Know Your Needs

Human beings hold the greatest complexity within all natural systems, so it follows that we have the most complex sets of needs. For our mental health, we each have a set of emotional needs and innate emotional resources.

We are all naturally endowed with resources that enable us to meet our needs.
One of these resources is our ability to grow knowledge for strong choices.

By knowing what our emotional needs and resources are, we can take effective action to improve our wellbeing.
Practicing this Know Your Needs approach through meeting our emotional needs is what prevents poor mental health.

The Mental Health Continuum: When needs are met in balance, then we thrive.

Using the Mental Health Continuum model, we can understand how the emotional needs and resources relate to the signs and symptoms of poor mental health. This empowers us to support ourselves and one another to meet needs and thrive.