Unwind with Jessica Porter

What if you could take a little break from being the person everyone expects you to be?

Just in time for Halloween, Jessica invites you to explore the costumes and masks we wear in everyday life. Whether you're a parent, partner, employee, caregiver, or friend, the roles you play help you navigate the world. But sometimes those roles can begin to feel a little too tight, leaving less room for the person you are underneath.

In this gentle guided hypnosis, you'll enter the dressing room of an old theater, where a comfortable velvet couch, a beautiful Hollywood-style vanity, and a rack of costumes await you. Here, you'll have the opportunity to remove the costume you've been wearing, set down your mask, and enjoy a few peaceful moments simply being yourself.

This short relaxation is a chance to soften your body, release the effort of performing for others, and enjoy a little time in your own company.

This Unwind Includes: Guided hypnosis, authentic self, self-acceptance, relaxation, mindfulness, emotional well-being, letting go of expectations, nervous system relaxation, ADHD, neurodivergence, self love.

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💗 Jessica

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What if relaxing your mind is one of the smartest things you can do?

Have you ever noticed that your best ideas often arrive when you've stopped trying so hard to find them? That's because your mind has a remarkable ability to make connections, process experiences, and discover new possibilities beneath your conscious awareness.

In this soothing guided hypnosis, you are invited to give your busy, analytical mind a well-deserved rest and discover the quiet intelligence within.

You'll journey inward to a beautiful, golden treasure chest containing a miniature universe of stars. Here, you'll gently release the thoughts circling in your head, the feelings held in your heart, and the concerns carried in your belly. As these worries become tiny spheres of light, and you'll watch them drift into the treasure chest, where they form beautiful new constellations.

As your body relaxes and your nervous system settles, you'll begin to trust your subconscious mind's capacity to make connections, discover new perspectives, and find creative possibilities. You'll also explore the peaceful feeling of allowing life's unanswered questions to rest for a while.

Relaxation isn't the opposite of problem-solving; it's part of the solution.

This Unwind Includes: Guided hypnosis, deep relaxation, overthinking, releasing worry, subconscious mind, nervous system regulation, emotional release, body awareness, mindfulness, stress relief, inner wisdom.

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💗 Jessica

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Step into a cozy old New England kitchen on a crisp autumn morning, where colorful leaves dance outside the windows, seagulls call overhead, and the wonderful aroma of freshly baked cinnamon buns fills the air.

In this deliciously soothing guided relaxation, you'll experience the simple pleasures of baking from scratch. Feel the soft dough beneath your hands as you knead, roll, and shape beautiful cinnamon spirals. Enjoy the warmth of the oven, the fragrance of butter and brown sugar, and the sweet anticipation of that first warm, icing-covered bite.

Along the way, discover the fascinating history of cinnamon, from its origins in Sri Lanka to its journey across the world, and learn how cinnamon buns became a beloved Swedish tradition, complete with their own national celebration and the comforting ritual of fika.

This Unwind includes:

Guided relaxation, sensory meditation, mindful baking, soothing storytelling, calming visualization, stress relief, nervous system relaxation, mindfulness, cozy comfort, Sweden, cinnamon buns. 

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What if you could teach your nervous system a new way to respond to anxiety?

Our subconscious minds are extraordinary learning machines. Through repetition, they develop habits and automatic responses—including the habit of becoming increasingly activated when we encounter uncertainty or stress. But the same learning ability that reinforces anxiety can also help us develop a new response.

In this Deep Unwind, Jessica guides you through a gentle hypnosis exercise designed to help you relax your muscles even when your nervous system feels activated. Settling into a comfortable armchair beside a crackling fire, you'll discover an imaginary volume dial that allows you to practice turning down the intensity of your response, one small degree at a time.

With practice, activation can become a cue for softness, relaxation, and greater ease. You're teaching your subconscious mind a new habit—and discovering that you can meet life's uncertainties with more space, balance, and calm.

This Unwind includes:

Anxiety relief, nervous system regulation, retraining your nervous system, guided hypnosis, subconscious reprogramming, anxiety response, stress response, calming the nervous system, anxiety feedback loop,  building new habits, relaxation for anxiety.

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💗 Jessica

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Deep Unwind: Finding Your Oasis of Calm 🌴 

What if calm isn't somewhere you have to escape to, but a place within you... that you can return to, tend, and strengthen?

In this Daily Unwind, we travel into the desert toward a cool, green oasis: palm trees moving in the breeze, clear water fed by an underground spring, smooth stones warmed by the sun. As the body settles and the mind softens, the oasis becomes something more than a place. It becomes a reminder of the natural spring of wellbeing within you—and the more often you return to it, the more familiar the path becomes.

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This Unwind includes: guided relaxation, hypnosis, oasis meditation, nervous system regulation, calming anxiety, inner peace, guided imagery,  stress relief, mindfulness, subconscious mind, nervous system regulation, wellbeing.

