Security

finding your base

Security governs safety in all its forms: emotional, physical, financial, relational. Everything else gets built on this floor.

All six families pass through this need. Read the feelings below and you'll hear one question asked six ways: is my base holding?

Safety is the nervous system's first question. Attachment research shows a secure base changes what we dare to do (Bowlby, Ainsworth), and the body runs its safe-or-unsafe check constantly (Porges). These feelings are that check, felt from inside.

the feelings here