Mindful Soul Center Recommends
The Sleep Issue: volume one, issue no. two
Music, Books & Podcasts for Sleep
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker, PhD
If you want more insight into why we sleep and its importance, read Matthew Walker's book Why We Sleep.
Max Richter's Sleep
Sleep is an eight-and-a-half hour album influenced by the neuroscience of sleep by composer Max Richter. Released in 2015 you don't need to listen whilst you sleep. You can purchase the album or find some parts of it to listen to on YouTube.
Podcast: Sleep With Me
Drew Ackerman aka Scooter
From his about section this sums up what the podcast is all about:
Created in 2013, Sleep With Me combines the pain of insomnia with the relief of laughing and turns it into a unique storytelling podcast. Drew's stories on the show are inspired by his childhood as the oldest of six children and past jobs as a fuzzy dice and iron-on patch salesperson, fruit fly monitor for the State of California, and librarian for one of the largest jails in the country. Through Sleep With Me, Drew has dedicated himself to help those who feel alone in the deep dark night and just need someone to tell them a bedtime story.
We're sharing one example of the podcast here. Visit the website for more episodes and links to the various platforms the podcast is available.
685 – Cloud Tower
Tonight’s story will have you dancing across the sky like the cream inside some breaking clouds. A tower watches the traffic to a magical place with mud bogs and Rudolph.
MUSIC
The Unthanks
Becky and Rachel from The Unthanks with Niopha Keegan at TFF-Festival, Rudolstadt, Germany, Photo by Schorle
Two sisters, Becky and Rachel, form the group The Unthanks. You can learn more about them at their website here. Below you'll find the song Magpie was featured in season three of The Detectorists a charming TV series. Here is the Unthanks performing the song broadcast on BBC.
The song Magpie was featured in the TV Series, The Detectorists.
PODCAST
Finding Fred
Carvell Wallace hosts this 10-part series about the life, thinking and work of Fred Rogers, the host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. As a child I watched this show and some LPs were my first albums as a child. Fred Rogers was an influential figure who even testified in congress. Listen to learn all about the revolutionary man behind the show.
BOOKS: DEATH & GRIEF
Caitlin is leading the way in the death positive movement and hosts a YouTube channel working with group of people who produce humorous yet fact based videos about the Good Death. Check out the Order of the Good Death website here.
Megan Divine's It's OK that You're Not OK
Megan Divine lost her beloved when he drowned rocking her world and turning it upside down inspiring this work - It's OK that You're Not OK
BOOKS: WOMEN'S HEALTH
Boston Women's Collective: Our Bodies, Ourselves
Originally published in the 1970s, this work is a must for every young girl to learn about their bodies. Or if a parent wants a great guidebook on how to discuss sex and sexuality and the right to your own body, this book is a must - Our Bodies Ourselves
Christiane Northrup, MD's work women's bodies, women's wisdom
A comprehensive book for women that covers all aspects of our bodies and with knowledge we have power. Recommended for women of all ages - Women's Bodies Women's Wisdom
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