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Most of us have heard of the concept in passing but not engaged with it much more deeply than that. 

Whether you’ve come across it before or not, let me run you through the basics… 

(I want to be sure we’re on the same page, first and foremost, before I delve into why I’m writing to you about this.)

The Hierarchy of Needs was officially introduced into the cultural conversation when American psychologist Abraham Maslow published a 1943 research paper on the subject. This paper – and the concept within – soon gained traction.  

But what is the hierarchy? And why am I, here and now, telling you about it? Bear with me,        . We’re getting there.

Essentially, it’s a five-tier pyramid representing the spectrum of human needs, all the way from food and water up to creativity, joy and contentment.

Maslow supposed, along with many in agreement after him, that ALL our needs existed within these five tiers – and that to access the NEXT level of the pyramid, one had to have their needs in the previous level met.

So, to reach the “Apex” level of the Hierarchy, one would need to be fulfilled on all four preceding levels. 

From bottom to top, these are the levels in question:

• Level One: Physiological – This level refers to the basic, most baseline needs of a human being as a living, breathing organism, without which they would likely cease to exist. Needs like food, water, sleep and air.
• Level Two: Safety and Security – This level refers to the needs that must be met past the baseline for a human being to feel comfortable and protected in their environment. Needs like shelter, resources, bodily autonomy and good health.
• Level Three: Love and Belonging – This level, which is only accessible once the first two have been surmounted, refers to a human being’s social needs. Needs like love, connection, community, intimacy, friendship and family. 
• Level Four: Self-Esteem and Confidence – This level, which is only accessible once the first three have been surmounted, refers to a human being’s sense of self-worth and personal confidence. Needs include respect, confidence and recognition.
• Level Five/The Apex: Self-Actualization – This level is the apex, the state that all humans aim for but can’t always attain. Self-actualization. The meeting of one’s full potential. Needs include fulfilled potential, purpose and creativity.

So, in short, a human without resources like food and water won’t have the mental or physical capacity to seek shelter. 

And a human without shelter will struggle to connect with others or find belonging.

And a human who doesn’t feel connected to others won’t feel connected to their own self or their own esteem. 

And a human with no self-esteem won’t be able to reach self-actualization or meet their true potential.

Do you understand,        ? And in understanding, do you perhaps recognize that you’ve never reached the Apex? That you’ve never had enough metaphorical support beams in place on the lower levels to climb that high? 

For the most part, your level one and two needs are met. 

But levels three and four, often termed your “psychological needs,” are not in the same condition. They’ve been met to varying degrees over the years – but never fully.

And in the last six months or so? They’ve been in dire need of improvement. You’re off your game. Off-kilter. Struggling to connect with others in meaningful ways. Struggling to appreciate yourself.

This might be due to recent world events, personal events in your own life, or some combination of the two. 

Whatever the root cause of your issues, I want to help. I want to provide you with what we’ll call an “Apex Ascendance Package.” 

I can give you until the end of         to stake your claim.

That should be enough time to realize the opportunity that stands before you and seize it… I hope.

The Apex Ascendance Package will consist of two things, each targeted at its own level in the Hierarchy:

1. Your Four-Month Calendar of Open-Hearted Connection – This Calendar will offer you advice on finding love and belonging throughout the next four months. Advice that will keep you from closing off, showing you where to turn and where not to. It will help you to meet your level three needs and ascend to level four.

1. Your Self-Adoration Song – This Song will imbue you with the confidence you need to reach the Apex. Alongside your increased connection with others and, thus, recognition from them, this Song will create, within you, strength, courage and self-awareness. Because of this, you’ll be able to GIVE YOURSELF RECOGNITION. 

I know you want to reach that top tier, my friend. Who wouldn’t? But I also know, even beyond that want – that you deserve to reach that top tier.  

Do you understand that? Will you let that truth into your mind? 

Your psychological needs, unmet and taking up too much mental space as a result, have kept you from reaching your full potential for long enough. Now, it’s time for us to take you to a place of bone-deep acceptance, satisfaction and personal fulfillment.

Now, it’s time for you to find the love, self-esteem and growth your life has been missing. 

I’m committed to offering you that. And when you’re at the Apex – I’m also committed to keeping you there.

Every two weeks, you’ll use this Status Stone at the heart of a Psychic Check-In Ceremony (for which I’ll provide you with clear instructions).

The results of the Check-In will be beamed right to me and my twin crystal – the Selenite Psychic Safeguarding Stone.

In this way, I’ll be able to tell on a fortnightly basis whether anything has fallen out of sync in your mind and soul – whether any energies have faltered or any changes to your psychological state have been observed.

And if that is the case? I’ll be able to act with haste and efficiency to fix things and correct wrongs. Problems will be dealt with early on. Well before they can spiral and snowball in a way that pushes you down from the Apex level of the Hierarchy.

Wouldn’t that bring you some comfort and reassurance,        ? 

The decision rests in your hands now. I believe those hands are 100% capable of making the right choice. 

Your loving friend,