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But the Telegraph Neil McCormick awarded four stars, noting: "The overwhelming emotional mood is relief. It pervades the songs, a self-soothing blanket of gratitude that she has been rescued from solitude."

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

For some of us, that self-soothing means playing out a version of rustic life or managerial life in our own kitchen.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025

But you’re right, when the world is feeling increasingly apocalyptic, those self-soothing behaviors are so at our fingertips.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

And when you are self-soothing, it might stem from scarcity of time, energy or resources.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2025

Adam thought he perceived in them that notion of compensation for irretrievable wrong, that self-soothing attempt to make evil bear the same fruits as good, which most of all roused his indignation.

From Adam Bede by Eliot, George