Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Devoted Friend - By Oscar Wilde
About this episode
This episode features a calming reading of Oscar Wilde's fable 'The Devoted Friend' to aid sleep and relieve insomnia.
The Devoted Friend by Oscar Wilde — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A gentle bedtime story to help you drift off tonight: Oscar Wilde's sharply funny fable The Devoted Friend, read slowly and unhurried for sleep and insomnia relief. This continues the Books at Bedtime strand — also known as Coffee Break for the Soul — from the Calming Anxiety podcast, a series of classic story readings designed as a calming audiobook for restless nights. For the full library, plus ambient night-light features for the small hours, download Anchored on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 Play store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored Narrated softly by Martin Hewlett, clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic, this reading follows kind-hearted little Hans and the rich miller who calls himself Hans's most devoted friend while quietly taking advantage of his generosity. Framed as a story-within-a-story, told by a linnet to a rather pompous water rat beside a pond, it's classic Wilde — witty, satirical, and gently moralising, ideal as an unhurried listen for falling asleep or quieting an…
People in this episode
Host: Martin Hewlett
Topics covered
- bedtime stories
- sleep
- insomnia relief
- classic literature
- hypnotherapy
Keywords
- bedtime story
- Oscar Wilde
- sleep hypnosis
- anxiety relief
- calming audiobook
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Devoted Friend, The Happy Prince and Other Tales
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