Biopsychosocial Model

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective

Holding · facilitation0 — self-guided

Trust · group readiness★any

Disclosure · what is sharedoptional

Maps how external influences and internal factors together shape the day-to-day self — body, mind and social context taken as one system rather than three competing explanations. Sits in the guide between naming your values and acting on them, as the account of why acting on them is uneven.

Hold with care

Roughly thirty-six self-assessment questions, several of which ask directly about safety, discrimination, feeling useful and closeness to others; the guide gives it as a solo worksheet and offers no aftercare guidance if an answer lands badly

Practical

Time: 20-25 min
Group: 1–∞ · individual
Settings: self-guided, in-person
Materials: Worksheet in the guide; pen and paper
Mechanisms: systems-sensing, perspective-taking
Change scope: state → skill · repeatable

Instructions

Where: unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Step_Up_A_Pocket_Guide_… — Step Up! A Pocket Guide to Social Change for Young Leaders, open
Availability: Open online — published at the link, free to read

Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Jason M. Satterfield — With material from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, adapted in UNFPA's Step Up! pocket guide (2021)

In this directory via Step Up! A Pocket Guide to Social Change for Young Leaders

status: checked · added 2026-08-29