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It's Just My Nature!: A Guide to Knowing and Living Your True Nature
Why do we use the term Human Nature? What do we mean by nature? What does it mean when we say someone has a natural gift? Where does this gift come from? Best-selling author Carol Tuttle provides compelling and life changing answers to these simple questions in her newest book It s Just My Nature!
It s Just My Nature! reveals a startlingly accurate method for assessing your personality and behavioral tendencies with a new system called Energy Profiling TM. Energy Profiling is a unique system that helps define personality traits, as well as human behavior and physical characteristics, to reveal the true you. Discover those characteristics (Types) that markedly resemble you and those close to you. Learn that what you may have considered your greatest weaknesses is actually your greatest gift. Understand why people act the way they do and discover how you can enjoy harmony with anyone. Develop the skill to assess your Type and the Types of others. Find renewed peace with yourself and in your relationships Just by looking at someone and reading their facial features and body language you will know their Type and their true nature.
It s Just My Nature! reveals a startlingly accurate method for assessing your personality and behavioral tendencies with a new system called Energy Profiling TM. Energy Profiling is a unique system that helps define personality traits, as well as human behavior and physical characteristics, to reveal the true you. Discover those characteristics (Types) that markedly resemble you and those close to you. Learn that what you may have considered your greatest weaknesses is actually your greatest gift. Understand why people act the way they do and discover how you can enjoy harmony with anyone. Develop the skill to assess your Type and the Types of others. Find renewed peace with yourself and in your relationships Just by looking at someone and reading their facial features and body language you will know their Type and their true nature.
241 pages, Paperback
First published April 7, 2009
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Carol Tuttle
32 books148 followersCarol Tuttle is a teacher, speaker, gifted healer, and best-selling author of 7 books. As a pioneer in the field of personal development, she has dedicated her life to healing.
Carol helps her readers, fans, and clients improve every aspect of their lives--from money to health, self-esteem and self-image, relationships and parenting, to overall emotional well-being. She has affected millions of people's lives through her books, online learning platforms, and social media channels. She is a regular contributor to top business, health, and wellness sites, including Entrepreneur, Elite Daily, Bustle, Thrive Global, Healthy Living Magazine, She Knows, and Psychology Today.
See how Carol can help you heal and love your life at caroltuttle.com
Carol helps her readers, fans, and clients improve every aspect of their lives--from money to health, self-esteem and self-image, relationships and parenting, to overall emotional well-being. She has affected millions of people's lives through her books, online learning platforms, and social media channels. She is a regular contributor to top business, health, and wellness sites, including Entrepreneur, Elite Daily, Bustle, Thrive Global, Healthy Living Magazine, She Knows, and Psychology Today.
See how Carol can help you heal and love your life at caroltuttle.com
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March 31, 2010
I really liked this in the beginning, but was put off by all the selling throughout. I quickly found my type, and was amazed how well it fit. Not merely personality profiling, but looks at the whole person. Some new ageish elements, but not too over the top.
I wish rather than advertising her extra services clear through the book over and over, she had included a chapter in the end that talked about them. Would have made the rest of the book more genuine and less of a sales pitch.
I wish rather than advertising her extra services clear through the book over and over, she had included a chapter in the end that talked about them. Would have made the rest of the book more genuine and less of a sales pitch.
February 7, 2019
Once or twice a year my boss decides everyone needs to read some sort of "self-help" book for our "personal development", which usually gives me a great opportunity to write a sarcastic review. Actually, we have two we need to read before the staff meeting in April, and this was one of them. I have to admit this one drove me crazy. It reminded me of the eighteenth-nineteenth century pseudoscience of "physiognomy" which claimed it could tell a person's character from their facial features -- Tuttle makes the same claim, that people fall into four "Energy Types", called imaginatively "Type 1", "Type 2", "Type 3" and "Type 4" -- actually they are always printed with little superscript symbols because she claims they are her "trademarks" -- which are obvious from looking at the shape of their faces and the way they move. We are supposed to decide what "type" we are and everyone else is, and this should help us to get along and communicate better with each other. It must work, because the book is filled with little "testimonials" from people who cried for days when they found out what "type" they were, but thank the author profusely for saving their marriages, making them successful in business, and generally turning them into happy, satisfied people by revealing which type they are. Of course she has many other books, and websites, and gives classes and lectures and so forth -- she has a whole business called "Dressing Your Truth" which tells you how to dress based on your "energy type".
The other thing the book reminded me of was newspaper horoscopes, because the description of the types are vague enough that you can see something of yourself in whatever description you want to be your type, and all the descriptions of course are in very flattering language. (And metaphors -- one type is like the Ocean and one is like the Mississippi River, and then there is the type like oaks and the type like maples and so on.) The basis of her theory is that the world is made up of ("created from" -- throughout she uses religious-sounding language, as well as "new age" ideas like "yin" and "yang") the four elements, earth, air, fire and water (cutting edge science from 300 BCE), which she brings up to date by calling them oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and hydrogen, and which correspond to her four types of energy. If you don't quite fit the description completely, then you are living your "secondary" type, so actually she says there are ten possibilities (because 4x3=10?).
If you're curious, I'm a type 2 -- and I didn't even cry much when I found out.
The other thing the book reminded me of was newspaper horoscopes, because the description of the types are vague enough that you can see something of yourself in whatever description you want to be your type, and all the descriptions of course are in very flattering language. (And metaphors -- one type is like the Ocean and one is like the Mississippi River, and then there is the type like oaks and the type like maples and so on.) The basis of her theory is that the world is made up of ("created from" -- throughout she uses religious-sounding language, as well as "new age" ideas like "yin" and "yang") the four elements, earth, air, fire and water (cutting edge science from 300 BCE), which she brings up to date by calling them oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and hydrogen, and which correspond to her four types of energy. If you don't quite fit the description completely, then you are living your "secondary" type, so actually she says there are ten possibilities (because 4x3=10?).
