I talk psychology and the hierarchy of needs
I’m going to get down and dirty in some science today
The science of psychology wooooooo
This particular branch of science
Was one that I disdained for many years
Haughtily claiming superiority over all of my friends
Who chose to do psychology for the A level
I chose ‘actual sciences’ like chemistry and biology to study
And held the belief that psychology was just common sense
This was all to my detriment
My ignorant young opinionated brain eh
Personal training and coaching is 85% psychology
I just made that number up
But you get the point
Habit change
Which is essentially the crux of what I do with you…
Is 100% psychology (another made up number)
Your mind will be the factor that stops your body performing the action
So with that in mind (forgive the pun ;-) )
I want to share with you a psychological principle called
The hierarchy of needs
Visualise a wide based pyramid
We can categorise our basic human needs in this way
Starting with the base where we have our basic physiological needs
Food, sleep, water, breathing and sex
You know, to keep our species going and what not
Without these we die, or die out
Going up the pyramid the next step is ‘safety’
We must feel safe and secure in all things physical and emotional
This can include job security, medical care, and financial security
Next comes the need for emotional connection
Belonging, loving and friendship
We must fulfil the needs ‘below’ to gravitate upwards
So we don’t form emotional connections until we feel safe
And we don’t fulfil our safety needs until we have our basic physiological needs sorted out
Try feeling safe, if you can’t breathe – get the idea?
Above emotional needs, comes self esteem
We need to feel like we matter
Like our time on this earth will make a difference
We relate words like self respect, achievement, recognition and reputation here
At the apex we strive to achieve our full potential and feel connected to the world
This we term ‘self actualisation’
To fully experience this we must embrace concepts like truth, justice, lack of prejudice, morality and wisdom
The point of all of this
Is to show you that we are on a constant journey of self discovery
Knowing yourself and your needs will be the key to being able to progress
If you are not interested in the psychology of change
Then like me
You will be held back from understanding what you truly need to accomplish
To get to the next step you need to have the foundations in place
Know where you are coming from
Know where you want to get to
I can help you fill in the gaps
Nicola Rossell
PS
Don’t forget it’s your last chance to get into this round of Ditch the Diet tonight
This is the last seminar that I am running for at least 4 months
If you are even a tiny bit intrigued
Come and find out more
Otherwise the doors will close
And you’ll have to wait 6 months for the next courses to begin