Virginia Satir, the master therapist and the 'grandmother' of family therapy based her work on what she called the Seed model. She would teach the seed model in contrast to what she would call the hierarchical model, or threat and reward model. I have attempted to expand on this discussion by exploring the relationship between these two models and see if they can fit within one picture which i call the tree of life model. I believe in order to move towards we must be able to account for the needs within roles and the dominance hierarchies that we are all situated within. However our roles can be based in a foundation of essence, our Self, which is our basic human dignity and worth. When we can meet on the basis of our universal value as human beings, we can have difficult conversations about our differences and create peace. A presentation recorded by The Virginia Satir Global network https://satirglobal.org/