The words we use to talk about well-being at work determine what we can actually see — and fix.

This episode explores why the Ten Areas of Human Need(s) framework uses the language it does, and what that language makes possible.

Human needs are interconnected and sequential: you can't sustainably build on what hasn't been nourished first. And when needs go unmet, people compensate — sometimes in ways that look like personal weakness until you understand what the behavior is actually reaching for. One framework, one language, one person living one life.

Topics covered:

• Why human-centered language makes psychological needs easier to recognize
• How body and being affect each other — in both directions
• Need displacement and compensation: what it looks like and what it means
• Why upst ...