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Deep Unwind: Practicing Gratitude to Stay Centered 🙏 

When the world feels uncertain, gratitude can bring us back to the place where our own life is actually happening: inside our bodies, inside our nervous systems, and within our own spheres of influence. In this Deep Unwind, we settle into a deeply relaxed state and explore gratitude as a way of grounding ourselves in what is here, what is meaningful, and what we love.  

After a gentle hypnotic unwind, I share some of the things I’m grateful for right now: a dining room table that brings people together, the first colors of a New England autumn, my enormous old Garland stove, and even the strangely satisfying pleasure of solving problems.  

And finally, I’m grateful for you — the people who followed me from Sleep Magic to Unwind, who listen, receive, and make this strange and wonderful relationship possible. 

This Unwind includes:

gratitude meditation, guided relaxation, nervous system regulation, grounding exercise for anxiety, appreciation, calming an active mind, emotional regulation, body awareness, relaxation for anxiety, positive focus, guided hypnosis. 

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Deep Unwind Library: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 📖 

Relax into one of the most beloved spiritual novels of the twentieth century: Siddhartha.

We’ll begin with some fascinating background on Hermann Hesse—his unusual childhood connection to India, his own restless search for spiritual understanding, and the remarkable second life his work found among the counterculture of the 1960s. At the heart of Siddhartha is a question that still feels contemporary: How do you know something for yourself? 

Then we’ll relax... deeply... as we enter Hesse’s world: We meet young Siddhartha—admired, gifted, deeply loved, and yet acutely aware of a longing that religious teachings cannot satisfy. Beneath the banyan trees, beside the river, and under a changing night sky, the first steps of his extraordinary journey begin. 

Let the story wash over you as you relax into Hesse’s timeless exploration of wisdom, self-discovery, and the inner life.

This Unwind includes:

Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha, classic literature, relaxing literature, hypnosis, spiritual journey, self-discovery, Eastern philosophy, Brahman, Atman, meditation, nervous system regulation, relaxing storytelling, classic books, literature for relaxation

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Daily Unwind: Unplug and Recharge 🔌 

We spend so much of our lives plugged in—to phones, computers, the news, social media--as we vibrate with the constant buzz of the digital world. In this Daily Unwind, we power it all down and return to quieter, more powerful, sources of energy.

We’ll begin by relaxing deeply into the body, allowing all that digital energy to drain away. Then, we recharge by connecting with the more natural sources of energy all around us: the air, the earth, the sun, good food, and the warmth and energy we exchange with other human beings.

A short daytime hypnosis for feeling private, contained, connected, energized—and fully alive.

This Unwind includes:

guided hypnosis, daytime relaxation, unplugging, digital detox, nervous system regulation, screen break, deep relaxation, positive energy, guided imagery, stress relief, recharging, mindfulness, self-hypnosis, mind-body connection, digital overwhelm, and calming an active mind

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💗 Jessica

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Deep Unwind: Relax Into Change… A Little at a Time 🍁 

Change rarely happens all at once. A whisper of cool air appears in the late-summer breeze. A single maple leaf turns yellow. One small shift creates the conditions for another, until almost imperceptibly, something new has emerged.  

In this Deep Unwind, Jessica explores the gentle, incremental nature of change and the remarkable ways your body is  adapting from moment to moment. As you settle beneath a warm blanket, you'll watch a maple tree outside your window respond to the changing season—first with tiny flecks of yellow and gold among the green, then gradually surrendering to brilliant autumn color.  

Along the way, you'll bring your attention inward to the countless subtle processes happening inside your own body as breathing, circulation, muscles and the nervous system continually adjust. With each return to the body, you'll relax a little more deeply, allowing one small shift to lead naturally into another. 

This Unwind includes:

Guided hypnosis, deep relaxation, seasonal transition, nervous system regulation, mind-body connection, letting go, sensory awareness, stress relief, and deep rest.

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Daily Unwind: Create a Healthy Trigger 👌 

We hear a lot about triggers—the words, events, sensations and experiences that can create powerful emotional responses. But what if you could intentionally create a trigger for something you want to feel?

In this Daily Unwind, Jessica guides you into a deeply relaxed state and introduces a simple practice for creating a positive association between a physical gesture and a feeling of peace. 

After relaxing deeply, you'll pair that peaceful state with a simple gesture: gently touching the tip of your index finger to your thumb while saying the word “peace.” By repeating and practicing  this new "trigger", you can strengthen this gesture as a personal cue for reconnecting with a calm, relaxed state—something you can return to at any time throughout your day.

This Unwind includes:

Guided hypnosis, positive triggers, subconscious associations, nervous system regulation, positive reinforcement, anchoring, calming an active mind, emotional regulation, relaxation practice, self-hypnosis, stress relief, and a simple relaxation technique you can practice anywhere.

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💗 Jessica

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