27 May 2025 1 min read The Savor Complex

Week 5: Grief, Trust, & Tenderness.

Week 5 of 5. Savor Study Hall. Spring 2025

I'm landing our five-week practice with a question that holds everything we’ve touched so far:

Amidst all the breaking, all the aching —
what beauty or tenderness has found its way to you lately?

Maybe it was something small:
✨ The way a tree leaned toward the sun.
✨ A good laugh you didn’t expect to have.
✨ A moment where you felt yourself soften.

This isn’t about looking away from what’s hard, it’s about noticing what’s also true. Grief and beauty live side by side. Tenderness doesn’t cancel out the ache — it holds hands with it.

If you can (and you can), take a few minutes this week to name one beautiful thing that still found you.

Let it remind you that you’re still alive. Still feeling. Still part of what’s unfolding.

Next week, I’ll share the printable version of this series — a simple tool you can use for yourself, with your people, or in your community. Stay tuned for that.

Akilah, Savor Coach

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