Michelle's Sanctuary for Sleep

Sleep story for grown-ups narrated by a soothing female voice with extended rain and crackling fire sounds. You are listening to “The Record Shop,” a rainy bedtime story set in a maritime city. As a coastal rainstorm persists through the afternoon, you explore the cobblestone streets and arrive at the Melody Lane Record Shop. Rain pelts the windows, and you get lost in the soothing sound of crackling vinyl and musical discoveries. ...

Fall asleep with this fairy tale bedtime story. You are listening to “Castle in the Sky,” a sleep story for grown-ups narrated for a soothing female voice with ASMR. Journey to a land of fairy cliffs, where rock formations pierce the cotton candy skies at sunset. During your special visit, a set of spiral stairs to clouds appears and lead you to a castle in the sky. The moonstone and marble castle is far away from earthly concerns,...

Relax with this rainy sleep story for grown-ups narrated by a soothing female voice. 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 ...

Embrace softness with this guided sleep meditation led by a soothing female voice, "Be Your Own Soulmate." This loving practice is for healing, self-love, and self-care with affirmations throughout. Reconnect with yourself and try on the idea that you could be your own soulmate. In this visualization, you take yourself to the most blissful place to discover a wishing well that reminds you the importance of filling your own well. Fi...

Drift to sleep fast with this sleep story for grown-ups narrated by a soothing female voice. You are listening to “Love in Bruges,” a calm bedtime story set in the picture book city in Belgium, sometimes considered to be the Venice of the North. Romance may be found in every refection on the canal, in the warm glowing windows of gothic dwellings, down quaint cobblestone lanes, and in the delicate details of Belgian chocolates. You ...

Sleep comes fast with this cozy sleep story for grown-ups narrated by a soothing female voice. You are listening to "Snow Day at the Cat Café," a calm bedtime story that takes you to the picturesque harbor town of Colette. An unexpected snowstorm brings the perfect day to spend in a beloved cat café overlooking the cobblestone lane and falling snow. Comforted by the intoxicating smells of café delights, the purrs of napping kitties...

Fall asleep fast with this calm bedtime story for grown-ups. You are listening to “Snowy Wonderland at the Witches' Cottage,” a guided sleep story narrated by a soothing female voice with ASMR.  Travel through time and space to a witches' cottage, your home away from home tucked deep within an enchanted forest. These fun-loving maternal healers offer a respite from the modern world as you skate across a secret pond where you c...

Get comfortable and fall asleep fast with this calm sleep story for grown-ups narrated by a soothing female voice and ASMR train sounds. You are listening to “The Trans-Siberian Train,” a magical winter journey on one of the longest railway systems in the world, the original route running from Moscow to Vladivostok. In a luxury sleeper car, you look out on a frozen turquoise lake as the northern lights shine brightly in a pristine ...

Fall asleep fast with this calm sleep story for grown-ups narrated by a soothing female voice with rain sounds and ASMR. You are listening to "Rainy Night in Victorian London," a guided bedtime story that brings us back to a period marked by the romance of Bronte novels and the magic of Dickens. Walk on wet cobblestone lanes near the Thames River that double the beauty of the era  in their refections. You step inside a dimly l...

Fall asleep fast with this deep sleep story narrated by a soothing female voice using ASMR. You are listening to “Dreams Beneath the Pines,” a bedtime story for grown-ups set in a mystical world beneath the pines and forest floor. On the night of an almost-full moon, you explore the woodlands and arrive at a waterfall. You discover a cave that leads you to a whimsical underground dwelling. You reunite with a time capsule buried lon...

Sending you the greatest dreams to come in 2023! As I reflected on all the stories and meditations I've created since 2015 and wanted to dust-off and update some old scripts. Send an email if there are old favourites you would like to see revisited!

Drift to sleep fast with this calm bedtime story for grown-ups. You are listening to “The Snowy Island,” a relaxing sleep story set on a barrier island during a winter storm. Journey by...

Happy Holidays, my friends! Fall asleep fast with this calming sleep story narrated by a soothing female voice. You are listening to "The Christmas Tree Farm," a cottage bedtime story for grown-ups. Travel back in time to visit a Christmas tree farm in rural Pennsylvania to celebrate the season. A horse-drawn sleigh, caroling, a fire pit, and holiday festivities offer moments of joy and connection. Accompanied by your beloved pet, ...

Fall asleep with this sleep story for grown-ups. You are listening to "Christmas Market in Ireland," a relaxing bedtime story narrated by a soothing female voice. Travel to Galway, the “City of Tribes,” to enjoy an annual Christmas Market. The port town comes to life with holiday lights and market stalls. The cool air carries the perfume of holiday tidings and the Atlantic. After a festive day, you return to a thatched-roof cottage...

Fall asleep fast with the snowy bedtime story. You are listening to "Winter Soirée at the Castle," a sleep story for grown-ups narrated by a soothing female voice. Kind people of the world gather for an annual winter soirée at a 15th-Century castle nestled within the Carpathian Mountains and atop a frozen river. After a costumer fits you in elegant wintry attire you enjoy an afternoon of leisure in your palace suite. Feeling the be...

Enjoy three magical snowy landscapes contained within snow globes on a visit to a renowned shoppe. Tucked on the festive Main Street of Hope Crest, you enter the Snow Globe Shoppe during winter's first snow. With the warm reassurance of Melanie, the grandmotherly shoppe owner, your creative mind brings you into various settings. From a Victorian Era stone cottage to a Christmas Market to a snowy city during the bustling holiday sea...

Happy holidays! Fall asleep and enjoy holiday stress relief with this guided sleep meditation, "The Healing Snow Globe." The holiday season may take you out of your routine and amplify anxiety and depression. It may stir feelings of loneliness and grief. It may amplify emotions that surge. But that is okay. Whatever stress the season brings, this meditation will help you self-soothe in a cozy setting.  By letting go of expecta...

Fall asleep fast with one of the first bedtime stories created by Michelle's Sanctuary. Rewritten and remastered, "Cabin in the Snow" evokes the coziness of a rustic log cabin in the woods as a snowstorm arrives. Enjoy a walk through the snow-dusted woods as clouds roll in and you gather fire logs from a woodshed. Retreat to the cabin as the wind howls and a fire crackles and pops, keeping your warm and safe. Enjoy the timeless com...

As winter arrives, what is more comforting than hunkering down during a storm with your favourite laundered blanket still warm from the dryer?

Fall asleep in this bedtime story and calm sleep meditation for grown-ups. Travel through time to Manhattan in 1970. Enjoy an autumn festival on the most enviable street on the Upper West Side, known for its strong sense of community and charm. The wind whispers of winter on the way as a rai...

Fall asleep fast with this relaxing bedtime story for grown-ups. You are listening to "Autumn Cruise," a deep sleep story narrated by a soothing female voice with crackling fire sounds. Travel on a steamboat on the "Queen of American Lakes" on an unseasonably warm autumn day. Nestled in the foothills of the Adirondacks, you find splendor in the vibrant leaves and pristine lake before a cold front moves in. You retreat to a cozy his...