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Fall asleep with Henrik

Sleep better with Swedish storyteller Henrik Ståhl. Experience calming conversations, imaginative stories, and gentle humor designed to help you unwind and drift off. Each episode features Henrik’s soothing voice guiding you through introspective reflections and relaxing narratives, offering a unique alternative to traditional meditation apps. Perfect for insomniacs, overthinkers, or anyone seeking a peaceful end to their day. New episodes weekly.Sit back, relax, and let Henrik take you on an

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Higher, Deeper, Crumblier

Fall asleep with Henrik ·

2025/06/16

Hi Sleepy. I’m not in my studio tonight. I’m in my living room, and you’re welcome to wander around—mentally, I mean. This is one of those episodes where I try to record two in a row and end up walking straight into my own metaphors. Tonight, I tell you about my gingerbread pig. No, really. A real one, from childhood. It flew through the air and shattered, and maybe something inside me did too. But I’m okay. I’m in a good pit, a “PP,” if you will. We also talk about running in Narnia, how ferrets

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1:00:51

This Is Not a Dream, Sleepy

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2025/06/09

Hi Sleepy. Welcome back to my humble abode!Tonight, we tumble headfirst into memory. A snowy road, a sausage in the oven, a father who cries over forgotten ice cream.We visit a small trauma in 1980s Sweden, a forgotten needle, a hardened ball of modeling clay, a retreating mother in a silent convent. And somehow it all connects to sleep. Or doesn’t.There are no morals here. No advice. Just the truth of what happened and how it still lives in a voice, in a thumb, in a podcast. This is a journey

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1:00:10

You Are Not Your Panic

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2025/06/02

Hi, Sleepy. Today we glide into a fog of unfinished business, unbarked dogs, and AK-free mornings. We talk Ice Cube, yes—but not clinically. We also marvel at billion-year-old granite counters, their immovability, their unapologetic permanence. We spiral through dizziness and its deceit, and hover somewhere between sorrow, friendship, and the myth of eternal romantic unity. There’s song lyrics (sort of), nostalgia, and the final seconds of truth—but oops, we ran out of time.Let me be your wandering

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1:00:14

Existential Comfort Food

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2025/05/26

Welcome back, Sleepy. Tonight, it's just you and me again—Henrik, here in my little studio in Stockholm, whispering gently into your ear with my weird dialect and my equally peculiar point of view. It's early, earlier than I'd prefer, and summer has burst upon Stockholm almost overnight, turning everything brilliantly, inexplicably green. How does that always happen?We'll wander together through absurd memories of my dishwashing escapades at 25, existential bedtime battles, and those peculiar,

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1:00:11

Big Spaces, Small Hearts

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2025/05/19

Hi Sleepy. Tonight we stand together on the edge of something that maybe was never there to begin with. I talk about the third arm that vanished, the cliff that never was, and the Pope I almost licked. We float through cathedral ceilings and asphalt plains, childhood fears and ABBA-induced tears, trying not to fall—or at least not fall alone. There’s Harriet, singing in the car. There’s my dad, holding a band-aid like a book title. And there’s you, Sleepy, drifting beside me in the strange safety of

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1:00:34

Just One of Those Nights, Sleepy

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2025/05/12

Hi, Sleepy. This is me again. Henrik. Floating above the endless void of meaning and language and strangely shaped English sentences. In tonight’s episode, I reflect on the tragic beauty of being a Swedish man with a microphone and no filter. We talk about parenting, loneliness, oceans, boats, triangles on Venus, the impossibility of controlling anything, and the maddening mystery of what birthdays felt like in 1348. I admit my fears. I praise curiosity. I thank my imagination. And I speak, because

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1:00:43

This Is Not a Sleep Podcast (But Maybe It Is)

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2025/05/04

Hi, Sleepy. Welcome to this oddly brave little boat of a podcast, wobbling out into the great English-speaking sea with nothing but mismatched oars, a thermos of lukewarm tea, and your host, Me: Henrik – a nervous Swede with no plan and all the feelings. This is the very first step, a humble monologue about nothing and everything: fear of failure, boyhood nostalgia, sleep as a kind of vacation, and the quiet courage of not knowing what you’re doing but doing it anyway.I won't try to lull you into

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1:00:18

Between You and me, Why did he join the navy?

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2025/04/29

Sleepy, tonight’s journey to sleep is less about neat conclusions and more about wandering through the vaults of your childhood imagination—swimming in coins, stumbling through radish economies and spy mice in pillar boxes. It is what it is. What happens happens, and right now there’s nothing we can do but let our thoughts drift where they may. Let my half-remembered broken english on ducks, toads, fraggles, and childhood cartoons be your lullaby—an introspective, imaginative voyage toward a

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1:01:50

Square Dancing with Ghosts

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2025/04/22

Hi Sleepy.Tonight’s episode is a softly crumbling biscuit of memory, longing, and the strangely delicious ache of childhood love. We wander back to Linghed, where horses bite, letters go undelivered, and a small boy (me) tries to explain feelings with plastic pearls and lies about the post office.I wonder what love really is—whether it’s chemicals, a fog, or simply a horse you pretend to like. I reflect on how strong emotions used to be, when just the name “Therese” could turn the sky pink and

