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Sleep & Calm

The Gentle Return: Falling back asleep after the 3 a.m. wake

June Alderwood · narrated by Serena Sherwin

2026

4h 46m
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You wake at three in the morning and your mind begins its familiar sprint. This guide meets you in that quiet hour with Serena Sherwin's soft, measured voice, speaking as if she sits beside your bed.

Inside this audiobook

21 chapters

  1. 1How to Use These3m
  2. 2Before You Begin3m
  3. 3Chapter 1: The Kindness of Waking Twice19m
  4. 4Chapter 2: What Sleep Actually Is19m
  5. 5Chapter 3: Why the Mind Races at Night21m
  6. 6Chapter 4: The Body Keeps the Score of the Day18m
  7. 7Chapter 5: The Temperature of Falling Back15m
  8. 8Chapter 6: Breath as a Lullaby You Make Yourself18m
  9. 9Chapter 7: The Weight of a Blanket, Real or Imagined16m
  10. 10Chapter 8: A Sound That Does Not Ask Anything of You16m
  11. 11Chapter 9: The Hour Before, Revisited Gently19m
  12. 12Chapter 10: What to Do With the Worry That Waits19m
  13. 13Chapter 11: Moving Just Enough to Let Go18m
  14. 14Chapter 12: The Taste That Signals Safety13m
  15. 15Chapter 13: Returning to the Body, Bit by Bit16m
  16. 16Chapter 14: Building Your Own Gentle Return15m
  17. 17Chapter 15: The Rhythm of Nights, Not the Perfection of One18m
  18. 18Chapter 16: When to Walk Through Another Door16m
  19. 19When You Are Ready3m
  20. 20About the Author2m
  21. 21What to Read Next1m
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