Cherish Hearts. Minds. Body & Soul

07/12/2025

05/12/2025

As 2025 comes to a close, we reflect on what this past year has brought through the doors of Cherish.

See our reflections in our end of year newsletter here:

As the year draws to a close, we want to look back on everything we’ve experienced together. The past twelve months have been full of so many wholesome moments, and a lot of change for Cherish. We want to take a moment to acknowledge and celebrate it all. This newsletter shares some of reflections...

05/12/2025

“We begin to find and become ourselves
when we notice we are already found,
already truly, entirely, wildly, messily,
marvelously who we were born to be.”

~ Anne Lamott

04/12/2025

Join us tomorrow, Friday 5 December starting at 12PM for our last Cherish Community Potluck!

We’ll also be hosting a guided meditation from 1:00–1:30 PM.

Bring your own lunch or something to share if you wish.

We will be collecting non-perishable food donations for and new, unwrapped gifts for

Everyone is welcome. We look forward to gathering with you. 💜

01/12/2025

“Gratitude is strongest, clearest, most robust, and radical when things are really hard.”
—Diana Butler Bass

26/11/2025

“ is not an experience.

It is not a high, or something you need to chase at all.
It is the quiet realisation that you here.
It is the rest that comes when you stop bracing for impact.
It is no longer scanning the horizon for danger that never arrives.
It is your brain beginning to where it once expected harm.
It is the of the ordinary moment, your breath, the taste of tea, the impossible blue of the blue sky.
It is not a particular experience, but it is the ground of all experience.

It is discovering you were held all along.”

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21/11/2025

“I was guided by the inside of me. That light does not belong to me alone. It is innate in all of us.“

20/11/2025

Connect Through Joy

experienced in with others is good for all involved; it us around what we value and care for, and it increases our sense of and .

As you make your way through the month, return to this practice as a tool to a sense of belonging for yourself and those around you.

Step One: Identify
Identify a relationship you’re for, perhaps one that needs some and .

Stop Two:
Share something joyful with that person: a poem, a song, an uplifting text or phone call, a batch of cookies. Keep it simple enough that it will fit into your day.

Step Three:
What resulted from your effort to connect with others through joy? Did your intentional sharing of joy shift your relationship(s) in any way? In what ways did joy serve as a meaningful bridge to others in your life?

19/11/2025

Last year, several members of our team each chose a that held special meaning for them. These books are now part of the Cherish offered with the hope that you might find inspiration, comfort, or connection through them.

Detta chose The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion – Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts & Emotions by Christopher K. Germer
“I’ve chosen this book because it offers wonderful tools on how to be self-compassionate toward one’s failings and imperfections so that one may experience greater well-being.”

Remember that You are warmly invited to borrow books from our library anytime. On the bookshelf, you’ll find a little black notebook. Just write down your name and the book you’re taking.

17/11/2025

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12/11/2025

Come along to one of our free meditations each weekday 1-1:30 pm to practice mindfulness 🧘🏻‍♀️