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1:00:31

Debris, Please Stay Awhile

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2025/04/15

Sleepy… what happens, happens. And right now, there’s nothing we can do about it. So let’s go...In this episode, I do what I do best: I forget what I’m doing halfway through doing it, and continue doing it anyway. I talk to you about disaster. Not the dramatic kind, but the kind you're born into—life as a pile of debris to build something beautiful out of. We wander from a lion-infested South African cave, through the gray tunnels of adulthood, to a snowy childhood field where stars throw themselves

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1:00:10

Conversations from the Lighthouse

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2025/04/08

Hi Sleepy. So, here we are again—just you and me, Henrik. Tonight, I’m nervous and curious all at once, trying out this whole speaking-English-with-a-Swedish-accent thing. It makes me feel both exotic and, let’s be honest, a little awkward. I'll probably ramble about what it feels like when Swedes encounter confident English speakers abroad and how quickly we wish we could disappear through the ground. And then there's the solitary weirdness of being my own boss—imagine thousands of decisions piling

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1:00:05

Campfire Smoke

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2025/04/01

Smoke gets in my eyes, Sleepy.Tonight, we wander through the fog—the good kind, the dreamy kind. The kind where thoughts are like lazy ghosts around a campfire, dodging the marshmallows and heading straight for your face. I talk about mopeds, naturally. And being an idiot. Also naturally. Youth, spicy food, graves under church carpets, and the weight of choosing love—whatever that means.There’s a subtle kind of crying happening, but don’t worry. It’s the sort that doesn’t need comfort. It just is

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1:00:07

Wolf Shield’s Daughter

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2025/03/25

Hi Sleepy. Tonight, we trace the tangled threads of Henrik’s lineage — from noble knights with goat-pensions and helmet-fields, to tall matriarchs in hypnotic 60's dresses, to smoky kitchen dances and secret jewelry sessions on shaggy bedroom carpets.We meet King Håkon Longlegs (or… do we?), Wolf Shield heiresses, and the dignified stillness of people who have seen things. Henrik pours out ancestral daydreams like golden chains over your face — cool to the touch, warm to the heart.And somewhere in

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1:00:03

A Gap Between Timelines

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2025/03/18

In this meandering nighttime journey, Henrik takes us through the complex emotions of family reunions and generational differences. From a meaningful celebration of his parents' 50th wedding anniversary to reflections on his childhood as the eldest of six siblings, Henrik weaves together past and present in his signature stream-of-consciousness style.Listen as Henrik contemplates the forests around his studio, owned by nobility for generations through a unique inheritance system called "Fidekommis."

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1:01:26

Have you ever met a fox, Sleepy?

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2025/03/11

In the enchanting realm of Henrik's stream of consciousness, this episode weaves a fantastical tale of a kingdom called Aurelia where power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of a few. We follow Jack, a clever trickster who encounters a magical woman in the Elderwood Forest and embarks on a mission to challenge the corrupt King Ulrik and his self-serving advisors.Henrik's storytelling meanders delightfully through philosophical musings about complaining as a human quality, the nature of

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1:00:12

The Dignity of Doubt

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2025/03/04

In this meandering journey through consciousness, Henrik explores the complex relationship between certainty and humility, weaving together personal stories from his acting school days with reflections on leadership, fear, and the human need for control. From his first terrifying encounter with a carousel at age 10 to conquering his fears on the "Candy Train" with his daughter years later, Henrik contemplates how we often let ourselves be buried under the "dust of convenience" – and what it takes to

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Sometimes you just need time to be sad

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2025/02/18

In this deeply personal episode, Henrik navigates through a day of profound emotional exploration, weaving together themes of existential loneliness, parental relationships, and the nature of human connection. Starting from his living room, breaking his usual recording routine, Henrik shares his experience of a "sad day," not in a tragic sense, but in a way that allows him to examine the deeper currents of human existence.The conversation flows naturally through various topics: from the physics of

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1:00:10

I like the concept of you

Fall asleep with Henrik ·

2025/02/11

In this episode, Henrik weaves an intricate tapestry of human existence through a collection of imagined lives, each one a reflection of our shared desire to be more than what the world expects of us. From a Mumbai call center operator who performs midnight poetry for stray cats, to a dentist who transforms extracted teeth into tiny animal sculptures, Henrik explores the beautiful duality that exists within all of us. As he navigates through these stories, he contemplates the nature of existence

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1:00:38

My Cold Core (CC)

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2025/02/04

In this meditative journey, Henrik invites us into the depths of winter at Adventure Wolf, his studio sanctuary, where he contemplates the persistent cold that seems to take root within his very being. Through his characteristic stream of consciousness, he explores the concept of his "cold core" (CC) - a metaphysical space where frost meets philosophy. As the episode unfolds, Henrik weaves together the story of his own birth in the sweltering summer of 1975, painting a vivid portrait of his parents'

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1:00:31

A Day We Will Forget

Fall asleep with Henrik ·

2025/01/28

In this episode, Henrik weaves together an intimate tapestry of historical musings and personal reflections, creating a dreamlike exploration of the mundane moments that shape our shared human experience. From his own battles with winter darkness in Stockholm to imagining Cleopatra's private frustrations with a lost hairpin, Henrik invites us into a space where time becomes fluid and the lines between past and present blur into a gentle haze.As he sits in his "five-out-of-ten" sofa, Henrik

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