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Table Of Contents
- 1. Prioritise Your Core Needs
- 2. Begin By Meeting Your Needs Yourself
- 3. Spread Out Your Core Needs Across Many People
- 4. Separate Your Core Needs From Your Ego
A healthy, happy, empowered human being does not sprout from the soil — they are a product of the consistent meeting of core needs.
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs covers this topic reasonably well, yet the following more nuanced list offers better clarity and depth:
| Core Need | Core Wound | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Love | I am unloved | I am loved |
| Connection | I am abandoned | I am connected |
| Resilience | I am weak | I am strong |
| Significance | I am not enough | I am enough |
| Acceptance | I will be rejected | I am wanted |
| Legitimacy | I am bad | I am good |
| Worthiness | I am unworthy | I am worthy |
| Safety | I am unsafe | I am safe |
| Visibility | I am unseen / unheard | I am seen / heard |
| Competence | I am stupid | I am capable |
| Growth | I am stuck | I am developing |
| Desirability | I am undesirable | I am desirable |
As you can see, core nee...
