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A new book by luke storey

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.
  • These conversations will never be released publicly. They’re reserved for readers who preorder the book.
  • You’ll also receive the complete collection as a downloadable ebook, with all six conversations transcribed and edited into a volume of their own.

Lonesome Conversations live sessions and transcript ebook bonus.

Preorder two or more copies and receive everything included above, plus an invitation into Luke’s private Inner Circle Book Club.

  • Join Luke for four private monthly live sessions, September through December.
  • 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.
  • Bring your questions. Every session ends with a live Q&A with Luke.
  • Miss a session? Replays are included.

Loneliness isn't simply a lack of people. It begins as a disconnection from consciousness itself.

There are two levels of loneliness: being alone in your life, and feeling alone in the universe. Each gives rise to the other.

Luke Storey traces his experience of separation from its earliest imprint — birth trauma, childhood abuse, a fractured family, a troubled-teen cult, chasing fame in Hollywood, heroin addiction, getting sober, then getting lost again in sex, love, and codependency — until psychedelic medicine, conscious partnership, and thirty years of practice began to reach what nothing else had.

Blending memoir with grounded spiritual insight and practical inner work, A Horse Named Lonesome offers a 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

“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

“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 to reconnection.

Every chapter is built on three layers:
The tales name the problem
The teachings offer the solution
And the practices turn what you’ve read
into who you become

01

Tales

One man's relentless search for belonging in all the wrong places — until the only direction left was inward and beyond.

02

Teachings

Identify the unhealed wounds, negative patterns, and false beliefs that keep loneliness alive, and the spiritual principles that restore unity with ourselves, each other, and God.

03

Practices

Short self-inquiry Innermissions woven throughout, with practices to integrate each insight into your life beyond the page. Free Lonesome Companion workbook included.

Some people spend their whole lives seeking something they already have. The solution isn't finding it. It's healing what stands in the way.

"There are two levels of loneliness: being alone in your life, and feeling alone in the universe. Each gives rise to the other."
This book is for readers who:
  1. 01Have used biohacking, achievement, spirituality, sex, or substances to escape a deeper sense of separation.
  2. 02Suspect their loneliness began long before adulthood, in birth, childhood, or the family they came from.
  3. 03Keep abandoning themselves in relationships, and want a love based on spiritual resonance rather than repair.
  4. 04Are sober or in recovery, and sense that abstinence was the beginning of the work, not the end.
  5. 05Feel drawn to psychedelics and want the transformation to outlast the revelation.
  6. 06Want a working relationship with a higher power, without being force-fed a dogma or religion.
  7. 07Are stuck replaying the past and rehearsing the future, and want the freedom of a mind at peace.
  8. 08Have learned how to function, perform, and survive, yet still feel cut off from something they can't name.

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

“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

The life behind the book

His authority comes from thirty years of recovery and spiritual practice. His credibility is built on what he is willing to admit.

Luke Storey is a transformational speaker, spiritual teacher, and host of The Life Stylist podcast, which has earned more than 14 million downloads. His work is devoted to helping people rediscover connection through holistic living and conscious relating.

After losing himself to addiction, Luke found sobriety and forged a career as a celebrity fashion stylist, working with artists like Aerosmith, Kanye West, and Ozzy Osbourne. In 2008, he founded School of Style, the world’s first school for fashion stylists. In 2016, Luke left the entertainment industry and committed himself to teaching others how to close what he calls the ‘inner gap’ — the distance between who we appear to be and who we actually are.

Luke has shared stages with Dr. Joe Dispenza, Tim Ferriss, and Gabrielle Bernstein, and been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, and Los Angeles Magazine.

While seeking the asylum of the sacred, the profane has often seduced me. I have lied, cheated, stolen, and betrayed. I carry no shame for my former transgressions, nor pride in my redemption. As I eventually learned, if you can’t find the Divine in everything, you won’t find it in anything.
— from the Author’s Note

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