Have you heard this?
“Our clients have to Maslow before they can Bloom.”
It refers to Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs and Blooms Taxonomy of hierarchical structure of educational objectives…
It’s true our clients can’t learn if their fundamental human needs are not being met. For those of us that work with kiddos… It can be tough because they are dependent on others for getting those needs met.
Remember these? I didn’t exactly either so I drew them. Here’s a page from my blogging journal- I broke out the crayons and everything (it was very satisfying)
We are human too
We ALL must Maslow before we can Bloom
Are you meeting your human needs?
🌸Drink enough water (at least half of your body weight in oz.)
🌸Eat nourishing foods that feel good (physically, physiologically) in your body
🌸Move your body
🌸Remember to breathe (hopefully you’ve got this one)
🌸Sleeping
🌸What does your physical environment look like, feel like?
The good news about being an adult SLP human?
We have the ability to meet all of our own human needs. In our society, we’re not dependent on anyone to meet those needs for us.
BUT- when you’re headed for burnout… these basics start to slide.
From there- it can be super difficult to BLOOM again.
It can be difficult to understand and have self awareness. Let alone be able to apply new goals, analyze and evaluate their effectiveness so as to create the career and life you want.
This week I ask you to evaluate the basics.
Most importantly, be kind to yourself…plus hugs
Angie
P.S. If you aren’t eating, drinking, moving in ways that make you feel good. If your place is a mess, you’re not sleeping or sleeping too much. WHY? Let’s get to the bottom of it. Schedule a 1:1 60 minute Breakthrough Call with me and you will get the pdf. of my yearly front-loading planner.
