When They Are Not the Enemy

11 min

When someone close has started to feel like an opponent, the body can brace before anything has happened. Often you are meeting a carried version of them: sharper, faster, less forgiving than the living person. Separating the figure from the fact can make room for curiosity, without excusing harm or dropping a boundary.

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Eleanor Vance
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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

When They Are Not the Enemy is a guided audio session from Salūs, part of the love and relationships 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.