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The more a person gets to know and understand themselves and their core needs the more they will feel that they have direction and fulfilment in life. Learning what is important and what is not so important means that we can make better personal choices.

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How do Core Needs affect what we choose to Wear?

Wardrobe choices can depend largely on how your core needs are balanced. Anthony Robbins talks about the importance of meeting the Six Basic Human Needs on his website. The basic human needs affect our individual life choices, emotions and events. The more a person gets to know and understand themselves the more they will feel that they have direction and fulfilment in life. Taking an interest in and learning what is important and what is not so important means that we as humans can make better choices. Quite often the needs of each individual are disregarded. When this happens particularly when it comes to how we dress and how we live our lives we can feel incongruent. This can lead to a feeling of personal cognitive dissonance. This occurs when a person's behaviours and beliefs don't align.

Growth and Contribution

The two core needs which are more spiritual are Growth and Contribution. Wanting to improve your style of dressing and constantly learning new makeup techniques can relate to the core need for personal "Growth”. The core need of “Contribution” may determine the type of clothes in our wardrobes. People with this type of core need may be attending charity events and will be ensuring there are suitable outfits for this. Global sustainability is something someone could stand for. The clothing may be purchased with this in mind. When we are sorting wardrobes people with contribution as a core need would probably make a conscious effort to donate to charity or give to friends and family.

Significance and Connection

The core needs of “Significance” and “Connection” means people may like to “dress to impress”. They may dress to build rapport and “connection” with others. How others perceive us is important to people who have core needs of significance and connection.

Certainty and Variety

The core needs of “Certainty” and “Variety” may determine whether people dress according to their mood at the time. It could determine whether they plan ahead or are more spontaneous. People who like “certainty” would feel panicked if they did not have every item sorted prior to attending an important event. They may love dressing in a uniform. However someone who favours “variety” may love the spontaneity of creating an outfit at short notice. People who like variety would see having a selection of different items to choose from as an enjoyable and creative challenge. They would not even see it as a challenge. On the other hand someone who likes certainty prefers to know exactly what they will wear each day.

We all have differing levels of these core needs and there are some which are inbuilt and some which are consciously developed.

Do you like certainty or variety? Is significance and being noticed important to you or do you like to slip under the radar? How often do you feel down if you haven't seen anyone for a while? You may thrive on connection or do you prefer your time alone? As well as Style Personality and Psychology Type this all plays an important part in style and how we dress.

Have you ever worked out which core needs are most important to you? Contact Moana today to discuss how you can find out your core needs