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 soothing bedtime podcast that helps children unwind through calm storytelling, gentle breathing, and peaceful imagination. Tonight, the Storylight glows lavender-blue — the colour of The Living Glow, where children learn how to use the Magic Word Growing in a soft, real-world way before drifting to sleep.
🌌 What This Episode Is About
In this serene, dreamlike finale inspired by The Secret Garden, Max, Lumi, and Gramps follow the lavender-blue Storylight through the Dreamgate and arrive in Nocternia’s Orchard of Whispering Buds — a glowing, moonlit place where fuzzy peach-barked trees hum quietly and the air smells of sweet rain and vanilla.
There they discover a tiny Shy-Bud on the end of a branch — tightly curled, too scared to open. Nearby sits the cheerful Robin, puffing out his chest to show the bud how to be brave. But the flower remains a frightened knot, unsure how to stretch or “take up space.”
Lumi explains that Growing is a physical feeling — the gentle, brave act of expanding. With Max beside them, the listener becomes an “invisible gardener,” using slow, sleepy breaths to send a warm, encouraging “Growing Breeze” toward the bud.
Through calming breathwork —
“Breathe in… stretch wide… 1…2…3… Breathe out… unfolding… 1…2…3…” —
the Shy-Bud begins to loosen. Its silver leaves wiggle… then separate… and finally unfurl into a huge glowing Moon-Magnolia, opening wide like a big, sleepy yawn. Because the flower grew, it now becomes a soft, safe resting place for the Robin — showing children that Growing creates room for kindness, courage, and connection.
💤 Why This Episode Helps With Sleep
This episode blends classic-story inspiration with sleep science:
• Very slow narration (90→80 wpm)
• Deep, rhythmic 50 BPM musical bed
• Guided breathwork to settle the nervous system
• Sensory cues (vanilla air, mossy paths, lavender-blue light)
• Predictable Max & Lumi structure with no fear or conflict
• Gentle imagery that supports relaxation and imaginative calm
The Living Glow guides children from wiggly to still, helping little bodies settle into sleep.
🌙 Educational & Emotional Benefits
• Teaches children how to use Growing through breath and body awareness
• Encourages emotional courage: expanding instead of shrinking
• Reinforces mindfulness, grounding, and gentle resilience
• Helps neurodivergent listeners with slow pacing and sensory clarity
• Builds vocabulary and emotional understanding through classic literature themes
• Completes the Three Glows learning cycle (Listen → Learn → Live)
👂 Listening Guide for Parents
Play this episode as bedtime winds down. Lumi guides your child to become a “seed” in their bed — legs heavy like roots, arms soft like leaves — then gently “grow bigger” through slow breaths. This quiet movement mimics natural calming patterns and supports easier sleep onset.
🌳 Inside Nocternia
As the Moon-Magnolia opens wide, the Leaf of Growing unfurls on the Dreamtree — lavender-blue and glowing proudly. With Listening Glow, Learning Glow, and Living Glow complete, the Magic Word has fully blossomed.
Press play, breathe softly, and drift through the Orchard of Whispering Buds with Max, Lumi, and the Robin — a calming children’s bedtime adventure inspired by The Secret Garden, perfect for encouraging courage, calmness, and sweet sleep.
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