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A Case of Trespass by L. M. Montgomery — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime

 

Drift off to sleep with A Case of Trespass by L. M. Montgomery, a gentle and warm-hearted short story read aloud by Martin Hewlett on Books at Bedtime, the sleep story series from Calming Anxiety.

 

It is a hazy, breathless summer morning, and thirteen-year-old Dan Phillips is trout fishing up the cool green creeks of the pond at Carlton, under birches and willows that shut out the heat. Dan is a freckled, hard-working lad, and selling his catch to the big hotels at Mosquito Lake helps his widowed mother keep their small home together.

 

But the pond has a new owner. Mr. Walters, the stern factory master, has a reputation for being hard and unforgiving, and when Dan unfolds a four-week-old newspaper at the dinner table, he finds a notice that turns him pale. Anyone found fishing on the pond will be prosecuted. Dan has been fishing there all summer.

 

His mother's answer is simple: go and tell him the truth. Ignoring his friend Sam French, who swears it will land him in jail, Dan cleans his best trout and walks up the hot white road to face Mr. Walters in his office. What happens there is a quiet, kind story about honesty, courage and how wrong first impressions can be.

 

This classic bedtime story for adults is perfect for winding down, easing insomnia and letting a busy mind settle into deep, restful sleep. Calm narration, a soft, unhurried pace and a reassuring ending make it an ideal sleep audiobook for anyone who finds it hard to switch off at night.

 

If you enjoy L. M. Montgomery, the author of Anne of Green Gables, you'll find more of her short stories on Books at Bedtime, including A Golden Wedding and Uncle Richard's New Year's Dinner.

 

A Case of Trespass was first published in 1897 and is collected in Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901. L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942) and this story are in the public domain.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett.

 

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Sleep well, my friend. And in everything, be kind.

 

 

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Loneliness — "Everyone Else Is With Someone Tonight" | 4-7-8 Breathing & The Soothing Touch for Anxiety

 

Loneliness is not a character flaw. It is not evidence that something is wrong with you. It is a signal — as old and as ordinary as hunger or thirst. Your nervous system evolved in groups, and when it senses distance from the herd it turns up the volume, making you more alert, more watchful, sometimes more anxious. That is not weakness. That is biology doing its job just a little too well. And that signal can be soothed.

 

This 10-minute guided meditation is for the quiet house, the phone you've checked more times than you'd admit, and that small ache underneath the ribs that isn't quite sadness and isn't quite fear. We use 4-7-8 breathing — but differently tonight: sitting up, eyes soft, one hand resting on your heart. This is the soothing touch, the same touch you would offer a frightened child, and the skin sends it straight to the brain as safety.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett. For loneliness at night, feeling alone, social anxiety, isolation, evening overthinking and anyone who needs company in the small hours. You are not doing this alone.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

 

* 00:00 – The house is quiet

* 00:26 – Loneliness is a signal, not a character flaw

* 01:19 – Welcome — the next ten minutes are ours

* 01:36 – Anchored: no account, no profile, nobody to perform for

* 02:19 – 4-7-8 breathing and the soothing touch

* 03:16 – The first round together

* 04:04 – A second round, warmth spreading

* 04:46 – Somebody is here, and that someone is you

* 05:13 – Tonight's affirmations

* 07:25 – The affirmations, once more

* 08:14 – Your three daily caring tips

* 09:12 – Coming back gently

* 09:55 – Midnight in the supermarket, and goodnight

 

🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations

 

Say these with me. Feel them on your tongue, and let the echo of them become part of all that you are.

 

* I am safe. I am here. And there is nothing to fear right now.

* Being alone tonight is not the same as being unloved.

* I am good company. I can keep myself company.

* I release the story that I am the only one.

* Right now, in this moment, thousands of people are listening to this with me. We are alone together, and that is company.

* My loneliness is a signal, not a sentence. It can soften, as it has softened before.

* I will reach out to one person tomorrow.

 

💡 3 Daily Caring Tips

 

1. **Send one short message.** Reach out tomorrow to someone you've been meaning to contact. No explanation for the silence needed — simply "thinking of you."

2. **Put a heartbeat in the room.** Something with a human voice in it tonight — a radio programme, a podcast, a film you know well — so that the quiet has texture in it.

3. **Book one thing in the diary this week.** Something that puts you in the same room as other people, even if you say nothing to any of them. A class, a cafe, a walk on a busy path.

 

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If tonight helped, find us in Anchored. It's quiet in there, it's private, and it's waiting whenever you need it — no account to make, no profile, no friends list, no followers, nobody to perform for. Because the thing you reach for when you're low should never ask you to explain yourself first. Over 3,000 searchable, offline-ready audio sessions, sleep stories with Books at Bedtime, and built-in nightlight features for the small hours. 👉 [Download Anchored on the App Store Today](https://apps.apple.com)

 

And if somebody came to mind while you listened — someone whose house is quiet too — send them this episode. That message might be the only voice they hear today. A 30-second rating or review on Apple Podcasts helps another listener find us tonight.

 

Be gentle with yourself. You're not alone in this. And in everything, my friend — be kind.

 

 

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Ready for More Calm?Thank you for listening to the Calming Anxiety Podcast, featuring guided meditation, mindfulness, and sleep hypnosis sessions with Martin Hewlett. Our mission is to provide you with proven tools for anxiety relief, stress reduction, and a path toward deep relaxation. Use this episode anytime you need to calm your mind and feel more at ease.

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A Golden Wedding by L.M. Montgomery — A Heartwarming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime

 

Settle in and drift off to sleep with A Golden Wedding by L.M. Montgomery, the much-loved author of Anne of Green Gables, read aloud by Martin Hewlett on Books at Bedtime, the sleep story series from Calming Anxiety.

