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🎧 The Art of Saying It: Reflections from a Mindful Viking
A Spoken Word Series From Madelaine Vallin
The Art of Saying It explores themes of Nordic Mindfulness, emotional depth, nature, identity, and creative healing. These are not just recordings; they are embodied reflections—an invitation to slow down, feel deeply, and listen beyond the words.
This is a living archive—a growing collection.
A selection of spoken-word pieces, read aloud from my written articles—where voice, truth,
and creative reflection meet.
Return whenever you need to reconnect to something real.
🎧 It’s Not What We Say
On Embodiment, Integrity, and the Energy Behind Words
đź•Š A spoken reflection for those who feel the tension between what they say and how they live. This piece explores why words alone no longer move us—and why true resonance comes from embodiment. Whether it’s AI echoing our tone or humans speaking without living their truth, what we’re sensing is the absence of lived experience. And we’re hungry for realness.
đź“Ť From the original article on MadelaineVallin.com
đź”— Read the full article
🗣️ Written and read by Madelaine Vallin
🎧 Listen Time: About 8 minutes
“It’s not just what we say—it’s whether we’re living it.”
🎧 Creativity, Simplicity & The Sugar Trap
On Simplicity, Stimulation, and the Art of Creating What Matters
🍬 A spoken reflection for creatives, thinkers, and doers who find themselves overwhelmed by too many tabs open—literally and metaphorically. This piece explores the lure of stimulation, the false satisfaction of complexity, and how choosing simplicity can nourish your deepest creative expression.
đź”— Read the full article
🗣️ Written and read by Madelaine Vallin
🎧 Listen Time: About 10 Minutes
“Creativity doesn’t thrive in chaos—it flourishes in clarity. Simplicity is not lack; it’s presence.”
🎧 The Time Illusion – Why Life Feels Like It’s Moving Faster Than Ever
On Presence, Pace, and the Nervous System of Modern Life
🕰 A spoken reflection for those feeling rushed, untethered, or like life is slipping past too quickly. This piece invites us to explore the speed we’ve absorbed, the tension it creates in our bodies, and how we might return to a rhythm that feels more human, more alive.
đź“Ť From the original article on NordicMindfulness.com
đź”— Read the full article
🗣️ Written and read by Madelaine Vallin
🎧 Listen Time: About 5 Minutes
“The more we try to hold onto time, the more it seems to disappear. The more we break life into minutes and deadlines, the faster it seems to run.”
🎧 What If It’s All Grief?
On the Weight Beneath the Noise
🕊 A spoken reflection for those carrying a heaviness they can’t quite name. This piece invites us to look beneath the surface of exhaustion, disconnection, and frustration—and ask whether what we’re feeling is actually unprocessed, collective grief. Not grief for one thing—but for many. Quiet, layered, unspoken.
đź“Ť From the original article on MadelaineVallin.com
đź”— Read the full article
🗣️ Written and read by Madelaine Vallin
🎧 Listen Time: About 8 minutes
“What if even the rage we see in the world is just grief in disguise?”
🎧 Levelling Up Is a Trap.
On the Courage to Grow Inward
🌿 A spoken reflection for those tired of chasing. This piece explores what happens when growth stops being a performance and becomes something quieter, deeper, and more honest. It’s about resisting the pressure to “level up”—and discovering the transformation waiting when you dare to level in.
đź“Ť From the original article on MadelaineVallin.com
đź”— Read the full article
🗣️ Written and read by Madelaine Vallin
🎧 Listen Time: About 7 minutes
“Levelling up is what’s expected. Levelling in? That takes nerve.”
🎧 People Resent Artists Because They’re Secretly Envious
On the Quiet Power of Creative Visibility
🎨 A spoken reflection on why artists often face subtle resistance or resentment—not because they’re doing something wrong, but because they dare to do what many silently long for. This piece is a tender exploration of emotional projection, envy, and the quiet courage to show up anyway.
đź“Ť From the original article on MadelaineVallin.com
đź”— Read the full article
🗣️ Written and read by Madelaine Vallin
🎧 Listen Time: About 8 minutes
“When the world looks back on this time, it won’t remember the spreadsheets. It’ll remember the art.”
🎧 Lost Boys, AI Girlfriends & the Crisis of Emotional Navigation
The Cost of Disconnection in a Digital Age
đź–¤ A spoken reflection on the emotional exile of modern men, the allure of artificial intimacy, and what happens when we lose connection to our inner compass. This is a call to feel again—in a world that’s teaching us not to.
đź“Ť From the original article on MadelaineVallin.com
đź”— Read the full article
🗣️ Written and read by Madelaine Vallin
🎧 Listen Time: About 14 minutes
“This is not a crisis of masculinity. It’s a crisis of emotional navigation.”
🎧 The Time Illusion
Why Life Feels Like It’s Moving Faster Than Ever
🕊️ A spoken reflection on how modern life distorts our sense of time—and how Nordic Mindfulness invites us back into presence, breath, and slowness.
đź“Ť From the original article on NordicMindfulness.com
đź”— Read the full article
🗣️ Written and read by Madelaine Vallin
🎧 Listen Time: About 5 mins
“The more we try to hold onto time, the more it seems to disappear. The more we break life into minutes and deadlines, the faster it seems to run.”