Lise Hendrix. Mindfulness infused Visual Creator.

I feel in love with Romania

Since then, photography and film have taken me across countries, cultures, and landscapes.

In 2016, I co-founded Volod Hendrix, an independent media production studio with Romanian filmmaker Vlad Sacaleanu. For nearly a decade, we have travelled, filmed, and told stories around the world, from environmental documentaries deep in Romania’s last virgin forests to visual productions for international organisations and brands including HBO, Warner Bros, UNICEF, Volkswagen, Lancôme and TikTok.

Our movie screened around the world

One of our most meaningful projects was Virgo, a non-verbal environmental documentary about Romania’s endangered virgin forests. Creating it meant travelling more than 5000 kilometres across the country, filming in over seventy locations and spending weeks immersed in wild landscapes. A journey that profoundly shaped how I see nature, storytelling, and our responsibility as creators.

You can watch it for free HERE.

At 27, I built what I believed was my dream house in Romania, a small ecological wooden home that I designed and documented from the ground up. That experience taught me one of life’s most important lessons: you can build beauty all around you, yet if you are not at peace within, something will still feel incomplete. Real fulfilment begins on the inside.

That realisation became a turning point.

It led me into a deeper exploration of self-awareness, mindfulness, and creative presence, and slowly transformed the way I approach both life and art.

Today my work centres around portrait photography for healing and reconnection, using mindful techniques to help people feel seen, grounded, and alive in front of the camera.

Wide Awake

Alongside photography, I created Wide Awake Creator, a space dedicated to supporting modern creators who want to reconnect with their intuition and develop creativity as a path of self-mastery. Through visual storytelling, mindful creation, and embodied practice, I guide artists and entrepreneurs to clarify their vision and build work that feels aligned with who they truly are. Watch the Creator Code masterclass here.

Because creativity, for me, isn’t just a skill.

It’s a way of living.

A way of seeing the world with curiosity and awareness.

A way of responding to life with openness and imagination.

Today I’m based again in Norway, building a growing community of creators and continuing to explore what has always fascinated me most: how art, presence, and storytelling can reconnect us with what is real.