Cherishing
What is Cherishing?
The pain has softened enough to let the love in. You can remember them without it destroying you.
When you might feel cherishing
Cherishing is a specific form of remembering, which itself is a type of integration. You might experience this feeling in situations where integration is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define cherishing.
Emotional Hierarchy
Explore Cherishing on the Interactive Wheel
Use our free interactive feeling wheel to explore cherishing and discover related emotions.
Open Grief & Loss WheelRelated Emotions
Letting the loss be real. Not moving on — moving forward, with the loss as part ...
Finding a new normal. Not better or worse — different....
Learning to hold the grief and the living at the same time. They can both be tru...
Keeping them with you through ritual, memory, or action. Love that continues bey...
Taking something of them into who you are becoming. They shaped you — that doesn...
Something is returning. A thread of energy, interest, or hope. You don't have to...