Cavemen are a well-known element in art, literature and popular culture.Almost everyone remembers Fred and Wilma, who a lived in the town of Bedrock in the popular TVcartoon The Flintstones. This show was a wildly popular juxtaposition of modern culture with the Stone Age.
Johnny Hart developed the cartoon strip B.C. He said he created the cavemen characters “because they are a combination of simplicity and the origin of ideas.”
The classic caveman stereotype (in contrast to that presented by recent GEICO ads) was bearded and covered in hair. He lived a pretty simple life. He was tired and he slept. He was hungry and he hunted. He was horny and he…uh…handled that too.
In 1943 Abraham Maslow developed a whitepaper outlining what is commonly called the “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” stating that humans (like the original cavemen), have basic physiological needs they must meet before they can begin to really think deeply. What’s now known as Maslow’s ” pyramid of needs” models the hierarchy. At the foundation is the very basic needs required for mere survival. At the pinnacle is individual self-actualization and transcendence.
According to Maslow’s theory, a modern, fully actualized, aware, deep-thinking human state of being requires the following:
- Physiological Needs ( Food and Water)
- Safety (Financial security and health)
- Love and Belonging (Friendship, Intimacy and Family)
- Esteem (Self Esteem, Confidence)
- Self-Actualization (Creativity)
With Covid19 at our doors we are being personally challenged in at least one of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This theory can also be simplified into the core balancing of mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health. And so, if we look at our needs another way, we might organize them as we have in this website.
Balance Physically offers insights and aggregated content for our basic physiological needs and safety needs. It is perhaps the core to thriving through difficult times of a health crisis. Articles and Video links can provide help on how to stay safe physically, how to build up your immune system, exercise, and eat well. Online virtual fitness classes also offer us a sense of belonging. And feeling better about our health can give us a higher self-esteem.
Balance Mentally includes content that addresses expert mental health advice for daily coping and a feeling of safety as well as classes that stimulate the brain for improved esteem and self-actualization.
Balance Emotionally offers aggregated content that stimulates our sense of belonging, esteem and self-actualization through creativity classes, virtual tours, humor, art, movies, concerts, and anything that makes us smile, laugh or cry. This section also provides information on the latest hope in science advances.
Balance Spiritually offers aggregated content that helps with our sense of belonging whether it is a meditation exercise, virtual church groups, or other tips that give us a sense of feeling spiritually balanced.
We hope that this site will provide a helpful ad hopeful balance of content in the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual areas where you feel the most need. Be well. Be safe. Be happy.