Just After Bad News

5 min

Bad news can tilt the whole day, sending the heart racing and the mind hurtling towards what comes next. Grounding in one solid point of contact gives the body space to ride out the first surge without forcing it away. The news remains unchanged, but even a half-step towards steadiness can be enough to face the next breath.

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Saoirse Quinn
Your storyteller
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

Just After Bad News is a guided audio session from Salūs — part of the resilience 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.

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