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A Horse NamedLonesome

Tales and Teachings to Reclaim Connection, Transcend Separation, and Discover the Divine Within.

On sale November 17, 2026 — The Year of the Horse. Balance / Hachette

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Lonesome Conversations audio series and transcript ebook bonus.

Preorder one copy and go beyond the pages of A Horse Named Lonesome with six private conversations Luke selected to accompany the book.

  • Get exclusive access to six Lonesome Conversations featuring Eyla Cuenca, Irene Lyon, Stefanos Sifandos, Caitlin Thompson, Daniel Vitalis, and Mark Gober.
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  • Go deeper into the passages that matter most and work through practices from the book together.
  • Hear deleted scenes, stories, and material that didn’t make the final manuscript.
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When being surrounded still feels like being alone.

Loneliness is not simply a lack of people. It begins as a felt separation within ourselves—and it can follow us into every room.

After nearly three decades of spiritual inquiry, recovery, and lived transformation, Luke Storey traces that separation from its earliest imprint through addiction, trauma, relationship, and spiritual awakening.

Blending memoir with grounded spiritual insight and practical inner work, A Horse Named Lonesome offers a human path toward reconciliation, belonging, and authentic connection.

Advance praise for A Horse Named Lonesome

“What he learned there—about loneliness and hopelessness, but even more importantly about reconnection and redemption—is a guide for anyone feeling as lost as he was.”

Marianne WilliamsonAuthor of A Return to Love

“This book speaks to the quiet longing for connection that lives in all of us. Luke Storey offers a heartfelt path back to presence, authenticity, and a deeper sense of self.”

Elle MacphersonModel and founder of WelleCo

“Luke Storey shows how that separation takes hold, and what it takes to fight your way back to something real. Five stars!”

Steven PressfieldBestselling author of The War of Art and Turning Pro

“A Horse Named Lonesome is a powerful and deeply honest journey from pain to purpose, from isolation to love.”

Dr. John GrayAuthor of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

“Luke is sharing the vulnerability of his journey. He shares the hardest parts of his path to wholeness. I applaud him for being so honest and through that honesty gives the reader a glimpse into healing.”

Carrie-Anne MossActor and founder of Annapurna Living

From separation toward connection.

The book moves from the first imprint of separation through trauma, addiction, relationship, surrender, and spiritual practice—helping readers recognize those patterns in their own lives and find their way back to connection.

01

Recognize the signal

Notice the disguises separation can wear: achievement, codependence, obsession, anxiety, or escape.

02

Return to the body

Bring spiritual insight into sensation, grief, repair, and the early experience the body still carries.

03

Choose connection

Practice surrender, tell the truth, receive support, and build a life that no longer depends on self-exile.

What this book helps you see differently.

  1. 01Recognize loneliness in its less obvious forms.
  2. 02Understand how the body holds early experience.
  3. 03See addiction as a failed attempt at belonging.
  4. 04Practice surrender where willpower runs out.
  5. 05Repair shame through truth and relationship.
  6. 06Distinguish restorative solitude from isolation.
  7. 07Bring spiritual insight into daily practice.
  8. 08Remember connection as something inherent.

More advance praise

“A Horse Named Lonesome brings a clear lens to the link between early imprinting, trauma, and loneliness, and how those experiences carry forward into our patterns.”

Dr. Will ColeNew York Times bestselling author and host of The Art of Being Well

“In my hospice work I learned the tragic aspect of this human era of abstraction. It is the belief we are alone. As the veil thins in near death, everyone realizes they were never alone. The beauty of our new era is that we will begin to feel this before the moment of death. Let this horse ride you there.”

Zach Bush MD

“A Horse Named Lonesome is a deeply moving reflection on grief, healing, and the courage it takes to stay open in a painful world.”

Dr. Nicole LePeraAuthor of the #1 New York Times bestsellers How to Do the Work, How to Be the Love You Seek, and Reparenting the Inner Child

“A Horse Named Lonesome may appear to be a book about Luke Storey’s life, but I’m confident you will find a piece of yourself on every page; by the time you get to the end, you are sure to know and have much more empathy and compassion for yourself.”

Paul ChekFounder of CHEK Institute & Spirit Gym

“I have no doubt reading this book will help you to discover a new way of being. And with it, a gift that was always waiting for you.”

Peter CroneMind architect and performance coach

He did not study this journey from a distance.

Luke Storey writes from inside nearly three decades of recovery, devotion, and the long work of becoming available to life again.

His story moves through addiction, early trauma, spiritual seeking, and the relationships that made truth harder to avoid. What emerges is neither a formula nor a performance, but a record of what it takes to return to the body, to God, and to other people.

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Connection cannot be lost.It can only be forgotten.

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