This is the core of Part 1. No "problem areas." No "pain on a scale of 1 to 10." Just a deep, unsettling, and ultimately liberating invitation to voice the unspoken.

: A luxurious, private environment designed to put clients at ease while maintaining total discretion.

"The body keeps the ledger," she said, wiping the black sand into a copper bowl. "But the ledger can be edited."