If you're curious, I'm a type 2 -- and I didn't even cry much when I found out.
October 29, 2013
I recently learned about Carol Tuttle's dressing your truth and live your truth energy and personality profiles, and have gained a great deal of insight into myself and others as a result. I'm a people watcher anyway, so this feeds my obsession in observing and analyzing people.
I've been to Carol's website and blog, watched her series of free instructional videos and enjoyed all of it. Unlike some of the reviewers claim wrongly here, the Carol Blog offers a great deal of free information, so much so that one can glean a lot of insight on the 4 types without paying a cent.
Yes, this book and others she writes have a rah rah promotional style of writing, but so what, this is her writing style and it's how she conducts her life and business. Why criticize her for it? She has developed a personality profiling system that she admits is not new, but the way she has developed, packaged and marketed it is easy to understand and utilize. Why can't she promote her efforts? Is there something wrong with someone making money by working hard at what they do? Nobody criticizes the fashion industry for their efforts yet people take what they offer even when it makes them look ridiculous. At least Carol Tuttle and her energy-profiling system is designed to help us look their best and feel good about themselves.
I give the book a 3 but Carol Tuttle and her dressing your truth concepts and business gets a solid 5 stars from me. I've studied her online materials extensively, without buying anything for myself (I've purchased memberships for my kids for Christmas), and after utilizing her system have never looked or felt as good as I do since doing so. And there's no need to completely redo one's wardrobe. Just determine your own type through doing researching her blog, then adjust your clothes and hairstyle accordingly. We women do this all the time anyway, why not do it with a purpose to making ourselves look great as our true selves rather than trying to copy someone else.
I've been to Carol's website and blog, watched her series of free instructional videos and enjoyed all of it. Unlike some of the reviewers claim wrongly here, the Carol Blog offers a great deal of free information, so much so that one can glean a lot of insight on the 4 types without paying a cent.
Yes, this book and others she writes have a rah rah promotional style of writing, but so what, this is her writing style and it's how she conducts her life and business. Why criticize her for it? She has developed a personality profiling system that she admits is not new, but the way she has developed, packaged and marketed it is easy to understand and utilize. Why can't she promote her efforts? Is there something wrong with someone making money by working hard at what they do? Nobody criticizes the fashion industry for their efforts yet people take what they offer even when it makes them look ridiculous. At least Carol Tuttle and her energy-profiling system is designed to help us look their best and feel good about themselves.
I give the book a 3 but Carol Tuttle and her dressing your truth concepts and business gets a solid 5 stars from me. I've studied her online materials extensively, without buying anything for myself (I've purchased memberships for my kids for Christmas), and after utilizing her system have never looked or felt as good as I do since doing so. And there's no need to completely redo one's wardrobe. Just determine your own type through doing researching her blog, then adjust your clothes and hairstyle accordingly. We women do this all the time anyway, why not do it with a purpose to making ourselves look great as our true selves rather than trying to copy someone else.
March 27, 2019
Carol told me that because of my personality type I couldn't wear black and honestly I just don't need that kind of negativity in my life.
The amount of redundancy and hipocrisy in this book is just baffling. Thank you, Carol, for giving me permission to be myself but only the way you think I should be.
The amount of redundancy and hipocrisy in this book is just baffling. Thank you, Carol, for giving me permission to be myself but only the way you think I should be.
July 11, 2012
This book drove me crazy. I hated the beginning where the author (who clearly was not at all versed in biochemistry) tried to explain that everyone has more of one element in their bodies than others- that is complete hogwash. Then the whole book was really an advertisement for their website or their other books- including a lot of testimonials. I thought the different "energies" was interesting and some were actually comical because they were just like members of my family, but I left the book thinking...so what! I honestly can't see how this information will change a single thing in my life. I even looked up their website, but unless you register and pay money they don't tell you anything. I even thought several of their before and after photos- the person looked better before. Maybe I just already know my nature....
August 2, 2011
Hmm..I have read similar ideas based on color/season theories and related physical features and character traits/personalities. Carol's method of categorizing and presenting the information was much more concise and to the point. I enjoyed this. Kind of a "Color Me Beautiful" meets "The Color Code".
I started out breezing through the new-agey intro section trying to not be put off by the presentation (you'd THINK with all of my hippie-dippie stuff that I'd be over it, but I STILL roll my eyes a bit when reading this type of stuff....how very "Type 4" of me. LOL)
Read through the types not feeling anything until I hit my "type". I had already decided I didn't want to be that type. Even though I'd read about many others having similar reactions, I'd determined I was different, and that, surely I knew myself better than this book. I had to eat humble pie when I read my type section and got a bit emotional. Sure, not EVERY little detail fit me. But the energy was dead on.
I've spent the past week going back and forth between feeling relief and wanting to second guess or change my type. It has certainly stirred some strong emotions in me. I am already familiar with EFT and the like...perhaps I should "tap" into that. ;)
The biggest turn off for me, besides the new-agey lingo/vocab was the incessant push to sell every other book, program, package, etc. that Carol Tuttle has. It came off as gimmicky and made the book lose credibility in my eyes. Sometimes felt like I was in a network marketing seminar. Also, I am totally interested in the idea of "dressing your type" but I don't agree with all of their fashion advice(there are some great color theory websites that talk about this at great length).
All in all, I'm sure I will reread this as I "type" everyone around me. Already typed my husband (he was EASY) trying to figure my kids out now.
I started out breezing through the new-agey intro section trying to not be put off by the presentation (you'd THINK with all of my hippie-dippie stuff that I'd be over it, but I STILL roll my eyes a bit when reading this type of stuff....how very "Type 4" of me. LOL)
Read through the types not feeling anything until I hit my "type". I had already decided I didn't want to be that type. Even though I'd read about many others having similar reactions, I'd determined I was different, and that, surely I knew myself better than this book. I had to eat humble pie when I read my type section and got a bit emotional. Sure, not EVERY little detail fit me. But the energy was dead on.
