The Clockmaker's Gift,' a soothing bedtime story that takes you on a journey through the magical world of an old clockmaker's shop. Let the captivating narrative whisk you away as you explore the secrets of time and wishes, guiding you into a peaceful and dream-filled sleep.

"Experience the enchanting journey of 'The Clockmaker's Gift' as you explore the magical world of an old clockmaker's shop and drift into peaceful sleep."

Confidence: Stories