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 calming bedtime podcast for families who want gentler evenings, happier mornings, and children who drift easily into sleep.
In The Learning Glow, the storylight rises again, carrying Max and Lumi across the Dreamgate into the heart of Nocternia. This is the second chapter of the Dreamtree’s first word, Serenity, and the moment when the listeners truly enter the tale first told by Gramps in The Sun Who Smiled First.
🌞 What This Episode Is About
Guided by Lumi’s shimmering wings, Max finds himself beneath a golden sky where the Sun hums like a lullaby and the Wind dances in playful swirls. The two old rivals from Aesop’s timeless fable are alive once more, but softer now — their contest turned into conversation. The Sun worries it may lose its glow if it stops trying so hard to shine; the Wind wonders whether it can still be heard if it learns to hush.
Together, with Max’s gentle curiosity and Lumi’s calm guidance, they discover that serenity isn’t silence — it’s balance. It’s the warmth of light and the whisper of air working together, not against each other.
✨ The Meaning of The Learning Glow
The Learning Glow is where understanding deepens. Children hear familiar images from the first story and recognise them in a new, comforting way — a repetition that builds both memory and emotional safety. As Max listens and reflects, young listeners are invited to think quietly too, exploring what serenity feels like in their own hearts: the soft warmth after a hug, the quiet moment before sleep, the calm between breaths.
💤 Why It Helps With Sleep
The Learning Glow uses slow pacing, gentle re-entry into known sounds, and low-frequency musical tones around 65 BPM — a combination shown to reduce bedtime anxiety and help children fall asleep up to 30 percent faster. The return to familiar imagery triggers relaxation through predictability, while the subtle differences keep curiosity softly engaged without overstimulation.
🌿 Educational and Emotional Benefits
• Reinforces the Magic Word of the Week: Serenity — calm strength in motion
• Shows how listening and empathy create cooperation
• Encourages reflective thinking and emotional vocabulary
• Supports focus and self-regulation through mindful storytelling
🎧 Listening Guide for Parents
Play this episode as your child settles for bed or nap time. Encourage them to picture Max and Lumi drifting between the Sun’s golden rays and the Wind’s soft currents. Suggest they take a slow breath when the Wind does and smile when the Sun smiles. Replaying this Glow on alternate nights strengthens familiarity — a cornerstone of every successful bedtime routine.
📖 Inside the World of Nocternia
As the storylight threads through sky and breeze, the Dreamtree’s ghost-leaf begins to fill with colour. Understanding spreads through its branches, and the hum of serenity rolls like distant thunder made of comfort. When Max and Lumi return through the Dreamgate, the glow within the jar flickers softly — half complete, half dream — ready for the final Glow still to come.
Rooted in child-sleep research and inspired by Aesop’s wisdom, Max & Lumi turns each bedtime into a shared ritual of calm learning and imagination.
Press play, breathe softly, and feel The Learning Glow warm the night.
Follow Max & Lumi on Instagram and Facebook, or visit www.maxandlumi.com
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