I've spent the past week going back and forth between feeling relief and wanting to second guess or change my type. It has certainly stirred some strong emotions in me. I am already familiar with EFT and the like...perhaps I should "tap" into that. ;)
The biggest turn off for me, besides the new-agey lingo/vocab was the incessant push to sell every other book, program, package, etc. that Carol Tuttle has. It came off as gimmicky and made the book lose credibility in my eyes. Sometimes felt like I was in a network marketing seminar. Also, I am totally interested in the idea of "dressing your type" but I don't agree with all of their fashion advice(there are some great color theory websites that talk about this at great length).
All in all, I'm sure I will reread this as I "type" everyone around me. Already typed my husband (he was EASY) trying to figure my kids out now.
August 31, 2012
Carol Tuttle presents fascinating information on the four personality types.
She uses energy profiling and links all aspects of a person to the 4 elements of air (type 1), water (type 2), fire (type 3) and earth (type 4).
Types 2 and 4 are introverts whereas types 1 and 3 are extroverts.
I am a Type 2. In nature, type 2 energy is represented in the Weeping Willow tree and the Mississippi River. It is the way the sky looks at dusk and the way Pachelbel's Cannon in D sounds.
Type twos value comfort, think in details and are very sensitive (not just emotionally but our skin is sensitive and we tend to be sensitive to smells etc). We tend to worry a lot. When I read about type 2s, everything spoke to me. Carol says that even if only 60% of the information speaks to you, that is your type. Well, I'd say about 95% of the information spoke to me.
We all have secondary types too. Actually, we all have all 4 types within us and our complete energy profile ranks those types from our lead to the one that is least expressed within us. I would say, based on my first read of this book and what has spoken to me, I am a dominant 2, secondary 4 followed by 1 and then 3.
Knowing and accepting your true nature can really improve your life and help you to better understand those around you.
Carol also has a course and a book on dressing your truth which helps you to dress according to your energy type. Each type has a different representation of colors, fabrics and styles that they look best in.
Anyway, this was all such fascinating information and I am already applying to my life and will continue to study and apply it.
I am probably not doing this book and the ideas justice here in this little review, for there is so much more I could say.
She uses energy profiling and links all aspects of a person to the 4 elements of air (type 1), water (type 2), fire (type 3) and earth (type 4).
Types 2 and 4 are introverts whereas types 1 and 3 are extroverts.
I am a Type 2. In nature, type 2 energy is represented in the Weeping Willow tree and the Mississippi River. It is the way the sky looks at dusk and the way Pachelbel's Cannon in D sounds.
Type twos value comfort, think in details and are very sensitive (not just emotionally but our skin is sensitive and we tend to be sensitive to smells etc). We tend to worry a lot. When I read about type 2s, everything spoke to me. Carol says that even if only 60% of the information speaks to you, that is your type. Well, I'd say about 95% of the information spoke to me.
We all have secondary types too. Actually, we all have all 4 types within us and our complete energy profile ranks those types from our lead to the one that is least expressed within us. I would say, based on my first read of this book and what has spoken to me, I am a dominant 2, secondary 4 followed by 1 and then 3.
Knowing and accepting your true nature can really improve your life and help you to better understand those around you.
Carol also has a course and a book on dressing your truth which helps you to dress according to your energy type. Each type has a different representation of colors, fabrics and styles that they look best in.
Anyway, this was all such fascinating information and I am already applying to my life and will continue to study and apply it.
I am probably not doing this book and the ideas justice here in this little review, for there is so much more I could say.
June 23, 2010
It's nice to know what's out there, but I did not like this book. It is an example to me of someone overanalyzing and expanding one kernel of truth into a whole system of belief and a profit-making enterprise. The experiences of fans were overdramatic and annoying. The book could have been one chapter and more enjoyable, instead it was unbearably repetitive. It was painful to finish. Did I mention how overused the exclamation mark! is? It's even in the title!
August 25, 2014
SHOCKING UPDATE: DYT book "word portraits" PLAGIARIZED Joan S Callaway book "WORD PORTRAITS" (more than half of words exact match!) Examples in my review there The Color Connection: From a Retailer's Perspective; "word portraits" in "Dressing Your Truth" book & "It's Just My Nature" are almost the same.)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT2n7b...
Tuttle wrote in "It's Just My Nature" she was typed by Taylore B. Sinclaire of Illuminessensce as a T3 & used her mom's notes from John Kitchener PSC class to create DYT.
*DYT like Caygill 4 types, Rohm DISC 4 type parenting books, etc*
I couldn't figure out why "Dressing Your Truth" was so similar to Youtube videos by John Kitchener PSC until I noticed Carol Tuttle wrote in "It's Just My Nature" about using notes from "Personal Style Consulting." (John Kitchener PSC) She also wrote that she was originally typed by Taylore B. Sinclaire in Illuminessence.
I found "It's Just My Nature" & "Dressing Your Truth" are similar to some previously published books---even wording.
The most similar books to "Dressing Your Truth" and "It's Just My Nature" are by:
Suzanne Caygill (Color: The Essence of You) and her students:
Angela Wright (The Beginner's Guide to Colour Psychology) and
Jane Segerstrom (Jane Segerstrom's Look Like Yourself and Love It & Style Strategy: Winning the Appearance Game)
The most similar 4-Temperaments-only book to "Dressing Your Truth" and "It's Just My Nature" is by:
Robert A. Rohm (Who Do You Think You Are Anyway?)
