The AaBC123 Framework™ proposes that wellbeing

can be understood as a dynamic state of adaptive human functioning

continually cultivated through the interaction of internal capacities and external environments. Wellbeing is sustained over time through awareness, need satisfaction, intentional behaviour, flexible regulation, meaningful engagement, and responsive relational systems. As human systems operate within complex and evolving ecological contexts, wellbeing must be understood not as a fixed outcome or endpoint, but an adaptive process - a living, continually cultivated experience.

This framework is organized around Awareness, acceptance, Behaviour, and Care, applied across three interacting levels of system life: Me, We, and Us (Jarden & Jarden, 2016).

The AaBC123 Framework™

A = Awareness

what do I/we/they need ?

What is reality ?

a = acceptance

Not becoming stuck in the fight

against what is or what should be.

B = Behaviour

Granted these current needs and realities,

how can I/we move forward?

Level One:

The Momentary Intervention

Level Two:

Systems Leadership

Level Three:

Wellbeing Change

C = Care

How can I/we do this with

Care for Self and Care for Others?

123 = Me, We, Us

(Jarden & Jarden, 2016)

The Systems Lens

The AaBC123 Framework™

is your Wellbeing Anchor

Keeping you steady during the storms and grounded when the conditions are clear.

AaBC123 = The dynamic integration of all elements

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