The 7 Essential Human Experiences®

The thinking behind Making It Human®

Everything within Making it Human® is built around one central idea:

Our experiences shape who we become.

Over more than three decades working across creativity, media, business, leadership and human development, I became increasingly interested in the experiences that shape our identity, our connections and our ability to flourish.

That exploration led me to create The 7 Essential Human Experiences™.

The 7 Essential Human Experiences®

Authenticity.
Belonging.
Growth.
Love.
Meaning.
Purpose.
Safety.

The framework explores seven fundamental experiences that influence how we understand ourselves, relate to others and experience our lives.

When these experiences are present, we are more able to feel connected, purposeful and fully ourselves.

When they are diminished, we can experience friction, disconnection or the sense that something in our lives no longer fits.

The framework gives us a way to understand what may be happening beneath the surface, what we may need more of and how we want to experience what comes next.

Because flourishing isn’t simply something we achieve.

It’s something we experience.

And when we understand our experiences, we can begin to experience life for ourselves.