Hierarchy of Needs

• 1. Self-actualisation - needs knowing full potential
  2. Self-esteem - needs self-respect, status, recognition of others
  3. Belonging and love - needs the love of people, need for friends
  4. Safety - needs security and protections
  5. Physiological - needs food, sleep, water
• Ordinary people go through genuine peaks in common place event or surroundings
• The more emotionally healthy a person is, the greater the likelihood of a peak experience as well as the more frequent such episodes become
• Maslow states that we are motivated to achieve certain needs - once one need is fulfilled they seek the next one