Thanks to Karen Young, Hey Sigmund
Brains love keeping us alive. They adore it actually. Their most important job is to keep us safe. This is above behaviour, relationships, and learning – except as these relate to safety.
- Brains will first ask, ‘Is my body safe?‘ Am I free from danger, pain, hunger, exhaustion, sensory overload/ underlay.
- Then, ‘Is my heart safe?‘ Am I cared about, loved, welcome? Do I belong? Am I a part of this family, (or group, class)? Am I understood, seen, heard?
- Only when the answer to these is ‘yes’, will it then be ready to ask, ‘What can I learn?’
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