Three Spirals of Awakening: A Coffee Invitation, A Sacred Text, and the Pain of Being Misunderstood
by Lian Henriksen
August 6, 2025
I could also have titled this chapter: When a Kind Comment Stings: Listening Through the Spirals of the Present, the Past, and the Pattern
It began...
The Day I Lived Chapter 17 — Sounding the Lineage in Real Time
by Lian Henriksen
July 31, 2025
On the morning of July 31st, 2025, as my holiday drew to a close and the first Airbnb guest settled in, I felt a quiet pull. It was the kind of imp...
The Oak Tree on My Balcony – A Gift, A Memory, A Rooting
by Lian Henriksen
July 27, 2025
This morning’s contemplation was unusually fruitful. I don’t even know where to begin.
Lately, my thoughts have been circling around how to promote...
Why Storytelling and Deep Listening Circles? A Deeper Invitation
by Lian Henriksen
July 24, 2025
In a world overflowing with words, advice, and noise, a sacred need is rising: the need to be heard without interruption, to speak without fear of ...
💫 Listening Beyond the Wound — A Quiet Ripple of Peace
by Lian Henriksen
July 24, 2025
A few nights ago, after hosting a storytelling circle titled Lighting from Within – Sustaining Heart-Centered Living, I received a message from Reg...
Circles Within Circles: The Cost and Grace of Holding Space
by Lian Henriksen
July 24, 2025
Yesterday I hosted my 9th in-person circle under Silvers. We began with drinks in the sitting room, shared an open-hearted dinner at 7:30 pm, then ...
WHO NEEDS WITNESSING?
by Lian Henriksen
July 22, 2025
From the book-in-progress: Learning to Listen Beyond Logic… and Loving Without Fixing
It began with a simple message from a wise woman I deeply res...
Is It Really “So Easy” to Get Dementia These Days? A Whisper from the Field
by Lian Henriksen
July 18, 2025
Dementia is not just a breakdown of the brain. It is often a fracturing of identity, soul-fragments retreating, unreconciled grief, accumulated noise never given silence. It is not a punishment. Nor always preventable. But it is sometimes a quiet cry: “Let me go where the timeline is softer. Let me return to the garden where memory is not required to feel loved.”
Spiritual Elderhood — With Sword, Staff, and Drum
by Lian Henriksen
July 9, 2025
Yesterday, I turned 80.
Today, I sat with Bakri — my beloved shamanic drum — and listened deeply. What came through wasn’t a teaching to hold onto...
A Sacred 80th Birthday Reflection
by Lian Henriksen
July 2, 2025
Title: Stepping Into Spiritual Elderhood – A Sacred 80th Birthday Reflection
As I prepare to turn 80, I find myself standing at the threshold of wh...
Blog post - Using Spirit Guides for World Peace
by Lian Henriksen
June 29, 2025
🌍 Using Spirit Guides for World Peace?
For most of my life, I believed world peace would come through human progress — diplomacy, education, econom...
FamilyTree Reflection
by Lian Henriksen
June 28, 2025
Title: A Living Tree of Love – Mapping My Family from the Inside Out
On the 21st of September, 2024, I stood before a wall in my home, holding str...
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