Cherishing: The Art of Fully Living While Still Honoring Those Who’ve Died

After the death of someone close to you, you enter a time of deep grief.

And if you use this time to actively, intentionally engage with your grief, you find helpful ways to express it. You do the work of mourning. You share it outside yourself—in doses and over time—so that you begin to integrate your loss into your ongoing life. In other words, you mourn well so that you can heal well—and live and love well again.

In response to this common challenge, Dr. Wolfelt proposes a way of being he calls “cherishing.” To cherish means to protect and care for lovingly, and to hold dear. The mindset, suggestions, and practices in this resource will help you build cherishing into your daily routines.