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 to Max & Lumi — The Storylight Jar, the calming bedtime podcast that helps parents and children build peaceful, consistent sleep routines.
In this final chapter of the Serenity cycle, The Living Glow, Lumi releases the last golden light from the Storylight Jar. It rises slowly, ready to return to the Dreamtree. Tonight, Max and Lumi travel through Nocternia one last time — not to listen, but to live what they’ve learned.
🌞 What This Episode Is About
Guided by Lumi’s wings, Max follows a trail of warm sunlight through the Dreamgate and finds the Wind and Sun again. The Wind drifts in calm circles; the Sun glows gently on the horizon. Both have kept their promise to live with serenity — not rushing, not boasting, simply shining and breathing together.
Max joins them in a quiet moment of gratitude. When the Sun thanks Max for helping it understand calm strength, Lumi smiles: “That’s the Living Glow — when serenity stops being a word and starts being you.”
✨ The Meaning of The Living Glow
The Living Glow completes the Three-Glow cycle — Listening, Learning, Living. It’s the moment when understanding becomes action, when children feel serenity in their own hearts and bodies. Through Lumi’s breathing cues and Gramps’ closing words, listeners practise small acts of calm: a steady breath, a gentle smile, a thought of kindness. These simple rituals help children internalise calm routines that support self-regulation and sleep readiness.
💤 Why It Helps With Sleep
This episode uses slower phrasing (~95 wpm), extended pauses, and music that fades toward silence, guiding listeners from awareness to rest. Research shows predictable bedtime rituals and mindfulness techniques lower heart rate and help children fall asleep up to 30 percent faster.¹
Each familiar cue — Lumi’s whisper, Max’s soft voice, the closing chime — signals safety and completion. Replaying this Glow across nights reinforces these associations and deepens comfort in the bedtime routine.
🌿 Educational and Emotional Benefits
• Reinforces the Magic Word Serenity — calm, gentle confidence
• Models gratitude and mindfulness in action
• Encourages emotional reflection and kindness before sleep
• Strengthens routine through repetition and predictability
• Supports neurodivergent children with slow pacing and low sensory load
🎧 Listening Guide for Parents
Play this episode as the final step in your child’s bedtime routine. Dim lights, lower voices, and invite them to close their eyes as Lumi whispers the day goodnight. Encourage one quiet thought of gratitude — something small that made them smile. These peaceful reflections promote relaxation and smoother sleep transitions.
📖 Inside the World of Nocternia
As Max and Lumi breathe with the Wind and Sun, the Dreamtree’s ghost-leaf fills completely with light. A soft chime rings through the branches — the sound of a new Runebud forming. The leaf glows gold-white, its rune spelling the week’s word: Serenity. The Storylight drifts home to the Jar, and Gramps’ beard fades to silver once more. The Dreamtree sighs contentedly, ready for the next word.
Rooted in child-sleep research and inspired by ancient fables, Max & Lumi turns bedtime into a ritual of calm, kindness, and imagination.
Press play, breathe softly, and feel The Living Glow settle around you.
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🎧 Subscribe and download to enjoy calming storytelling, vocabulary-building adventures, and consistent bedtime routines – perfect for children aged 4–7.
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