When Your Parent Was the Wound

20 min

## Arrival A parent waits inside this hour, and the body has carried them so long it has forgotten to name the weight. Perhaps the one who was meant to be your harbour became the headland you spent a childhood learning to brace against.

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Saoirse Quinn
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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

When Your Parent Was the Wound is a guided audio session from Salūs — part of the love and relationships 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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