To watch the video of this interview, click here For our readers who are new to the 5 element personality types, there are 5 types: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. The EARTH type is in the middle of the spectrum in terms of introvert vs. extravert. The WOOD type is the fastest, most extraverted, … Continue reading Featured Interview — How to Help Your Kids Get Along Better: The WOOD Mom and her multi-element family
Author: Lindsey Slott
What if you are a mix of 2 elements? What now?
If you’ve taken the quiz and it comes out about 50/50 of two elements, what are you? Just to quickly sum up, the 5 types are: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. The EARTH type is in the middle of the spectrum in terms of introvert vs. extravert. The WOOD type is the fastest, most … Continue reading What if you are a mix of 2 elements? What now?
Featured Interview: Confessions of an EARTH Mom on Raising an EARTH Daughter
For our readers who are new to the 5 element personality types, there are 5 types: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. The EARTH type is in the middle of the spectrum in terms of introvert vs. extravert. The WOOD type is the fastest, most extraverted, and most confident. The WATER type is the slowest, … Continue reading Featured Interview: Confessions of an EARTH Mom on Raising an EARTH Daughter
Why You (or your teen) Are Not More Popular
Have you ever thought about your high school years and wondered why you weren’t more popular? Does it break your heart to watch your teenager have the EXACT same problems that you had when you were that age? Or - are you secretly jealous that your teenager is WAY more popular than you ever were … Continue reading Why You (or your teen) Are Not More Popular
Top 5 Regrets of College Years
Regret #1: Trying too hard to fit in with a certain crowd While it’s natural to want to fit in with certain people who look like they’ve got it all together, it may not be meant to be. The RIGHT people will become your friends for who you really are — NOT who you are … Continue reading Top 5 Regrets of College Years
Top 5 Mistakes When Choosing a College Major
Mistake #1: Trying to please your parents While it’s natural to want to make your parents happy (or get them off your back), YOU are the one who will be working 5+ days/week in your future career, and what you choose as your major will heavily influence that career. Sure, your parents may be funding … Continue reading Top 5 Mistakes When Choosing a College Major
2 Ways to Help Your EARTH Child Focus
“Mommy, will you sign me up for karate lessons?” your child asks. Your answer: “But you said yesterday that you wanted art lessons. And then last week you wanted to learn horseback riding. And last month you begged me to put you on the soccer team. I can’t figure out what you really want to … Continue reading 2 Ways to Help Your EARTH Child Focus
3 Steps to Having More Patience With Your Kids
We all want our kids to look back and say we gave them a great childhood — that we were there for them, that we listened to their needs, and that we nourished their interests. The last thing we want is for them to spend months or years in psychotherapy as adults, complaining that we … Continue reading 3 Steps to Having More Patience With Your Kids
Maroon 5 and the 5 Elements
One of the world’s most beautiful couples became parents last week, and I like what the dad, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, had to say to US Weekly: “When you are doing this for the first time, everybody loves to tell you what you should be doing. So, we’re kind of tuning a lot of … Continue reading Maroon 5 and the 5 Elements
When Your EARTH Child Won’t Stop Worrying
“Relax! Calm down!” What happens when you’re angry and someone tells you to relax and calm down? Do you obey the order? Or do you get madder? Chances are, you don’t calm down at all. You get even more upset because this seemingly helpful person is neither really helping you nor acknowledging your feelings. The … Continue reading When Your EARTH Child Won’t Stop Worrying