Human Needs & Human Rights
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Here are the Human needs and the Human rights that I use in my work constantly. I’m not sure who has written them but I’m sure they wouldn’t mind me using on my blog to help others.

We all have needs and rights, let’s see how many you have?

Human Needs:

  1. Physical; safety and security
  2. Financial Security
  3. Friendship
  4. The attention of others
  5. Being listened to
  6. Guidance
  7. Respect
  8. Validation
  9. Expressing and sharing feelings
  10. Sense of belonging
  11. Nurturing
  12. Physically touching and being touched
  13. Intimacy
  14. Sexual expression
  15. Loyalty and Trust
  16. A sense of accomplishment
  17. A sense of progress towards goals
  18. Feeling competent or masterful is some area
  19. Making a contribution
  20. Fun and play
  21. Sense of Freedom, independence
  22. Creativity
  23. Spiritual awareness – connection with a higher power
  24. Unconditional love

Bill of Rights

Read through your Bill of Rights regularly, thinking about your willingness to believe in and exercise each one.

  1. I have the right to ask for what I want
  2. I have the right to say no to requests or demands.
  3. I have the right to express all my feelings – positive and negative.
  4. I have the right to change my mind
  5. I have the right to make mistakes and not be perfect.
  6. I have the right to say no to anything that I am not ready for.
  7. I have the right to decide my own priorities.
  8. I have the right NOT to be responsible for other people.
  9. I have the right to expect honesty from others
  10. I have the right to be angry with someone I love.
  11. I have the right to be uniquely myself.
  12. I have the right to feel scared and say: “I’m afraid.”
  13. I have the right to say: “I don’t know.”
  14. I have the right not to give excuses or reasons for my behaviour.
  15. I have the right to make decisions based on my feelings.
  16. I have the right to my own needs for personal space and time.
  17. I have the right to be playful and frivolous.
  18. I have the right to be healthier than those around me.
  19. I have the right to be in a non-abusive environment.
  20. I have the right to make friends and be comfortable around people.
  21. I have the right to change and grow.
  22. I have the right to have my needs and wants respected by others.
  23. I have the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
  24. I have the right to be happy.
  25. I have the right to follow my own values and standards.
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