Happy Thoughts Before Bedtime

Building a child's confidence comes in all forms and bedtime is a wonderful time of day to reinforce this. By guiding children to think about a happy part of their day at bedtime, we slowly build a practice of gratitude -- and put happy thoughts in their heads to gently send them off to a place of sweet slumber.

[This is a Healthy Equation meditation.]

Transcript

Hello,

My friend.

It's Miss Mary.

Yes,

It's that time again.

Time for bed.

And,

Oh,

Oh,

Oh,

I'm sleepy.

Shall we make ourselves comfy in our beds?

Fluff your pillow,

Hug your stuffed animal or your blankie or anything special that you sleep with.

And now you can curl up together under your covers.

How do you want to sleep?

You can be laying on your back or maybe on your side.

Anyway is okay.

Make sure you're nice and comfortable.

And now lay still.

We're going to calm our minds.

We'll take a deep breath just like this.

And then we'll breathe out.

Now you do it with me.

Are you ready?

Breathe in.

And now blow it out.

Let's do that again.

Breathe in.

And breathe out.

One last time.

Let's breathe in.

And now breathe out.

Now close your eyes and think about something that made you so happy today.

Try to really see it in your head like a movie in your mind.

Keep your eyes closed and imagine that happy part of your day.

Take your time.

It's okay if you can't think of something or see it right away.

It's okay if you can't see it at all.

All you have to do is think about one happy part of your day.

Now can you feel it too?

How does that happy memory feel?

Keep your eyes closed and just let the lovely feeling wash over you.

Maybe it makes you smile.

Maybe it makes your body feel warm and tingly and nice.

What a wonderful feeling.

Sleep is coming now,

My friend.

Your eyes are heavy.

Your body is relaxed.

Your heart is happy too.

You are so very loved,

My friend.

Sleep is coming.

Your eyes are heavy.

Your body is relaxed.

Your heart is happy too.

You are so very loved,

My friend.

Sweet dreams are whispering around in your head,

Ready to visit you and make your slumber ever so pleasant.

Your eyes are heavy.

Your body is relaxed.

Your heart is happy too.

You are so very loved,

My friend.

Curl up gently now and let the dreams carry you away to a deep,

Happy sleep.

Your eyes are heavy.

Your body is relaxed.

Your heart is happy too.

You are so very loved,

My friend.

Good night.

Sweet dreams.

Reviews

Beautiful way to end the day for my 8 year old. Thank you.

My very favorite and most relaxing meditation so far!

I didn’t knew I needed to hear that I am very loved 🥹🥲 and I am really am!!! Thank you for letting me notice this

I never listened to aguided track. This was a learning experience. I especially liked how you had me thinking about the best part of my day. It was while I was on a walk with my dog, Miss Pipin, and we met two little dogs. Thank you. 💜

She makes me feel ready to sleep and makes me feel so loved!!

Thanks for the meditation! I really enjoyed it!🐿

I’m not a child but that was amazing, thank you 🙏🏻

Put my emotional 5 year old to sleep by the end for the second time! Love this one!!

Your voice is so energetic and it can make anyone happy, i will be listening again!!

I love everything about this, thank you!

🌈🥰Delightful🎁🌠

I love that I get to play this when I babysit for my sons stepdaughter, she looks forward to it as the special end of our evening together once a week. It even helped to calm her when she missed her Mumma one night. So lovely, thank you 🙏🏼

So nice! Thank you!

That was awesome! From Laine (age 7)

Just beautiful. Thank you

Very peaceful and relaxing

Lovely - not too long, very positive and soothing & great for a large age range. I appreciate that it is so clear & simple and very definitely not “talking down” (which when happens my kids tune out!). Thank you very much.