Being Okay With Not Wanting To Belong

Karen Geddis
Nov 6 · 8 min read

The human need to belong is said to be what drives us to seek out stable, long-lasting relationships with other people so that we can receive acceptance, attention, and support.

Abraham Maslow, who you may be familiar with if you’ve studied Psychology — and even Marketing or Communication Science — theorised that humans have 5 stages of ‘need’, referenced in “Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs”, of which…

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Karen Geddis

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Devoted to living a drama-free life using simple, creative intention because watching things transform before my eyes with ‘zero effort’ excites me!

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