Examples of similarities:
Segerstrom: "my T3-ness"
Tuttle: "my 3-ness" "her Type-2ness"
Segerstrom: "Type Three with a Type Four secondary" "T3-4"
Tuttle: "Type 3 with a secondary Type 4" "Type 3/4"
Wright Spring: "sunrise...heralds a new beginning"
Tuttle Type 1: "Sunrise...represents a new beginning"
Caygill Summer: "muted....dusks....soft...blended"
Tuttle Type 2: "dusk...soft and blended...muted"
Wright Summer: "of the day is when the inclination is to ease off and relax"
Tuttle Type 2: "of our daylight and feel the need to relax"
Wright Autumn: "sunset...cycle...dramatic, fiery colors"
Tuttle Type 3: "Sun/Moon cycles: Sunsets...dramatic color"
Wright Winter: "night...sky...moon"
Tuttle Type 4: "moon...night sky"
Caygill Spring: "The face is generally rounded-rounded cheeks, eye, nose, chin--or it may be heart shaped...dimples."
Tuttle Type 1: "Face shape: circular or heart shaped." "Cheeks: circles...dimples" "Nose: circle shape." "Eyes: round"
Caygill : "rolling hills" "babbling of brooks" "cherry blossoms"
Tuttle Type 1:"rolling hills" "Babbling brook" "Cherry...tree in blossom"
Caygill Spring: "Frolicsome" "Enchanting" "Effervescence" "dapper" "Sprightliness"
Tuttle Type 1: "Frolicsome" "Enchanting" "Effervescent" "Dapper" "Sprightly"
Caygill Spring: "often the life of the party"
Tuttle Type 1: "often the life of the party"
Caygill Summer: "Picturesque" "S-curve" "soft spoken" "Iridescent" "Etherealness" "Exquisiteness" "Cameos"
Tuttle Type 2: "Picturesque" "S-curve" "Soft-spoken" "Iridescent" "Ethereal" "Exquisite" "Cameo-quality"
Caygill Summer: “her walk graceful” “with a fluid motion"
Tuttle Type 2: “graceful walk...fluid flowing movement”
Caygill Summer: “meticulous attention to detail"
Tuttle Type 2: “meticulous nature and attention to detail”
Caygill pg128: "a tendency to hold her head to the side"
Tuttle Type 2: "holding your head to the side"
Caygill Summer: "Usually the fingers are tapered, long and slender."
Tuttle Type 2: "Long fingers that taper"
Caygill Autumn keyword list: "Resplendent" "Dashing" "Gypsy-like" "Bizarre"
Tuttle Type 3 keyword list: "Resplendent" "Dashing" "Gypsy-like" "Bizarre"
Caygill : "Acting and reacting" "firm of step, or quick"
Tuttle Type 3: "active and reactive" "step...firm plant of your feet, quick"
Caygill Autumn: "Tangy" "Glowing" "Tawny" "Metallic" "Zestful" "Adventuresome" "Swiftness" "maple leaf"
Tuttle Type 3: "Tangy" "Glowing" "Tawny" "Metallic" "Zesty" "Adventurous" "Swift" "maple....leaves"
Caygill Winter: "simplicity....contemporary....sleek...modern design"
Tuttle Type 4: "interior design is what we call modern and contemporary....simple and sleek"
Caygill Winter: "high cheek bones" "motivated toward perfection" "fir"
Tuttle Type 4: "high cheek bones" "tendency towards perfection" "Noble Fir"
Caygill Winter: "Suave" "Luminous" "Scintillating" "commanding" "gallantry"
Tuttle Type 4: "Suave" "Luminous" "Scintillating" "Commanding" "Gallant"
Rohm Type I: "Likes to do things: The fun way."
Tuttle Type 1: "You look for fun ways to accomplish the things you want to do."
Rohm Type S: “Slow down–help me!” “thinks and considers at a slower pace”
Tuttle Type 2: ”You may require others to slow down” “your thoughts are slower”
Rohm Type S: “Do not be pushy.” “Don’t put them in a corner, they will crumble.”
Tuttle Type 2: “Don’t get pushy…They will retreat.”
Rohm Type S: “allow them to ask questions”
Tuttle Type 2: “Allow them to ask questions.”
Rohm Type D: "checking off their itemized and prioritized 'To Do' list as they accomplish each item"
Tuttle Type 3: "check it off my list" "write on our to-do lists tasks we have already accomplished just for the satisfaction of checking them off the list"
Rohm Type D: "Killer Statement:'You can't do that!'"
Tuttle Type 3: "don't tell them they can't do it"
Rohm Type D : "Pioneering" "Get the job done" "to-the-point" "'movers and shakers'" "self-starters"
Tuttle Type 3 keyword list: "Pioneering" "Get the job done" "To the point" "Mover & shaker" "Self-starter"
Rohm Type C: "color 'inside the lines'"
Tuttle Type 4: "color within the lines"
The quote "Ready--Fire--Aim!" in "It's Just My Nature" also appears in Rohm's Positive Personality Profiles: D-i-S-C-over Personality Insights to Understand Yourself and Others! /spanish versionDescubra su Verdadera Personalidad = Positive Personality Profiles. More: You've Got Style, French & Spanish editions not listed in Goodreads. Parenting books coauthored by Rohm: Personality Insights For Moms & Different Children, Different Needs: Understanding the Unique Personality of Your Child. Also comes in ebook format. Dutch and Chinese editions not listed in Goodreads.
Rohm is a PhD-level human behavior expert; Tuttle is an unlicensed EFT Tapping practitioner ( NOT a psychotherapist as she claims on her website).
Books by Suzanne Caygill and Caygill-trained Angela Wright have similar: energy types, behavior and personality profiling, body language, facial profiling, design lines, textures, fabrications, patterns, prints, colors, jewelry, interior design, keywords, shapes, Yin Yang concepts etc. to "Dressing Your Truth" & "It's Just My Nature." Rohm's "Who Do You Think You Are Anyway?" has similar behavior and personality profiling to "Dressing Your Truth" & "It's Just My Nature." Primary/secondary type blends system named "Signature Style" in Segerstrom's Style Strategy is similar to primary/secondary type blends in "Dressing Your Truth" & "It's Just My Nature." Primary/secondary type blends system named "Signature Style" in Segerstrom's Style Strategy is similar to primary/secondary type blends in "Dressing Your Truth" & "It's Just My Nature."
