Happy Place Meditation: Relax and Fall Asleep Faster

Relax and fall asleep faster with this guided happy place meditation—visualize calm, reduce stress, and improve sleep quality in this Therapy in a Nutshell video.
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In this guided meditation, I walk you through visualizing your happy place, your safe place, your calming place so that you can relax and fall asleep.

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Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC, and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health.

About Me:
I’m Emma McAdam. I’m a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and I have worked in various settings of change and growth since 2004. My experience includes juvenile corrections, adventure therapy programs, wilderness therapy programs, an eating disorder treatment center, a residential treatment center, and I currently work in an outpatient therapy clinic.

In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction.

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[islandofthegods]

I wish everyone the happiest lives they could live. You deserve it. You’re worth something, don’t ever doubt it.

[sahilgangwani]

Love the soothing sound of waves crashing on a serene beach. So scintillating!

[a.o.]

Been having on and off high anxiety today(perhaps they are panic attacks) this was a nice calming video.

[tinac]

Take2minutes is only available in the US and Canada. Just to save anyone else from disappointment. Great meditation, thank you for this video, Emma. 💗

[lesleylynch]

You literally have the best voice ever. You could read the phone book and I'd find it relaxing! 😂

[iboremytherapist]

Oh God, Emma! Please do more of these! Your voice is soooo southing!

[ustbreathe.]

Your channel is the best thing to ever happen to me ❤

[dvdv]

Perfect timing, looking forward to fall asleep. 😀

[froglobster]

Wow this is great.
My place is an underground sanctuary in a desert. I built and customized the rooms-It’s always there. I usually walk on rippled sand and pass by the same large coiled up snake before walking down to my sanctuary. I use it for meditation or sleep.

[mbartra]

Thank you! This is an amazing meditation!

[majarini]

...Having a loud ad at the end of the video kind of defeats the purpose, don't you think?

[ecollins]

Emma McAdam, can you recommend a good place to buy an old-fashioned alarm? I'm talking about the one most people probably think of when they think of an alarm? The two pointing things at the top, circular, shakes when it goes off?

[myamazingcoach]

Great then jumped out of my skin and awake again when adverts blared out at the finish…

[theotherway]

The mindfulness book "30 Days to Discover Who I Am" by Harper Daniels is a good resource.

[JJ-rlef]

The video didn't help me sleep, but it was great for getting through an MRI and CT scan