self-actualizes
Becomes their best
Self-actualizes means to fulfill one's potential and develop into one's best or truest self.
The term comes from psychology, where self-actualization sits at the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs—the stage reached after basic survival, safety, and social needs are met.
She finally had the time and resources to self-actualize.
The concept often appears in discussions of personal growth, therapy, and life purpose.
Grasping what's true
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
purpose · meaning · fulfillment · completion · satisfaction · contentment · well-being · harmony
Increase in size
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- driveOperate a vehicle
- ambitionDesire for achievement
determination · persistence · goals · progress · achievement · empowerment · excellence · advancement
Humanistic psychology founder
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- peak experiencesMoments of supreme well-being
- individuationDistinguishing one from many
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
humanistic · Rogers · positive psychology · personal growth · developmental · therapeutic · wellness · mental health
realization
Grasping what's true
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
authenticity · purpose · meaning · fulfillment · completion · satisfaction · contentment · well-being · harmony · balance
growth
Increase in size
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- driveOperate a vehicle
ambition · determination · persistence · goals · progress · achievement · empowerment · excellence · advancement · pursuit
Maslow
Humanistic psychology founder
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- peak experiencesMoments of supreme well-being
- individuationDistinguishing one from many
psychotherapy · humanistic · Rogers · positive psychology · personal growth · developmental · therapeutic · wellness · mental health · transformation
self-actualizesstagnates
Ceases movement or progress
atrophies · languishes · regresses · deteriorates · wastes away
self-actualizesdrifts
Moves without direction
coasts · flounders · loses oneself · treads water · idles
self-actualizesself-destructs
Causes own destruction
disintegrates · breaks down · falls apart · self-sabotages · implodes
self, selves, selfhood, selfless, selflessly, selflessness, selfish, selfishly, selfishness