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We all have different needs, but at the core we all need to be seen, heard, and valued.

—Brené Brown

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It seems to me our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot think straightly of one without the others.

—M.F.K. Fisher

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There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.

—Thich Nhat Hanh

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Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who come alive.

—Howard Thurman

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Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.

—Barry Lopez

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Poem: Need

Poem: All the Needs

Poem: If I Need to See You

Poem: Why I Need Glasses

Poem: The Need for Order

Poem: In a Time of Need

Feelings · Needs · Values

Wants, needs, values: Where they overlap

Noticing, feeling, needing, wondering practice

Feelings & needs lists

3-minute awareness practice

Need defined

Maslow’s hierarchy

The Blackfoot wisdom that inspired Maslow’s hierarchy

Inverting Maslow’s hierarchy

8 basic needs in relationship

Needs met/unmet

Do you want to be hugged, helped, or heard?

Should you need us…

All I Need

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