Don't miss my review of THE CHILD WHISPERER...more examples!!!
lively bright woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT2n7b...
subtle blended woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZToBoa...
earthy rich woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcV9Hq...
striking contrast woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xp_Li...
john kitchener PSC
http://www.youtube.com/user/jkpsc
http://colorconnection.yuku.com/topic...
Irenee Riter: "'cherub' look"
Tuttle Type 1: "cherub looking"
http://www.resene.co.nz/homeown/colou...
angela wright version caygill 4 types personality quiz
http://www.resene.co.nz/pdf/Colour_ch...
angela wright version caygill 4 types overview
http://www.resene.co.nz/homeown/colou...
http://www.resene.co.nz/homeown/colou...
http://www.resene.co.nz/homeown/colou...
http://www.resene.co.nz/homeown/colou...
angela wright version caygill 4 types type descriptions with COLORS
http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/colou...
http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/colou...
http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/colou...
http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/colou...
angela wright version caygill 4 types descriptions--yes, Angela Wright's type names are also TYPE 1, TYPE 3, TYPE 3, TYPE 4!
Check out one of Caygill-linked Bernice Kentner's books found in many libraries & compare to Carol Tuttle's system, especially:
"Color Me A Season" Color Me a Season: A Complete Guide to Finding Your Best Colors and How to Use Them
previous update:
http://web.archive.org/web/2004060605...
http://web.archive.org/web/2004060605...
http://web.archive.org/web/2004060605...
http://web.archive.org/web/2004060605...
http://web.archive.org/web/2004060605...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT2n7b...
Tuttle wrote in "It's Just My Nature" she was typed by Taylore B. Sinclaire of Illuminessensce as a T3 & used her mom's notes from John Kitchener PSC class to create DYT.
*DYT like Caygill 4 types, Rohm DISC 4 type parenting books, etc*
I couldn't figure out why "Dressing Your Truth" was so similar to Youtube videos by John Kitchener PSC until I noticed Carol Tuttle wrote in "It's Just My Nature" about using notes from "Personal Style Consulting." (John Kitchener PSC) She also wrote that she was originally typed by Taylore B. Sinclaire in Illuminessence.
I found "It's Just My Nature" & "Dressing Your Truth" are similar to some previously published books---even wording.
The most similar books to "Dressing Your Truth" and "It's Just My Nature" are by:
Suzanne Caygill (Color: The Essence of You) and her students:
Angela Wright (The Beginner's Guide to Colour Psychology) and
Jane Segerstrom (Jane Segerstrom's Look Like Yourself and Love It & Style Strategy: Winning the Appearance Game)
The most similar 4-Temperaments-only book to "Dressing Your Truth" and "It's Just My Nature" is by:
Robert A. Rohm (Who Do You Think You Are Anyway?)
Examples of similarities:
Segerstrom: "my T3-ness"
Tuttle: "my 3-ness" "her Type-2ness"
Segerstrom: "Type Three with a Type Four secondary" "T3-4"
Tuttle: "Type 3 with a secondary Type 4" "Type 3/4"
Wright Spring: "sunrise...heralds a new beginning"
Tuttle Type 1: "Sunrise...represents a new beginning"
Caygill Summer: "muted....dusks....soft...blended"
Tuttle Type 2: "dusk...soft and blended...muted"
Wright Summer: "of the day is when the inclination is to ease off and relax"
Tuttle Type 2: "of our daylight and feel the need to relax"
Wright Autumn: "sunset...cycle...dramatic, fiery colors"
Tuttle Type 3: "Sun/Moon cycles: Sunsets...dramatic color"
Wright Winter: "night...sky...moon"
Tuttle Type 4: "moon...night sky"
Caygill Spring: "The face is generally rounded-rounded cheeks, eye, nose, chin--or it may be heart shaped...dimples."
Tuttle Type 1: "Face shape: circular or heart shaped." "Cheeks: circles...dimples" "Nose: circle shape." "Eyes: round"
Caygill : "rolling hills" "babbling of brooks" "cherry blossoms"
Tuttle Type 1:"rolling hills" "Babbling brook" "Cherry...tree in blossom"
Caygill Spring: "Frolicsome" "Enchanting" "Effervescence" "dapper" "Sprightliness"
Tuttle Type 1: "Frolicsome" "Enchanting" "Effervescent" "Dapper" "Sprightly"
Caygill Spring: "often the life of the party"
Tuttle Type 1: "often the life of the party"
Caygill Summer: "Picturesque" "S-curve" "soft spoken" "Iridescent" "Etherealness" "Exquisiteness" "Cameos"
Tuttle Type 2: "Picturesque" "S-curve" "Soft-spoken" "Iridescent" "Ethereal" "Exquisite" "Cameo-quality"
Caygill Summer: “her walk graceful” “with a fluid motion"
Tuttle Type 2: “graceful walk...fluid flowing movement”
Caygill Summer: “meticulous attention to detail"
Tuttle Type 2: “meticulous nature and attention to detail”
Caygill pg128: "a tendency to hold her head to the side"
Tuttle Type 2: "holding your head to the side"
Caygill Summer: "Usually the fingers are tapered, long and slender."
Tuttle Type 2: "Long fingers that taper"
Caygill Autumn keyword list: "Resplendent" "Dashing" "Gypsy-like" "Bizarre"
Tuttle Type 3 keyword list: "Resplendent" "Dashing" "Gypsy-like" "Bizarre"
Caygill : "Acting and reacting" "firm of step, or quick"
Tuttle Type 3: "active and reactive" "step...firm plant of your feet, quick"
Caygill Autumn: "Tangy" "Glowing" "Tawny" "Metallic" "Zestful" "Adventuresome" "Swiftness" "maple leaf"
Tuttle Type 3: "Tangy" "Glowing" "Tawny" "Metallic" "Zesty" "Adventurous" "Swift" "maple....leaves"
Caygill Winter: "simplicity....contemporary....sleek...modern design"
Tuttle Type 4: "interior design is what we call modern and contemporary....simple and sleek"
Caygill Winter: "high cheek bones" "motivated toward perfection" "fir"
Tuttle Type 4: "high cheek bones" "tendency towards perfection" "Noble Fir"
Caygill Winter: "Suave" "Luminous" "Scintillating" "commanding" "gallantry"
Tuttle Type 4: "Suave" "Luminous" "Scintillating" "Commanding" "Gallant"
Rohm Type I: "Likes to do things: The fun way."
