Slow Days

Feeling caring

Concerned for someone’s well-being and wanting to help.

Watercolor of two cups of tea and a teapot on a low table, with a sofa, two cushions and a knitted blanket behind them.

Where it sits on the wheel

Caring is in the outer ring, under Connected › Tender.

Open it on the full wheel

A gentle prompt

Who are you caring for right now? Is there a way to care for yourself a little too?

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Something to go with it

The Day You Were Born

Make a small birthday keepsake for someone you care about.

Feelings near caring

  • Tender (one ring in)

    Caring is concern for someone’s well-being and wanting to help; tender is the soft feeling that often comes with it.

  • Affectionate (also under Tender)

    Affectionate is about showing fondness; caring is about someone’s well-being.

  • Warm (also under Tender)

    Warm is friendly and kind; caring goes further, into wanting to help.

About the feelings wheel

Caring is one of the 104 words on the Slow Days feelings wheel, and the list of feelings has them all. The wheel isn’t a test or a diagnosis.