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5 min readKatrine Wiedemann, now a novelist and theater director, recalls a moment—perhaps age 12—standing in her small childhood room behind the kitchen, listening to musicals on a record player, writing choreographies for school friends. She looked out the window at the sky and felt an endorphin storm: a feeling of happiness so complete that she knew no one could take it from her. Decades later, she stood on the photo podium at Betty Nansen Theatre, directing a huge storm scene with actors flying across the stage, her mother sitting in the audience, proud. The same feeling returned—being in the right place, fully alive, connected to the world through her creative power. This is the core of Wiedemann’s conversation with host Sørine Godfredsen: the discovery of an inner room where strength lives, and the lifelong tension between that private space and the demands of love, marriage, and family.
The apology and the private room
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:01) **Introduction & The "Apology" of Self-Consciousness** - Sorine introduces the theme of losing childhood innocence and gaining self-awareness, framing it as a central question of gaining or losing strength.
- 2 (03:23) **A Happy Childhood & The First "Apology" at Age 11** - Katrine describes her happy childhood as the "absence of unhappiness" and the turning point when her parents separated.
- 3 (07:54) **The Power of the Male Gaze at 14** - Katrine recounts a pivotal evening where she dressed up and discovered the power and ease of male attention.
- 4 (15:51) **Søren Kierkegaard & The Inner Gaze** - Sorine connects Katrine's experience to Kierkegaard's concept of the "apology" as the moment one turns the gaze inward and sees oneself from the outside.
- 5 (18:14) **Meeting Her Husband & The Quiet Growth of Love** - Katrine describes meeting her future husband and the nature of their love.
- 6 (20:13) **The Wedding: A Pressed "Yes"** - Katrine describes a small, practical wedding that she had to initiate, contrasting her desire for a big ceremony with her husband's caution.
- 7 (23:56) **The Strain of Career & Family** - Katrine discusses the overwhelming pressure of having two small children while her career peaked.
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Katrine Wiedemanns liv har været præget af skilsmisser. Hun var 11 år, da hendes forældre blev skilt, og en af de hårdeste beskeder, hun har givet i sit liv var, da hun og eksmanden fortalte deres døtre på fem og syv, at de skulle skilles. Midt i skilsmissen genopdagede Katrine Wiedemann også et rum af styrke og livskraft inde i sig selv, som hun havde lagt låg på i sit ægteskab. Hun taler med Sørine Gotfredsen om ægteskabet på godt og ondt. Og så kommer de to kvinder også ind på deres fælles erfaring med først i en sen alder at skabe relationer til det modsatte køn.
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