Days You Did Your Best
Best for: perfectionism and harsh self-judgement
This self-compassion session helps you release the quiet ritual of marking the day against itself, the unsent reply, the call not made, the harder-than-expected hours. Through guided breath and reflective inquiry, you'll practise meeting your effort with the same understanding you'd offer a friend. The practice draws on Kristin Neff's self-compassion framework, distinguishing between self-judgement and clear-eyed kindness. You'll leave with a softer relationship to a day that asked more of you than it gave back.

Tender and reassuring, steady when things aren't, present and calm without ever overpromising.
About this session
Days You Did Your Best is a guided audio session from Salūs, part of the self compassion collection, narrated by Maya Hart.
Salūs is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS and Android, hundreds of guided sessions, long bedtime stories for adults and 325 free sleep sounds. Hear the full session with a 7-day free trial. Every session is signed off by our BSc (Hons) & MSc Psychology team.