A once-busy group chat has gone still, leaving you hovering over names, timestamps and all the questions silence can provoke. This gentle practice makes room for the ache without turning it into a verdict, recognising that closeness sometimes drifts as seasons change. The thread can stay unopened tonight, while your worth remains untouched by its quiet.

Low, slow and spacious — a gentle cadence with long pauses, tuned for the dark and made to be drifted off to.
Group Chat Went Quiet is a guided audio session from Salūs — part of the loneliness collection, narrated by Charles Holt.
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.