Tuttle Type 1: "You look for fun ways to accomplish the things you want to do."
Rohm Type S: “Slow down–help me!” “thinks and considers at a slower pace”
Tuttle Type 2: ”You may require others to slow down” “your thoughts are slower”
Rohm Type S: “Do not be pushy.” “Don’t put them in a corner, they will crumble.”
Tuttle Type 2: “Don’t get pushy…They will retreat.”
Rohm Type S: “allow them to ask questions”
Tuttle Type 2: “Allow them to ask questions.”
Rohm Type D: "checking off their itemized and prioritized 'To Do' list as they accomplish each item"
Tuttle Type 3: "check it off my list" "write on our to-do lists tasks we have already accomplished just for the satisfaction of checking them off the list"
Rohm Type D: "Killer Statement:'You can't do that!'"
Tuttle Type 3: "don't tell them they can't do it"
Rohm Type D : "Pioneering" "Get the job done" "to-the-point" "'movers and shakers'" "self-starters"
Tuttle Type 3 keyword list: "Pioneering" "Get the job done" "To the point" "Mover & shaker" "Self-starter"
Rohm Type C: "color 'inside the lines'"
Tuttle Type 4: "color within the lines"
The quote "Ready--Fire--Aim!" in "It's Just My Nature" also appears in Rohm's Positive Personality Profiles: D-i-S-C-over Personality Insights to Understand Yourself and Others! /spanish versionDescubra su Verdadera Personalidad = Positive Personality Profiles. More: You've Got Style, French & Spanish editions not listed in Goodreads. Parenting books coauthored by Rohm: Personality Insights For Moms & Different Children, Different Needs: Understanding the Unique Personality of Your Child. Also comes in ebook format. Dutch and Chinese editions not listed in Goodreads.
Rohm is a PhD-level human behavior expert; Tuttle is an unlicensed EFT Tapping practitioner ( NOT a psychotherapist as she claims on her website).
Books by Suzanne Caygill and Caygill-trained Angela Wright have similar: energy types, behavior and personality profiling, body language, facial profiling, design lines, textures, fabrications, patterns, prints, colors, jewelry, interior design, keywords, shapes, Yin Yang concepts etc. to "Dressing Your Truth" & "It's Just My Nature." Rohm's "Who Do You Think You Are Anyway?" has similar behavior and personality profiling to "Dressing Your Truth" & "It's Just My Nature." Primary/secondary type blends system named "Signature Style" in Segerstrom's Style Strategy is similar to primary/secondary type blends in "Dressing Your Truth" & "It's Just My Nature." Primary/secondary type blends system named "Signature Style" in Segerstrom's Style Strategy is similar to primary/secondary type blends in "Dressing Your Truth" & "It's Just My Nature."
Don't miss my review of THE CHILD WHISPERER...more examples!!!
lively bright woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT2n7b...
subtle blended woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZToBoa...
earthy rich woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcV9Hq...
striking contrast woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xp_Li...
john kitchener PSC
http://www.youtube.com/user/jkpsc
http://colorconnection.yuku.com/topic...
Irenee Riter: "'cherub' look"
Tuttle Type 1: "cherub looking"
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angela wright version caygill 4 types personality quiz
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angela wright version caygill 4 types overview
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angela wright version caygill 4 types type descriptions with COLORS
http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/colou...
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angela wright version caygill 4 types descriptions--yes, Angela Wright's type names are also TYPE 1, TYPE 3, TYPE 3, TYPE 4!
Check out one of Caygill-linked Bernice Kentner's books found in many libraries & compare to Carol Tuttle's system, especially:
"Color Me A Season" Color Me a Season: A Complete Guide to Finding Your Best Colors and How to Use Them
September 24, 2016
I'm giving this 4 stars for the information I gleaned from it. The quality of the book is more like a 3.
Tuttle developed a system that places each of us into Energy Types, 1 through 4. Each energy type has its own chapter where Tuttle explains the nature of someone who displays one of the energies dominantly. This includes physical attributes, examples in nature, and a long list of adjectives.
I really found the information fascinating and saw myself as a Type 2 energy, an oxygen/water energy. Type 2s are steady and easy-going, like the Mississippi River, and comfort, theirs as well as everyone around them, is a priority in life. Type 2s are agreeable, demure and insightful. And the devil is in the details for us! Reading about this type of calm energy was like looking into a mirror, and it has given me a lot to think about, mainly how I sometimes resist my nature, and at other times, embrace it. As I read through the book, I saw, too, my family members represented in the energy types, and as I see my friends and co-workers, I find myself trying to guess their energy types and understand how our energies work together.
My only beef with the book is the constant interruption of the profiling by numerous personal letters written to Carol Tuttle, inserted within each section in italicized print. They are Carol Tuttle followers who have found success with the system and have written her to say how learning their energy type has changed their lives. I read a few, but they were all basically similar in intent, and I skipped the rest. It might have been the paragraphs of italicized text that had me avoiding these segments. Something about long bodies of right-slanted text throws me off. The devil really is in the details!
This is a short book that I highly recommend to anyone open to this sort of profiling. As a writer, I can see it helping me understand the intent of my fictional characters.
Tuttle developed a system that places each of us into Energy Types, 1 through 4. Each energy type has its own chapter where Tuttle explains the nature of someone who displays one of the energies dominantly. This includes physical attributes, examples in nature, and a long list of adjectives.
