The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, is a book that was first published in 1997 by shamanic teacher and healer Don Miguel Ruiz. In this widely acclaimed book, Ruiz espouses taking responsibility for oneself, and relinquishing responsibility for others as the key factors in leading a life that is peaceful and liberating.
For more in Don Miguel Ruiz, check out his website: Don Miguel Ruiz
Psychologist Abraham Maslow is perhaps best known for his theory on the Hierarchy of Needs, which was published in a paper he wrote in 1943. Many visual representations of this idea have since been created, but when I came across this particularly beautiful version of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs by Holly Fisher at Spence Creative, I had to share it.
*interestingly enough: “While the pyramid has become the de facto way to represent the hierarchy, Maslow himself never used a pyramid to describe these levels in any of his writings on the subject.” (source: Wikipedia)
