Episode 4

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18th Mar 2026

You Are Welcome As You Are or Fossils At The Beach

With You Until Sleep — 4 : You Are Welcome As You Are or Fossils At The Beach

In this episode, I stay with you as you gently settle into rest.

You’ll hear a calm voice, gentle rambling, and space to let the day soften. There’s nothing you need to follow closely, and no pressure to fall asleep. You’re welcome to drift off whenever it happens.

This podcast is for you if nights feel long, restless, or lonely — or if you simply sleep better knowing someone is there.

In this episode you will hear soft settling and a rambling story about a trip to a beach with fossils.

To get the most out of this episode:

  • Listen somewhere you feel safe and comfortable
  • You can use headphones or play it softly in the room
  • Let yourself drift in and out of awareness
  • If you fall asleep, that’s perfect
  • If you don’t, that’s okay too

There’s no right way for this to work.

With You Until Sleep is written and read by me, Sky — a real human, a Focusing practitioner, and somatic guide. These recordings are shaped by years of working with emotional safety and the nervous system.

New episodes are released regularly.

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I’ll be with you until sleep.

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About the Podcast

With You Until Sleep
A gentle sleep companion. Rambling stories, quiet presence.
If your mind comes alive at night…
If your body feels tired but wired…
If you long for quiet, steady company as you fall asleep…
You’re in the right place.

This is a slow, steady sleep podcast designed to support your nervous system in softening at the end of the day.

Each episode blends:
• Gentle guided body relaxation
• Companioning for racing thoughts
• Slow storytelling rooted in nature
• Calm, ASMR-style voice pacing
• Spacious pauses that allow you to drift

There is no pressure to fall asleep.
No breath control to follow.
No affirmations to repeat.
Just grounded presence.
Just steady companionship.
Just permission to rest.

All episodes are written and read by me, Sky — a real human, a Focusing practitioner and somatic guide. For many years I’ve worked with people who feel deeply, who carry a lot, and who often find the night the hardest time of all.

These recordings are shaped by that work — and by a simple understanding: sometimes what helps most is knowing someone is there.

You can drift at any point.

Nothing needs resolving tonight.

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About your host

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sky hawk

Sky is a Focusing practitioner and somatic guide with years of experience supporting people who feel deeply and carry a great deal internally.
Much of her work centres around emotional safety and nervous system awareness — especially for those who appear capable and strong on the outside but feel overwhelmed beneath the surface.
With You Until Sleep grew from that work.
Again and again, Sky noticed that what helped most was not fixing, analysing or pushing for change — but steady presence. A regulated voice. A sense that someone was there.
Each episode is written and read by Sky, shaped by her understanding of how the nervous system unwinds when it feels safe, unhurried and unpressured.
Her style is slow, contained and grounded in nature — offering rest without demand.
She believes rest is not something to achieve, but something we soften into.