I really found the information fascinating and saw myself as a Type 2 energy, an oxygen/water energy. Type 2s are steady and easy-going, like the Mississippi River, and comfort, theirs as well as everyone around them, is a priority in life. Type 2s are agreeable, demure and insightful. And the devil is in the details for us! Reading about this type of calm energy was like looking into a mirror, and it has given me a lot to think about, mainly how I sometimes resist my nature, and at other times, embrace it. As I read through the book, I saw, too, my family members represented in the energy types, and as I see my friends and co-workers, I find myself trying to guess their energy types and understand how our energies work together.
My only beef with the book is the constant interruption of the profiling by numerous personal letters written to Carol Tuttle, inserted within each section in italicized print. They are Carol Tuttle followers who have found success with the system and have written her to say how learning their energy type has changed their lives. I read a few, but they were all basically similar in intent, and I skipped the rest. It might have been the paragraphs of italicized text that had me avoiding these segments. Something about long bodies of right-slanted text throws me off. The devil really is in the details!
This is a short book that I highly recommend to anyone open to this sort of profiling. As a writer, I can see it helping me understand the intent of my fictional characters.
December 26, 2012
I wish everyone could read this book. I view people (including myself) so differently now after reading and watching her stuff on the 4 energy profiles. It provides a great framework (a paradigm, if you will) to understand differences in individuals' approaches to live. I appreciate that it isn't rigid and allows for individuality, but also provides a lot of commonality among the types. (By the way, I lead with a type 4, and have a strong secondary 1. My husband is a very strong type 2, with a secondary 3. Wierd combos, I know, but it sure makes it easier to understand each other. It has been fun to look at our parents and children, as well.) I think the content deserves a 5(!), but the writing and the advertisements don't; hence the 4. I understand that she couldn't put everything in a book, so she linked many things to her websites. However, while her blog is free, much of her website material is not. I do like that her basic content is free--you only need to pay if you want help or more details. The book would have flowed better and seemed less of a selling tool if she had left out the links throughout the book and just had the info in the front or back. Also, if the idea of energies seems too wierd for you, ignore that background part and just look at the types as 4 categories.
March 23, 2010
This was a fun book for me to read, mostly because Carol Tuttle was in my home ward growing up and I was their babysitter while they lived there. Carol developed all this stuff after they moved, and I had no idea she was into all this. It was fun to read about her kids who I babysat who have now grown up. The profiling was interesting, but I think I would have to attend a conference to really get the most out of it. I would love to attend a dressing your truth seminar - it would be interesting to see how I would come out of it.
September 10, 2016
It's kind of amazing to realize that people's personalities are tied to their physical features. It's something that we all innately judge about people without realizing it, but once it's pointed out, you won't be able to look at someone without consciously putting them in Tuttle's 4 categories:
1- Cute, bubbly, creative, happy woman
2- Soft, calm, detailed, thoughtful woman
3- Active, intense, bold, strong woman
4- Striking, reflective, organized, still woman
I like that Tuttle's personality descriptions focus on the positive of each personality, but her system carries her own underlying prejudices. Everyone I know has hoped they're a four after reading this while every three I know has fought against that diagnosis. It can be a tough self-evaluation, but unlike a standard personality test it carries more weight with the addition of physical features and the demand that you fit into a dominate energy. Yes, Tuttle says you have a secondary energy that influences you, but you need to stay true to your dominate energy and focus on it. For those us who don't fit easily into a category or relate to our dominant energy, it can be a harrowing experience working through Tuttle's system. I used the diagnosis above because it can feel like bad medical diagnosis with all it's emotional breakdowns.
My other frustration with Tuttle's program is that her books never explain what to do with the information. You figure out your personality or energy, but only once you've forked out a few hundred dollars to join her program will she tell you what colors and styles look good on you. The book is like the opening hour at a seminar that's main objective is to sell you in to the more expensive program (she has those too). I understand Tuttle is selling a business and needs to turn a profit, but for the high price of these paperbacks, I'd like more useable information. Plus, I resist a system that limits people to one of four absolute categories--or possibly that's me still fighting over being pigeon-holed into one of the categories.
The writing is choppy and repetitive--of course it is; she's a three--but I still like this book better than Dressing Your Truth. That one feels a whole lot more like the free seminar to sell you on the more expensive course without giving you anything in the free course. This once explains the energies a lot better. If you're a parent, I'd recommend The Child Whisperer16003806. Her honest desire to help people comes across in that one like it doesn't in her adult books. It's an interesting theory and I think she's stumbled on some truth here. I'm just not certain, after all these years, of how I fit into it or how much I want to, but I keep coming back to it and struggling with it.
1- Cute, bubbly, creative, happy woman
2- Soft, calm, detailed, thoughtful woman
3- Active, intense, bold, strong woman
4- Striking, reflective, organized, still woman
I like that Tuttle's personality descriptions focus on the positive of each personality, but her system carries her own underlying prejudices. Everyone I know has hoped they're a four after reading this while every three I know has fought against that diagnosis. It can be a tough self-evaluation, but unlike a standard personality test it carries more weight with the addition of physical features and the demand that you fit into a dominate energy. Yes, Tuttle says you have a secondary energy that influences you, but you need to stay true to your dominate energy and focus on it. For those us who don't fit easily into a category or relate to our dominant energy, it can be a harrowing experience working through Tuttle's system. I used the diagnosis above because it can feel like bad medical diagnosis with all it's emotional breakdowns.
My other frustration with Tuttle's program is that her books never explain what to do with the information. You figure out your personality or energy, but only once you've forked out a few hundred dollars to join her program will she tell you what colors and styles look good on you. The book is like the opening hour at a seminar that's main objective is to sell you in to the more expensive program (she has those too). I understand Tuttle is selling a business and needs to turn a profit, but for the high price of these paperbacks, I'd like more useable information. Plus, I resist a system that limits people to one of four absolute categories--or possibly that's me still fighting over being pigeon-holed into one of the categories.
