Bodhi Nights
By Bodhi Nights
Categories: Fiction
Bodhi Nights: sleep stories for an overthinking mind. Put in your favorite earphones, turn off the light, and fall asleep listening. Each episode is one gentle hour: an ordinary person on a hard night, and an old Buddhist story retold in a calm, slow voice. No advice, no lecture, nothing to fix tonight. Just a story to rest inside until you drift off. Subscribe so tonight's story is waiting for you.
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Recent episodes
- Why one bad comment erases ten kind ones | Sleep Story for an Overthinking Mind
Bodhi Nights: sleep stories for an overthinking mind.Put in your favorite earphones, turn off the light, and fall asleep listening.It's the middle of the afternoon, and you open a shared document to find one short, critical comment from a coworker on a project you worked hard on. You read it again…
- Everyone's sure, and none of them agree? You're allowed to doubt
For a fortnight now, kind people have told you what to do, and each of them sounded sure. Your partner, an old friend, a parent on the phone, a forum thread at one-fourteen in the morning. None of them agree, and the answer is due on Friday. This talk keeps you company through that night.How to…
- 5 Signs You Can't Let Yourself Rest, Even When You're Exhausted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97vfNqIOoEIEarphones in. Lights off. Fall asleep listening.Nine at night, exhausted, and still wiping a counter that's already clean? Here are five everyday signs you find it hard to let yourself rest, what may be going on underneath each one, and one small thing to…
- Can't Bear Not Knowing? When 'I Don't Know' Was the Exact Answer
It's the middle of the night, and you're waiting to hear something. A test result, a phone call, a decision that someone else will make. You've gone over it more times than you can count. This story keeps you company through that night.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall…
- Waiting up for someone you love? You can know they're out there
It's late, and someone you love isn't in yet. The phone is face-up on the bedside table, and you've done the sum of their journey again. This talk keeps you company while you wait.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through, that's fine; let it play. If you wake…
- Another Negative Test, Blaming Your Past? You Don't Have to Find a Reason
Another test has come back negative, and tonight you are going back through your whole life for the thing you must have done to deserve it. This story keeps you company with that tonight.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through, that's fine; let it play. If…
- Lying Awake Furious at Someone? The Sleepless Night an Enemy Would Wish You
It's late, and you're lying awake going over something someone did or said. An old email, a remark at dinner, a note from next door. You've drafted the reply four times. This talk keeps you company through that night.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through…
- Worried by the Quiet Between You? You Don't Have to Read It Tonight
You lie awake beside someone you love after a long, quiet day, and the silence between you starts to feel like a verdict. This story lets that quiet be a little lighter tonight.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through, that's fine; let it play. If you wake in…
- Lied To by a Friend? You Don't Have to Doubt Everyone Tonight
Someone you trusted turned out to be lying, and tonight you are going back through every conversation for the moment you should have seen it. This story keeps you company with that tonight.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through, that's fine; let it play. If…
- Missing someone you can't ask anymore?
You miss someone who used to help you decide. Tonight there is a small question, and you cannot ask them. This story keeps you company while you find your own way.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through, that's fine; let it play. If you wake in the night…
- Afraid to Enjoy a Good Day? Tonight You Can Let It Stay
Something good happened today, and you are bracing for what it will cost. You keep waiting for the bad news. This story gives that feeling a little room tonight.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through, that's fine; let it play. If you wake in the night, you…
- When Guilt Over an Accident Keeps You Awake: You Can Put the Search Down
You keep replaying an accident, looking for the moment you could have changed. Tonight's story follows a woman with that question. It makes room for sadness without turning every detail into blame.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through, that's fine; let it…
- Don't Know What to Say to Someone Grieving? You Don't Need the Right Words
Someone you care about is grieving, and every sentence feels too small. You don't need words that can undo their loss. This story is about the place a friend can hold.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through, that's fine; let it play. If you wake in the…
- Friendship Faded? You Don't Have to Keep It Going for It to Count
A friendship has gone quiet, and you keep wondering what it meant. There was no argument and no goodbye. This story gives that question a little room tonight.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through, that's fine; let it play. If you wake in the night, you can…
- Done Everything Right, Still Awake? Tonight Doesn't Have to Go Right
You did everything right tonight. The walk, the bath, no tea after lunch, lights out on time. And you're still awake. This story is for a night when you've done everything right and you're still awake. It doesn't ask you to try harder. And it doesn't ask you to give up.How to listen: keep the…
- When Watching Your Parent Grow Older Frightens You: Some Ease for Tonight
Watching a parent grow older can stir up a fear that follows you into bed. Tonight, Claire lies awake after a difficult visit to her mum, remembering a kitchen, a market, and the person she has known all her life.Two old Buddhist passages offer a gentler way to look at ageing: it belongs to us…
- When You Have Nothing to Give: What You've Been Giving All Along
You want to give someone you love something, and money is tight. It can feel as though you have nothing to offer. This story looks gently at what giving can mean.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through, that's fine; let it play. If you wake in the night, you…
- New Place Doesn't Feel Like Home Yet?
You're in a new room, and every little thing feels unfamiliar. You still miss the old place. Tonight, this room may be enough to rest in while you miss it.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through, that's fine; let it play. If you wake in the night, you can…
- Losing a Pet and Can't Sleep: Comfort for a Difficult Night
You've lost an animal you shared your days with, and tonight the house is too quiet. Maybe someone kind has already said it was only a pet. This story is for a night when the house is too quiet after losing a pet. It won't tell you how to grieve. And it won't ask you to explain yourself.How to…
- Keep Saying You're Fine When You Need Help?
You've told everyone you're fine, but tonight even a small task feels hard. You can be coping and still need help. This quiet story is for a night like that.How to listen: keep the volume a little low. If you fall asleep partway through, that's fine; let it play. If you wake in the night, you can…
- When Your Mind Won't Stop, Your Tired Body Is Reason Enough to Rest
For a mind that can't switch off, even after a good day, and for any night when your head is busy and your body is tired. Tonight, Ben, a young primary school teacher, has finished his marking, but his head won't stop. Nothing is wrong. This afternoon his shyest pupil, Amira, read aloud to the…
- Why the Argument in Your Head Keeps Getting Worse
Still replaying an argument on the way home? Tonight, Sam walks home in the rain, going over a last-minute request from her colleague Neil, and every replay comes out a little worse. When a red light stops her, she lets the memory play at the speed it really happened, and finds what her quick…
- You Do Not Have to Win Before You Rest
You hear a friend's good news. Then you start building a case for your own life—even though nobody asked you to defend it.Tonight's fictional story follows Owen and Nina. There is no secret failure hiding behind Nina's happiness. The question is whether Owen needs to win an argument about his…
- Tomorrow Can Wait Until Morning
If tomorrow keeps you checking, planning and asking “what if?”, this bedtime story offers a quieter place to pause.Maya has prepared a drawing afternoon beside a canal. When rain is forecast, she tries to plan every detail of an indoor gathering. Some useful preparation can happen tonight. Other…
- Can't Rest Until Everything Is Done? | Bedtime Story for Sleep
The kitchen is tidy, but Eli still cannot settle. There is one more thing he could have done. And when that is finished, another seems to take its place.This bedtime story follows an ordinary evening and a familiar question: do we really have to earn the right to rest? Listen at a comfortable…
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