Need for Nurturing

The desire to see life prosper. It can bring up great pain when our need for nurturing is not being met. We might think somehow we are to blame. Sometimes when we see suffering in other living things we experience pain that they are not being cared for or nurtured well. We might also feel it in us when someone’s behavior did not meet our need to be nurtured and/or considered.

Strategies:

Call a parent

If you have a parent you trust, consider calling them. It's awkward at first but I like to ask "will you still love me if x..." and then I share the anxiety inducing thought I'm struggling with. Even though you both know what their answer is, let them say it. Let yourself hear it. I promise they will love saying it, give them a chance to.

Snuggle a pet

Don't have one? Go get one and make a day of it!

Tend to a plant

Water a plant. Research how to care for your specific plant. Don't have a plant? Do you want one? Consider making an event of getting one.

Have A Suggetsion?

Please email info@giraffeears.org to share any strategies we could add