Researchers, doctors, scientists and experts have linked a good night’s sleep to a healthy mind, body and soul. However, feelings of worry, stress and uncontrolled thoughts are the main reason you find difficult it to drift off.

In such a scenario, popping on a headphone and listen to sounds, music and tales, might come very handy, say researchers. It’s no surprise then, health, wellbeing and publishing firms are recording everything from rainfall to the sound of hair brushing to help block anxieties and soothe stressed-out adults into peaceful sleep.

Listening to audiobooks can put you to sleep. Tales in the audiobooks are part soundscape, part story and use lulling sounds like rainfall and lapping waves to ease you to sleep. Listening to sleep stories on a mindfulness app is also a good idea. The stories use meditative techniques to transport you to a relaxed mental state. If you like a more creative way, listening to someone whisper while they brush their hair could send you to sleep.