According
to Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist, the most abstract human need is
self-actualization. Maslow defined
self-actualization as fully developing and using our unique “talents,
capacities, and potentialities.” To achieve
this, we need to refine the talents that we have already developed to some degree,
while we also cultivate new potentials in ourselves.
It took
me a very long time before I began to enter into self-actualization. Growing up in a dysfunction home with an
alcoholic father and ACOA mother stunted my emotional growth. I was always tended to the needs of my
parents and others – never putting myself and my needs first.
Thankfully,
through knowledge and understanding about what it means to be an ACOA I am
finally on my way to discovering who I was always meant to be.
Hi, I’m
Liz Hawkins and I’m a recovering adult child of an alcoholic.
#ACoAAwareness
#InterpersonalCommunication
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