Rebalancing Happiness & Fulfilment

Two years ago, we entered a fascinating time in human history. Over the past two years, almost everything we thought we knew for certain, had planned to do, or considered normal has been challenged. There has, and continues to be plenty of change and challenge, mixed with the uncertainty of never quite being able to predict what comes next. If you have been able to predict what’s coming, it’s likely you said it in jest at some stage.

I’ve written previously about the 6 Core Human Needs that we all spend our time trying to balance — each need being a spectrum that each individual needs more or less of. Whether we balance them consciously or unconsciously, these needs are the root of much of our human behaviour. Sometimes our behaviour is a result of today’s needs, and sometimes our behaviour is the result of a build-up of imbalance over time which has brought us to a level of discomfort and dissatisfaction we can no longer tolerate.

The greatest gift of the last two years has been that they have sparked many questions in each of our minds about what we want and believe, presenting us with an incredible opportunity to reconsider how we move forward. Conversely, they have continued to throw enough shrapnel at us to prevent us from reconfiguring with any focus.

When the world first ground to a halt and locked down two years ago, we thought it would blow over in 3 weeks. We watched with wide eyes as an…