Cooking for Yourself Again

14 min

Returning to the kitchen after loss can make the smallest meal feel heavy with memory. This quiet practice stays beside you as you make something simple, letting grief sit among familiar sounds, smells and habits. There is no demand to recover or be brave—only the honest act of feeding the person who is here.

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Claire Beaumont
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Claire Beaumont
Clear, grounding, light

Clear and grounding, present without weight — a few minutes to come back to the breath and carry on steadier.

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About this session

Cooking for Yourself Again is a guided audio session from Salūs — part of the loneliness collection, narrated by Claire Beaumont.

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.

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