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The Slow Descent Staircase: Ten steps down into sleep

June Alderwood · narrated by Serena Sherwin

2026

4h 21m
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You will follow Serena Sherwin down ten steps, each one softer than the last. June Alderwood begins with the permission you already carry inside you, the quiet yes your body has been waiting for. You will learn what "wired" actually feels like in your shoulders and jaw, how the carryover habit of daytime tension slips into your pillow, and why a screen's blue stare keeps your nervous system alert long after you look away. Between chapters, Sherwin's voice opens a door between here and there, a threshold where your breath slows and your thoughts loosen. The twenty minute unwind waits at the bottom, a simple practice you can return to each night. Let the staircase hold you.

Inside this audiobook

22 chapters

  1. 1How to Use These2m
  2. 2Before You Begin3m
  3. 3Chapter 1: The Permission You Already Have18m
  4. 4Chapter 2: What Wired Really Means19m
  5. 5Chapter 3: The Carryover Habit19m
  6. 6Chapter 4: The Screen That Watches Back18m
  7. 7Chapter 5: A Door Between Here and There18m
  8. 8Chapter 6: The Twenty Minute Unwind15m
  9. 9Chapter 7: Toes to Forehead10m
  10. 10Chapter 8: The Weight of Warm Water10m
  11. 11Chapter 9: Honey in Warm Water16m
  12. 12Chapter 10: The Apple Cider Vinegar Pause15m
  13. 13Chapter 11: Vegetable Glycerin for the Throat15m
  14. 14Chapter 12: The Same Hour, Not the Same Minute15m
  15. 15Chapter 13: One Room Dimmer Than the Last11m
  16. 16Chapter 14: The Sound of Almost Nothing9m
  17. 17Chapter 15: Building Your Staircase15m
  18. 18Chapter 16: The Night It Does Not Work17m
  19. 19Chapter 17: When to Walk Through Another Door14m
  20. 20When You Are Ready2m
  21. 21About the Author1m
  22. 22From My Shelf to Yours1m
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