Before the Hard Conversation

18 min

Best for: anticipatory anxiety before a difficult conversation

Some conversations stay tomorrow's problem for weeks. This anxiety session works with that specific knot: the thing you have been meaning to tell one person, and the weight that not telling it has taken on. You will practise noticing the rehearsal loop, letting the over-smoothed opening line go, and settling the body so you can walk into the conversation as yourself rather than as your script. The aim is not a flawless delivery but a calmer, clearer starting point.

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Eleanor Vance
Your storyteller
Eleanor Vance
Warm, low, unhurried

Warm and unhurried, with a low steady ease, the slow exhale at the end of a long day.

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About this session

Before the Hard Conversation is a guided audio session from Salūs, part of the anxiety collection, narrated by Eleanor Vance.

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.