Staying Alive
Love & Belonging
Freedom & Boundaries
Power
Fun
Exploring the needs we share may help us understand we are more alike than different.
Curiosity is a key.
Our Services
What We Do
Materials are being prepared to offer on this site and will be available in the near future, If you need to make an appointment for consultations, trainings, or any help, please contact Wendy!
Mission & Vision Statements
Mission: Our mission is to bring awareness of the needs we share in life to people of all ages. We focus on learning to identify and meet The 5 Needs: Staying Alive, Love and Belonging, Freedom and Boundaries, Power & Fun.
Vision: Through educational blogs and other materials we plan to provide training, consultations, and support for Mental Health Professions, Teachers, and Families. These will be helpful for use in classrooms, summer camps, after school programs, small groups, churches, mental health settings, and at home.
What are The 5 Needs in Life?
Come with curiosity as we explore our needs.
Staying Alive
Love and
Belonging
Freedom and
Boundaries
Power
Fun
You can imagine how deep and wide these needs can go in life.
Simple, yet complex. Easy, but difficult too.
Our behaviors may be a reflection of one or more of our needs
not being identified or met in healthy ways.
This can change.
Can you see how The 5 Needs are circular and often interconnected too (meeting one need may impact other needs)?
Nancy Gordon, Former general and special education teacher with a graduate degree in special education has this to say:
The 5 Needs materials created by Wendy Swenson is an awesome “program” that can be used in the home, churches, home schooling, girl scouts, boy scouts, and daycares, as well as pre-school. Each book offers different activities emphasizing Staying Alive, Love and Belonging, Freedom and Boundaries, Power, and Fun. Learn how to get your child or student prepared for the future using the strategies provided, doing independent activities, or group activities.
Come with curiosity as we explore our needs.
Let’s take a brief look at The 5 Needs in Life
Our Blog
Let’s talk about how to use Staying Alive in Groups and Class Meetings
How to teach about Staying Alive. Topics to review in the need for Staying Alive in Groups and Class Meetings One of the best
Let’s Get Started with Morning Meeting Plans
Let’s Get Started: How to Teach Staying Alive in Morning Meetings or other times: The 5 Needs in Life can be taught in any
A Few Reasons to use The 5 Needs in Your Class Meetings
We all share these basic needs in life. Although we may not have considered these specific needs in our life when we take a
Watching for Fun
This is our life. We must take care to meet all of The 5 Needs in Life in our lives if we want to
Morning Meetings: Getting Ready
Summer is in full swing, and yet many teachers are already seeking the best ways to meet the students they will get to teach
Summertime is a good time to explore
Summertime is a good time to explore the landscape of our lives. What a beautiful day it is here today. The sun is shining,
