As spiritual beings having a human experience, we all develop a set of survival skills. These skill are extremely important for personal development, self-confidence, and basic survival. Sometimes, we find ourselves under such severe distress that we get stuck in a pattern of using these skills for every day life and don't move past them into a level of life that I'll call thriving. 

Thriving is when we feel confident that our primary needs will be met and we focus our energy on more creative personally satisfying pursuits. Learning to shift away from survival mode and, trusting that our needs will be met,  can feel scary. But, it is well worth the journey.