In this episode, Christine shares a Needs-Based Protocol she's been working on. David and Hallie experiment with what emotions feel like in their bodies and how their emotions can be valuable messengers pointing to unmet needs.

Then, Christine leads Hallie and David in an exercise to assess a relationship, environment, or activity by scoring how well they support each of the 9 Universal Human Needs. Then we discuss brainstorming creative strategies to meet those needs ourselves as well as specific requests to make of others.

We welcome you to follow along in these experiments and offer feedback or questions in the comments. As we develop this protocol, your input is highly valuable.

0:00 Intro
0:10 Theme Song
0:37 Exercise Overview
4:45 Noticing Emotions
9:06 The Level Of Suffering
12:30 David's Emotions
15:21 Hallie's Emotions
18:47 The Nine Human Needs
23:29 David's Unmet Needs
25:04 Hallie's Unmet Needs
26:30 Meeting Our Needs
30:29 How Emotions Relate To Needs
35:34 Partner, Place Or Profession?
40:40 Rating Needs Being Met
44:50 High, Medium & Low Scores
50:05 Personally Meeting Our Needs
50:45 Specific Request Of Another Person
52:08 Creating Distance
53:30 Strategy Examples
1:02:34 Outro & Goodbyes
1:04:12 Theme Song
1:05:16 Like & Subscribe