Money & Relationships
A Six-Week Storytelling & Deep Listening Circle for Women Over 60
Especially welcoming mothers and grandmothers.
“I want to help the people I care about—my children, grandchildren, partner, other family members or friends—while keeping enough money, time and energy for my own needs.”
How do we do that?
When someone asks for help, do you say yes before considering what you can afford or manage? Do you feel guilty saying no?
Perhaps nobody has asked, but you sense someone needs help—and already feel responsible for offering it.
Or perhaps you give easily, but struggle to ask for or receive support yourself.
Money & Relationships offers space to explore these everyday experiences through your own stories and the company of other women.
What Will You Take Away?
By the end of six weeks, you will be able to:
- Recognise what influences your yes and your no: whether you want to help, or feel guilty, obliged or afraid of disappointing someone.
- Be clearer about what you can offer while keeping enough money, time and energy for your own needs.
- Recognise when you need support yourself, and what makes asking or receiving difficult.
- Decide what you want to do differently.
For example:
“Before agreeing to help, I will give myself time to consider what I can afford and manage.”
“If I sense someone needs help, I can ask rather than assume.”
“I can tell someone what help I need, rather than hope they will notice.”
Each woman will find her own answers.
How the Circle Works
Before each gathering, you receive a Whisper—a carefully prepared written reflection with focused questions.
When we meet on Zoom, each woman has uninterrupted time to tell her story. The others listen without giving advice, judging or trying to fix anything.
I facilitate the circle, prepare the Whispers and hold the structure. This is a space for discovering your own answers through Storytelling & Deep Listening.
Our Six Weekly Themes
- My Story with Money
- Giving & Receiving
- Money in My Relationships
- Where My Energy Goes
- What Is Asking to Emerge?
- What Have I Discovered That I Want to Live By?
The Whispers and questions build upon one another. In our sixth gathering, each woman names what she has discovered and what she wants to do differently.
Four weeks later, we meet again to share what has happened, what has been difficult and what needs further attention.
Why Is One Circle Free and This One Paid?
Lighting From Within is my free weekly Zoom circle, which I have facilitated for several years. It offers an ongoing space for connection, reflection, Storytelling & Deep Listening.
Money & Relationships is a focused six-week journey with connected themes, specially prepared Whispers and reflection questions, and a follow-up gathering.
The USD 60 fee covers the preparation and facilitation of this complete journey.
More structure and a clearer intention—not more instruction.
The Spiritual Ground
This circle welcomes women who believe in—or are open to—the existence of the soul. No particular religion is required, and different understandings are welcome.
Join the Circle
Begins: Sunday 17 January 2027
Where: Online through Zoom
Group size: 2–6 women
Fee: USD 60 for the complete six-week circle, written Whispers and follow-up gathering
Please join with the intention of attending all six weeks. Sessions are not recorded, and we agree to respect the privacy of one another’s stories.
Your facilitator: Lian Henriksen
Mother, grandmother and facilitator of Storytelling & Deep Listening circles.
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MEET THE FACILITATOR, LIAN HENRIKSEN
I facilitate storytelling and deep listening circles for women who want to
understand themselves and their relationships more clearly.
Money & Relationships grew from my own living inquiry into giving and
receiving, love and belonging, responsibility, and the choices I make with my time, energy, and money.
After many years as a coach and mentor, I bring my experience alongside
questions I am still exploring myself. I offer a small, carefully held space
where each woman can tell her story, hear herself, and discover what she wants to choose for her life now.
PARTICIPANTS REFLECTIONS FROM CIRCLES
I. PATTY, PARTICIPANT THE RELATIONAL CLARITY CIRCLE - FAMILY RELATIONSHIP ARC
“Something from the circle stayed with me in my daily conversations.
I felt more confident. People responded with authenticity and kindness.
Interactions became richer — even with my children.”
II. DRUMMING DRAGONFLIES: LISTENING AS A WAY OF LIVING
“Joining this circle was a blessing in divine timing.
I left with a deeper sense of grounded power and genuine gratitude.
I felt fully respected — heard without interruption, fixing, or advice.
Most of all, I left with hope.
Learning to listen this way changes how you meet yourself — and how you
meet others.”
III DRUMMING DRAGONFLIES: MEETING LIFE
“Over six weeks, I experienced real connection.
I felt seen and witnessed in a genuinely safe container.
That safety allowed clarity to emerge.
There was illumination — and a deep sense of peace.
This work stays with you.”
IV. SILVER DINING CIRCLES
Several participants have described these circles as a rare space where they could finally hear themselves think.
People frequently leave with words like trust, connection, gratitude, peace — and sometimes the realization that something in their own thinking has been gently challenged. That moment of honest reflection is often where relational clarity begins.
A Grandmother's Call To Remember That You Are Much More than You Think You Are.
In a world fractured by speed, silence, and misunderstanding, what does it mean to truly listen?
At the age of 80, Lian Henriksen reflects on a lifetime of mothering, grandmothering, soul-searching, and circle-keeping. Through stories woven across generations and galaxies — from family wounds to spiritual awakenings — she invites us into a quiet revolution: one rooted in remembrance, radical honesty, and the courage to lead ourselves.
More than a memoir, A Listening Grandmother is a gentle offering to all who walk between worlds — those tending to ancestral faultlines, raising light-filled children, or simply longing to live with greater presence. This is a book for listeners, question-keepers, and those who carry a quiet hope for healing.
Available in Kindle and Paperback on Amazon
