A bedtime podcast for parents who want calmer nights, happier mornings, and children who drift easily into sleep.
Created for families with children aged 4–7, Max & Lumi blends soothing storytelling, gentle mindfulness, and sleep science into a 7–12 minute nightly ritual that helps young minds slow down and feel safe before bed.
Pediatric sleep studies show that predictable, calming bedtime routines can help children fall asleep up to 30% faster and reduce night wakings by nearly half.¹ Max & Lumi is built entirely around that science — offering a consistent, screen-free way to end each day with connection, learning, and calm.
Every Magic Word of the Week unfolds across three softly connected episodes — The Listening Glow, The Learning Glow, and The Living Glow — released on alternate nights. Families are encouraged to replay each episode on the days in between, using repetition to deepen comfort, memory, and emotional regulation.
✨ The Listening Glow – helps children settle and focus their attention through slow breathing and mindful cues.
✨ The Learning Glow – gently revisits the story, building vocabulary and understanding through calm repetition.
✨ The Living Glow – guides children to use the week’s word in a tiny act of kindness or reflection before sleep.
Each episode features:
• Lumi’s warm welcome and the Magic Password of the Week — a “think it, don’t say it” word that quietly grows your child’s vocabulary.
• Gramps’ glowing storytelling — reimagined tales that nurture empathy, imagination, and emotional security.
• Max’s sleepy goodnight — modelling relaxation and closure, supported by soft, 60–75 BPM lullaby tones proven to slow heart rate and breathing.
Parents love that Max & Lumi is:
• Screen-free and ad-safe — perfect for winding down without blue light or overstimulation.
• ADHD- and neurodivergence-friendly — predictable pacing, silence, and rhythmic cues for self-regulation.
• Guided by sleep psychology — Inspired by research from Lurie Children’s Hospital, Sleep.com, and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute on how calm bedtime storytelling improves sleep, mood, and learning retention.
Rooted in science, wrapped in imagination — Max & Lumi helps families end each day in peace.
Press play, breathe softly, and let the Storylight glow.
Join the Storylight community on Instagram and Facebook, or visit www.maxandlumi.com for bedtime tips, new episode updates, and a little extra evening calm.
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A bedtime podcast for parents who want calmer nights, happier mornings, and children who drift easily into sleep.
Created for families with children aged 4–7, Max & Lumi blends soothing storytelling, gentle mindfulness, and sleep science into a 7–12 minute nightly ritual that helps young minds slow down and feel safe before bed.
Pediatric sleep studies show that predictable, calming bedtime routines can help children fall asleep up to 30% faster and reduce night wakings by nearly half.¹ Max & Lumi is built entirely around that science — offering a consistent, screen-free way to end each day with connection, learning, and calm.
Every Magic Word of the Week unfolds across three softly connected episodes — The Listening Glow, The Learning Glow, and The Living Glow — released on alternate nights. Families are encouraged to replay each episode on the days in between, using repetition to deepen comfort, memory, and emotional regulation.
✨ The Listening Glow – helps children settle and focus their attention through slow breathing and mindful cues.
✨ The Learning Glow – gently revisits the story, building vocabulary and understanding through calm repetition.
✨ The Living Glow – guides children to use the week’s word in a tiny act of kindness or reflection before sleep.
Each episode features:
• Lumi’s warm welcome and the Magic Password of the Week — a “think it, don’t say it” word that quietly grows your child’s vocabulary.
• Gramps’ glowing storytelling — reimagined tales that nurture empathy, imagination, and emotional security.
• Max’s sleepy goodnight — modelling relaxation and closure, supported by soft, 60–75 BPM lullaby tones proven to slow heart rate and breathing.
Parents love that Max & Lumi is:
• Screen-free and ad-safe — perfect for winding down without blue light or overstimulation.
• ADHD- and neurodivergence-friendly — predictable pacing, silence, and rhythmic cues for self-regulation.
• Guided by sleep psychology — Inspired by research from Lurie Children’s Hospital, Sleep.com, and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute on how calm bedtime storytelling improves sleep, mood, and learning retention.
Rooted in science, wrapped in imagination — Max & Lumi helps families end each day in peace.
Press play, breathe softly, and let the Storylight glow.
Join the Storylight community on Instagram and Facebook, or visit www.maxandlumi.com for bedtime tips, new episode updates, and a little extra evening calm.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome back to Max & Lumi — The Storylight Jar, the bedtime podcast that helps children settle through calming storytelling, mindful breathing, and sleep-friendly imagination. Tonight, the amber Listening Glow deepens into a soft rose-gold — signalling The Learning Glow, where children step inside the story to understand the week’s Magic Word: Balance.
In this gentle, sleep-ready episode, Max, Lumi, and the listener return to the world of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, based on Robert Southey’s classic tale. But this time, instead of simply hearing the story, we visit the Bears’ cottage itself… right as Goldilocks needs a little help finding her “just right” feeling.
🥣 What This Episode Is About
The rose-gold Storylight guides Max and Lumi into the Bears’ warm, pine-scented cottage. There, they find Goldilocks sitting in Baby Bear’s chair — restless, wiggly, and full of leftover “zoomies” from rushing through the forest. Her feet tap, her tummy bounces, and even the warm porridge hasn’t settled her down.
Through gentle questions and calm breathing, Lumi helps Goldilocks recognise the fizzy feeling inside her body — the feeling that means she has lost her Balance. With Max’s help (and the listener’s), Goldilocks learns the soft, steady breath that “cools the porridge” and cools her busy insides too.
Breath by breath, she slows down.
Her tapping feet stop.
Her shoulders grow heavy.
Her body becomes “just right” — steady enough to climb the stairs and choose the perfect bed.
This comforting re-entry into Goldilocks’ story gives children a chance to practise Balance in real time: how to move from busy to calm, from wiggly to still, from too-fast to just right.
💤 Why This Episode Helps With Sleep
This children’s sleep story blends classic storytelling with science-backed bedtime techniques:
• Slow narration (90–100 wpm)
• Warm, predictable sound design
• Breath cues woven into the narrative
• Soothing sensory details (porridge, chairs, patchwork quilts)
• Gentle emotional pacing with no fear or conflict
• A bedtime rhythm ideal for settling busy minds
The Learning Glow helps children feel the difference between “fast” and “steady,” supporting emotional regulation and smoother bedtime routines.
🌙 Educational and Emotional Benefits
• Deepens understanding of the Magic Word Balance
• Helps children recognise restlessness in their own bodies
• Teaches a calming breathing technique for bedtime
• Encourages stillness, patience, and mindful decision-making
• Builds vocabulary through story-based learning
• Strengthens healthy sleep associations
• Supports neurodivergent listeners with predictable pacing and structure
👂 Listening Guide for Parents
Play this episode as your child gets cosy, inviting them to breathe along with Max and Goldilocks.
Perfect for kids who struggle with bedtime energy, find it hard to slow down, or need gentle guidance to reach the “just right” state for sleep.
🌳 Inside Nocternia
As Goldilocks climbs the stairs toward her perfect patchwork-quilt bed, the Storylight slips back into the jar. Children are invited to remember a moment from their own day when they felt steady and calm — helping them drift into sleep with that warm, rose-gold glow in their tummy.
Press play, breathe softly, and step into the Bears’ cottage once more — a peaceful, sleep-ready children’s bedtime story inspired by Goldilocks and the Three Bears, perfect for helping young listeners slow down and find their Balance.
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