"Cher-ish-ment, " n. F. "cher, " dear. Sweet, indulgent love, esp.
of children. Emotional equivalent of nourishment; soul food. What
the world needs now.
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl and Faith Bethelard give a name to the
kind, warm, tender, and affectionate love that babies expect before
they can speak of it and that we all desire our whole lives long.
As adults, they note, we all desire our whole lives long. As
adults, they note, we don't often acknowledge or even understand
our need for this "cherishment." Their book is a rare effort to
explore that need, to create a "psychology of the heart."
In "Cherishment, " Young-Bruehl and Bethelard provide a wholly
original way of thinking about familiar concepts such as love,
attachment, and care, showing how deep-seated disappointments and
fears of dependency keep so many of us from forming healthy
relationships. Questioning the traditional, celebratory view of
independence and self-reliance, they argue that cherishment is the
emotional foundation, formed in childhood, that sustains all kinds
of growth-promoting adult bonds.
Blending the philosophical writing that has won Young-Bruehl
international acclaim with Bethelard's imaginative sensibility,
"Cherishment" is a finely balanced interplay of scholarship,
dual-memoir, and intimate therapeutic tales. It draws on ancient
wisdom traditions of the East and West, telling many instructive
stories of men and women, young and old, who have learned to
cultivate the cherishment instinct in themselves as well as in
others. It helps readers attune sensitively to the ways people
express their need for affection in the details of daily life and
relationships. The book narrates a journey of discovery, and any
reader on his or her own journey in the realm of the heart will
feel cherished by it.
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