 

After fifteen years out West, Lovell Stephens walks back through the old apple orchard, whistling, to see the couple who raised him. Aunt Sally and Uncle Tom took him in when he was an orphan of eleven, "just heading for destruction", and gave him a home, his schooling and all the love he ever had.

 

But the little grey house is boarded up. Uncle Tom is crippled with rheumatism, the mortgage has been called in, the furniture has been sold, and the old couple have gone to the poorhouse. In a fortnight it will be their golden wedding anniversary, fifty years married, and Aunt Sally can't bear the thought of spending it there.

 

So Lovell quietly buys back the house. With the help of kind Mrs Stetson, he tracks down every chair, clock and piece of pink china, while the women of Blair plan a celebration nobody is allowed to mention.

 

What follows is a tender, feel-good story about gratitude, kindness repaid and what really counts as riches, in a world that measures everything in money. A gentle, heartwarming bedtime story for adults, perfect for winding down, easing insomnia and settling into deep, peaceful sleep.

 

Calm narration and a soft, unhurried pace make this classic short story a soothing sleep audiobook for anyone who finds it hard to switch off at night. If you enjoyed Uncle Richard's New Year's Dinner, our last L.M. Montgomery story on Books at Bedtime, you'll love this one too.

 

L.M. Montgomery (1874–1942) and this story are in the public domain.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett.

 

📱 Listen to Books at Bedtime in the Anchored app, offline and with the screen off, so you can fall asleep without a bright phone in your hand:

 

iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669

 

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored

 

🧡 For Martin's calming tips, visit: https://calminganxiety.org/calm

 

Sleep well, my friend. And in everything, be kind.

 

 

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Music: All music by Chris Collins

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Ready for More Calm?Thank you for listening to the Calming Anxiety Podcast, featuring guided meditation, mindfulness, and sleep hypnosis sessions with Martin Hewlett. Our mission is to provide you with proven tools for anxiety relief, stress reduction, and a path toward deep relaxation. Use this episode anytime you need to calm your mind and feel more at ease.

Sunday Scaries — "I Don't Want Tomorrow to Come" | Box Breathing for Evening Dread & Anticipatory Anxiety

 

The Sunday Scaries are that late-evening feeling of dread — the anticipatory anxiety that arrives when the light goes amber and a small voice says "I don't want tomorrow to come." Not because tomorrow is terrible, but because the last few days were a shelter, and you can feel the door of it beginning to close. It is one of the most common forms of anxiety there is, and it responds beautifully to what we do together in this session.

 

In this 10-minute guided meditation we use box breathing — also known as square breathing, used by paramedics, soldiers and surgeons who need a steady hand at the exact moment the body wants to run. Tonight we draw a long, slow box (5-5-5-5) because we are not preparing to act, we are preparing to rest. Then a warm golden light spreads through the body, followed by gentle hypnotherapy affirmations for anxiety relief, deep relaxation and sleep.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett. Ideal for Sunday night anxiety, work anxiety, evening overthinking, racing thoughts before bed and anyone who needs help falling asleep without tomorrow sitting on their chest.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

 

* 00:00 – "I don't want tomorrow to come"

* 00:40 – Naming the Sunday Scaries

* 01:16 – Welcome and settling in

* 01:48 – Box breathing, the long 5-5-5-5 box

* 03:48 – Drawing the box in golden light

* 04:45 – Letting the breath find its own rhythm

* 05:04 – Golden light through the whole body

* 05:35 – Tonight's affirmations

* 07:11 – Sinking deeper into the trance state

* 07:47 – The affirmations, once more

* 08:14 – Your three daily caring tips

* 09:03 – Coming back gently

* 09:35 – Anchored, sharing, and goodnight

 

🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations

 

Say these with me tonight, silently or out loud — but allow them to land.

 

* I am calm, and I am safe, and I am here.

* Tomorrow is not happening yet. Only this breath is happening.

* I release this late-night feeling. It is only a thought, and thoughts pass through me.

* I put tomorrow down, and I pick it up in the morning rested.

* My anxiety is not a warning. It is only a tired nervous system asking to be seen.

* I meet the week ahead one hour at a time.

* There is nothing to fear right now. In this room, in this moment, I am completely safe.

 

💡 3 Daily Caring Tips

 

1. **One line, then let it go.** Before you go to bed, write down the single first thing you will do tomorrow morning — one line only, so your mind can stop rehearsing it in the night.

2. **Put the work phone in another room.** Your work phone or work email goes out of reach until morning. Physically in another room, not just closed.

3. **Give the last hour to something with no outcome.** A bath, a record, a walk to the end of the road and back.

 

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If this helped, come and find it in Anchored — the box breathing is narrated all the way through, and you can build your own patterns, choose your own backing sounds and lighting modes. Download Anchored on iOS for over 3,000 searchable, offline-ready audio sessions, sleep stories with Books at Bedtime, and built-in nightlight features for the small hours. 👉 [Download Anchored on the App Store Today](https://apps.apple.com)

 

And if you know someone who goes quiet in the evenings — someone who gets that far-away look around six o'clock — please share this episode with them. It costs nothing, and it may be the thing that turns their evening around. A 30-second rating or review on Apple Podcasts helps another anxious listener find us tonight.

 

So in everything, always — in every word, every thought, every action — be kind.

 

 

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Ready for More Calm?Thank you for listening to the Calming Anxiety Podcast, featuring guided meditation, mindfulness, and sleep hypnosis sessions with Martin Hewlett. Our mission is to provide you with proven tools for anxiety relief, stress reduction, and a path toward deep relaxation. Use this episode anytime you need to calm your mind and feel more at ease.