Listening Without Reply

12 min

Notice the reply beginning to form while another person is still speaking, and picture setting it down like a parcel. With nothing waiting behind the teeth, hear the grain of a familiar voice—the tiredness, hesitation and words left unsaid. Listening with empty hands creates the rare, steady quiet in which someone can feel fully heard.

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Marco Vella
Your storyteller
Marco Vella
Grounded, even, steady

Grounded and even, the same calm weight on every line — present without pushing, steady when the moment isn't.

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About this session

Listening Without Reply is a guided audio session from Salūs — part of the mindfulness collection, narrated by Marco Vella.

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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