Where Rest Learns Your Name: Six Gentle Bedtime Stories for Minds That Work Differently

Where Rest Learns Your Name is a quiet companion for evenings when the world feels too loud and the mind refuses to slow on command. Written for readers who think, feel, and move differently, this book offers six gentle bedtime stories designed to be read slowly-aloud or silently-without pressure or expectation.

Each story follows a symbolic guide-a clock, a river, a house, a star, a traveler, a lighthouse-who learns that difference is not dysfunction, and that rest does not require perfection. These are not stories about fixing, overcoming, or pushing through. They are stories about listening, softening, and trusting the pace your body and mind already know.

Created with neurodivergent readers, chronically ill readers, anxious minds, and exhausted hearts in mind, this book honors non-linear progress, fluctuating energy, and the quiet strength of simply continuing to exist. The language is soothing, the imagery grounding, and the intention clear: nothing needs to be solved tonight.

This book can be revisited again and again, opened at any page, or read one story at a time. It does not measure success. It offers permission-to rest, to pause, and to choose comfort over productivity before sleep.