Carl Rogers: Empathy & Unconditional Positive Regard | Sleep Story

Carl Rogers: Empathy & Unconditional Positive Regard | Sleep Story

Published: September 16, 2026

Duration: 45:05

A calm, carefully researched bedtime journey through the life and ideas of Carl Rogers — exploring empathy, acceptance, self-worth, person-centred therapy and what it means to become more fully yourself.

Tonight, we follow Rogers from his childhood in Illinois and quiet years on his family’s farm to the experiences that gradually changed the way he thought about belief, authority and human nature.

After initially studying agriculture and preparing for a life in ministry, Rogers moved into psychology. From his early work with children and families in Rochester to his later work at Ohio State, Chicago and Wisc...