Fall asleep with Henrik

Hi, Sleepy.

I start on a rainy afternoon in Stockholm and go wherever my head takes me. Marble statues of sorrow. Craving sugar. A monk's TV room and a beard brushing my forehead. Carrying too many plastic bags.

I talk about illusions and instant gratification. About loneliness. About disappointing first kisses. About how strangely normal my dreams became after I had looked grief straight in the face.

And through all of it, I just want to be a decent person. Not perfect. Just decent.

It's okay to feel lost. It's okay to want to be held. Let's sit here a while.

Sleep tight.

More about me: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl

From the archive, first heard in June 2025.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, Sleepy.

This one starts with a welcome to everyone who had just found the podcast. I explain what this is. Not a meditation. Not relaxation. Just me, talking, hoping it helps you fall asleep. You don't have to listen. I really mean that.

I talk about language, and how every older generation thinks the younger one is ruining everything. I tell an embarrassing story from my early acting days, when I met my idol Henric Holmberg and blew him kisses. I've never quite gotten over it.

And I wonder at the fact that I can sit in a little room in Stockholm and talk to you, wherever you are.

Sleep tight.

More about me: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl

From the archive, first heard in June 2024.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, Sleepy. It's me again. Henrik.
I'm a Swedish man with a microphone and no filter, speaking English as well as I can.

I talk about being a parent. About loneliness. About oceans and boats. About triangles on Venus. About how little I can control, and what a birthday must have felt like in 1348.

I tell you what I'm afraid of. I say thank you to my imagination. Then I keep talking, because that's what I do. Some of the words find each other. Some don't.
This isn't a lullaby. It's something else.
Sleep tight.

More about me: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl

From the archive, first heard in May 2025.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, Sleepy.
I'm lying on my sofa in Stockholm. It's summer when I do the recording. The window is open and it's quiet out there.
I talk about minds meeting across time and distance. About Harold the hamster, who keeps running. About a girl who asked her father why she has to exist.
These are the questions that come when the lights go out. Forever. Being. Not knowing. I don't have any answers. I just walk around in the questions for a while, and you can come along.
Sleep tight.

More about me: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl

From the archive, first heard in June 2025.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, Sleepy.
This sort of a reintroduction, cause of lovely newcomers!
I'm Swedish and I'm doing this in English. I'm nervous. I don't have a plan.

I talk about being afraid of failing. About being a boy. About sleep as a kind of vacation. About doing something without knowing how.
No sheep. No whalesong. I just talk. And somewhere in there is the idea that you are not alone in this.
Sleep if you want. Or don't.
Sleep tight.

More about me: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl

From the archive, first heard in May 2025.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.