Fall asleep with Henrik

KIRINAJA
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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 unforgettable journey through the night. About Henrik: Henrik Ståhl is a multi-talented individual with experience as an actor, author, and podcaster. Since 2012, Henrik has run his own production platform, Kirinaja, where he produces podcasts like Fall Asleep with Henrik and Somna med Henrik, as well as creates humorous content for social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. More from Henrik Ståhl here: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Wanna Fall Asleep with Henrik? Start here.

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    Wanna Fall Asleep with Henrik? Start here.

    Welcome. This is a short introduction for those of you who just found the show. A lot of new Sleepys have arrived lately. I'm so glad you did, and if you have any questions or just want to say hi, just reach out to me on any social media or visit my website. ABOUT FALL ASLEEP WITH HENRIK and HOW TO USE IT:This is an improvised sleep podcast. I don’t prepare anything in advance. I sit down, press record, and start talking. English is my second language, so I wander. I search for words. I repeat myself. I follow thoughts that lead nowhere in particular. The goal is simple: to give you company while you fall asleep. You don’t have to listen closely. You can let my voice drift in and out of focus. I’m not here to fix you. I’m just here to talk, and keep you company. If you are new here, start anywhere. There is no correct order. Each episode stands on its own. It is what it is. What happens, happens. And right now, there’s nothing we can do about it. I will stay here for about an hour. You can rest. If you don’t fall asleep, that’s fine. You don’t have to perform sleep here. /Henrik Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2 min
  2. A Violin in the Tall Grass

    7H AGO

    A Violin in the Tall Grass

    Hi Sleepy. Tonight I welcome the new UK listeners with slightly nervous hands (if your'e a new listener from the UK, please reach out and say hello), and a very Swedish accent. I explain what this is. Or try to. An improvised hour. No preparation. English as a second language. Me wandering off and sometimes coming back. We talk about dreams and why they are considered boring, about childhood clichés and why some are noble while others are embarrassing. I question words. I question “dude.” I question kings. I question myself as an instrument. There’s a field in the 70s with a long-haired violinist playing to a baby. There’s Dalarna, folk music, menuets, and the regret of throwing a violin away at fifteen. There’s the idea that maybe I am already playing something. The Henrik Lute. An instrument made of breath, memory and unfinished thoughts. We drift through farm animals, a librarian father, a night-working mother sleeping in the basement, and a lost Yoda melting into the grass of a Swedish lawn forty years ago. We break thought-constructs on purpose. We ask, “Are you asleep?” just to see what happens. This is not hypnosis. It’s a journey to sleep through association, imagination and the quiet courage of not preparing. If you’re new here, welcome. If you’re old here, thank you for staying. Either way, you can fall asleep, drift off to sleep, or just rest in the mishmash. It is what it is. What happens, happens. And right now, there’s nothing we can do about it. Sleep Tight! More about Henrik, click here: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 2m
  3. Before Morning Decides

    FEB 15

    Before Morning Decides

    Hi Sleepy. Tonight I sit in Adventure Wolf, listening to a hum that might be a machine, or maybe just the world breathing. I talk about jars on kitchen counters, about things we never asked, about kindness that arrives without explanation, like a cup of coffee placed on a table and nothing more. This is an episode about small things that carry weight. Seeds that may or may not be real. Grandmothers’ kitchens that feel like the center of the universe. Dogs who just stay in the room. People who hum beside us and let us rest. You don’t have to listen closely. You can let my voice be the refrigerator in the other room. A steady sound while you drift off to sleep, falling asleep in your own way, at your own pace. It is what it is. What happens, happens. And right now, there is nothing we can do about it. Sleep Tight! More about Henrik, click here: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 1m
  4. Layers of Blue

