Coaching of Anticipation IV: Influencing Polystatic Emotions and Self- Organizing Neurobiological Functions

W Bergquist 2025

Our current understanding and appreciation for human motivation, attention and behavior isn’t what it used to be. While for a long time we tended to view human beings as well-oiled machines that sought out a state of rest, we now view human beings as energetic organisms that seek out activity as a way to experience competence and achievement (Maslow, 2014; White, 1959). A primary desire to remain in or return to a state of rest is to be found only among those who are depressed or addicted to some mind and body altering drug. Rest is sought only when we are tired and seek out restoration of energy so that we might once again be active achievers.