When Your Parent Was the Wound

20 min

For anyone whose parent was a source of hurt rather than shelter. The practice does not ask you to forgive or explain, only to notice the shapes you took to get through their house, and to recognise that those shapes are not who you are now.

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Saoirse Quinn
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Saoirse Quinn
Soft, spacious, calm

Soft and spacious, with room between every line, lets a busy mind settle in its own time, never pushed.

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About this session

When Your Parent Was the Wound is a guided audio session from Salūs, part of the love and relationships collection, narrated by Saoirse Quinn.

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.