    FEB 8

    Layers of Blue

    Hi Sleepy. This is one of those episodes where the talking just keeps walking. From a cold Stockholm morning to bluish mountains in Dalarna (The Valleys). From old theater hierarchies, fear, and drunk directors, to a warm container called Adventure Wolf where nothing is demanded of anyone. I talk about growing older without growing certain. About fame that once felt urgent and now feels heavy. About loneliness as freedom, habit, and sometimes a quiet prison. About being fifty and still confused, and how that might actually be okay. You don’t have to listen closely. You can let my voice become a distant mumble from another room. Or stay with me as I drift through memory, bitterness, gratitude, and the strange relief of small rooms. It is what it is. What happens, happens. And right now, there’s nothing we can do about it. Sleep Tight! More about Henrik, click here: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 1m
  5. Existence Customer Service

    FEB 1

    Existence Customer Service

    Sleepy, it’s snowing in Stockholm and I’m tired of the snow. I sit in Adventure Wolf with a phone in my hand and a vague, familiar heaviness in my body. So I do the only reasonable thing: I call Existence Customer Service. There’s hold music that feels older than language, a menu that can’t handle mixed feelings, and a guy named Gary who sounds kind, tired, and weirdly official about the fact that life sometimes feels like swimming in soup. We get a temporary case number. We escalate the case. We learn that the system is working as designed. This is an introspective, imaginative journey to sleep where nothing gets fixed, but something gets shaped. You can drift off to sleep while I try to make sense of the current era framework, missing case numbers, and the soft comfort of not being alone in the lost mail bin. Sleep Tight! More about Henrik, click here: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr
  6. Saying Yes to What Is

    JAN 25

    Saying Yes to What Is

    Sleepy, tonight I wander without a map. I talk about speaking broken English into a microphone and not fixing it. About shame, karaoke bars, Stockholm nights, and the strange courage it takes to stay. I circle illness, family, altruism, and the calm that sometimes arrives when drama stops being useful. This is a quiet hour of drifting thoughts, pauses, and company. You don’t have to listen closely. You can drift off, come back, drift again. I’ll be here either way, sitting with you while sleep happens or doesn’t happen. It is what it is. What happens, happens. And right now, there’s nothing we need to do. Sleep Tight! More about Henrik, click here: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 1m
  7. What is Fall Asleep with Henrik?

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    What is Fall Asleep with Henrik?

    Hi, I’m Henrik. And this is Fall Asleep with Henrik. This is a podcast where I talk for about an hour in each episode. I don’t use a script, and I don’t edit anything out. I just speak into the microphone, letting my thoughts wander, with the simple intention of helping you fall asleep. Sometimes I talk about memories. Sometimes about everyday things. Sometimes about serious topics, strange ideas, or nothing in particular at all. What I talk about isn’t the important part. The important part is that I talk. That I’m here. The company. The slow drift, together with me. You don’t have to listen closely. You don’t have to follow every word. You don’t have to do anything with what I say. You can let my voice fade into the background of your mind. Or you can stay with it, if you want. Either way is fine. This podcast isn’t here to fix you. It can’t. It’s here to sit with you while your sleep happens, or doesn’t happen. It is what it is. What happens, happens. And right now, there is nothing you need to do. Welcome to Fall Asleep with Henrik. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2 min
  8. A Studio Under Snow

    JAN 18

    A Studio Under Snow

    Hi Sleepy. Tonight I’m talking from a room that’s almost been swallowed by snow. Somewhere outside, Stockholm is doing what it does when it remembers winter. From there my thoughts drift to old films, Hollywood habits, guns that always need to be looked at, villains who talk to aquariums, and why people in movies never behave like real humans in danger. We wander through The Mission, bad dialogue, good music, gender clichés, bare feet in forests, and that strange moment when you can almost see the writer’s room through the screen. It’s a slow, slightly irritated, slightly amused journey toward falling asleep. No conclusions. Just observations, detours, and a few unnecessary goats. Let this be background noise while you drift off to sleep. Or stay awake and argue with me in your head. Both are fine. Sleep Tight! More about Henrik, click here: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr
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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 unforgettable journey through the night. About Henrik: Henrik Ståhl is a multi-talented individual with experience as an actor, author, and podcaster. Since 2012, Henrik has run his own production platform, Kirinaja, where he produces podcasts like Fall Asleep with Henrik and Somna med Henrik, as well as creates humorous content for social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. More from Henrik Ståhl here: https://linktr.ee/Henrikstahl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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