The writing is choppy and repetitive--of course it is; she's a three--but I still like this book better than Dressing Your Truth. That one feels a whole lot more like the free seminar to sell you on the more expensive course without giving you anything in the free course. This once explains the energies a lot better. If you're a parent, I'd recommend The Child Whisperer16003806. Her honest desire to help people comes across in that one like it doesn't in her adult books. It's an interesting theory and I think she's stumbled on some truth here. I'm just not certain, after all these years, of how I fit into it or how much I want to, but I keep coming back to it and struggling with it.
August 9, 2019
Ugh. So there is a friend who is really into Carol Tuttle and her energy profiling. As a person who really gets a kick out of personality tests, etc., I was interested in learning my energy type. The thing is, if you analyze this profiling system too much, it just starts breaking down. Tuttle even says this, which to me indicates that it is not legit. I prefer much more research based information on parenting my children, or even my personality type. Also, there are so many videos of people out there who read her books, identify strongly with an energy type only to have Tuttle breezily tell them in a matter of minutes that they are wrong and that they are really (insert different energy type). Based on reading this book, I strongly identified with a number of energy type 2 characteristics (but not all of them). After watching a number of videos, I am more likely a type 4. Yet, nothing I read in the book for a type 4 really matched either. Yet, Tuttle states that it should be so simple to identify your TRUE nature but just reading the profiles.
And if it was just Tuttle constructing a personality/energy categorizing system, I would be o.k. with just playing around with it --noticing it's flaws, but also finding perhaps some insight. However, she has used this to make a marketing empire. You can buy courses in how to dress to your energy type. You can buy prescribed clothes from her site based on your energy type. Etc. etc. It feels a bit scammy to me. (But maybe because I am a type 4 and I tend to overanalyze. *eye roll*)
And if it was just Tuttle constructing a personality/energy categorizing system, I would be o.k. with just playing around with it --noticing it's flaws, but also finding perhaps some insight. However, she has used this to make a marketing empire. You can buy courses in how to dress to your energy type. You can buy prescribed clothes from her site based on your energy type. Etc. etc. It feels a bit scammy to me. (But maybe because I am a type 4 and I tend to overanalyze. *eye roll*)
November 12, 2014
This was a healing book for me - especially the third time through. I have read this numerous times and like to refer to it. Upon recommending it to a friend in need of healing herself, I realized I did not have it on goodreads. I have never had so much respect for who I am, who others are and the richness and necessity of interdependence. I love the patterns. I love that she shows how all of nature reveals these energies and thus nature also reveals ourselves to ourselves. Makes it easy to focus on and appreciate the gifts we all have and living in harmony with one another. People who I once saw as annoying, I now see as gifted. I can now benefit from gifts of others in a way I never could before. Reading and internalizing this improved all of my relationships from myself, to my husband and family, to friends, acquaintances, community and governmental leaders and strangers. Priceless is that which I have gained.
June 13, 2014
Love love loved it! This book is totally inspiring and has changed how I see other people and especially myself. This is the first time where anyone has straight out said the way you naturally are is exactly how you should be. When we know and understand each others true nature we become more accepting and loving to everyone. We're all different in our approach to situations and life, this book has really opened my eyes to the fact that there is not necessarily a right and a wrong way of doing or responding to things. It's just our nature!
December 24, 2018
Just not really my jam. I agree that there are different kinds of personalities, and I think there is value in recognizing your own strengths and weaknesses. She kind of lost me when describing the facial characteristics (including eyebrow styles!) you could expect to find on each kind of personality, and a few other parts I found to be a little far-fetched, but she had some good points too.
July 14, 2018
Good info a little reductive
As a T4 I find the approach a little reductive but it does seem to apply correctly to most of the people in my life. I'm starting to use the dressing your truth rules and overall found this book informative with concepts I can use in life.
As a T4 I find the approach a little reductive but it does seem to apply correctly to most of the people in my life. I'm starting to use the dressing your truth rules and overall found this book informative with concepts I can use in life.
September 2, 2021
I love taking personality tests, so when my sister told me to read this and see what “type” I am, I was happy to oblige. I learned a few things about myself that I do but wasn’t really aware that I did or why I did them, so I liked that. I’m a type 2 with a secondary 1, in case anyone was curious.
November 15, 2025
This was recommended to me by a dear friend and I am seriously so excited after reading it. While I don’t always love the “live your truth” jargon, (it can feel cheesy to me), it wasn’t trite at all in this book. It’s seriously motivating me to not fight so hard against my natural personality tendencies and to work with those tendencies to make them strengths.
June 9, 2021
Pretty good. I'm a little skeptical when it comes to the whole "your face has an S shape" stuff in there, but otherwise pretty insightful.
August 6, 2018
Interesting. I think I need to read more in depth to completely understand what she means about how knowing your type and that of those around you can help.
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March 17, 2024Summary:
There are 4 basic Energy types that can be seen throughout all of nature including animals, insects, plants, rivers and streams, sunsets, and Human behavior (including physical features). Each of these 4 profiles has its own distinctive natural movement.
1. Nitrogen -air. Vibration & movement distinctive to this type: upward light. Random. Disconnected. Buoyant. Free. Crisp. Fresh. Bright. Non structured. Spontaneous. Upbeat. High movement - extravert energy moving outward from its source. Natural gift: ideas. dominant quality cheerfully, lifting us up to feel more fun. and hope. dominant shapes and features our circle and heart. Animated. Bubbly. Fun. Unstructured. Youthful. Animated. Brilliant. Radiant. Light and Fun is a priority. I think my youngest is a 1.
2. Oxygen -water. Vibration & movement distinctive to this type: fluid flowing. Soft. Connected. Easy. Relaxed. Subtle. Blended. Elegant. Comfortable. Steady. Muted. Med-high movement. Introvert energy subtly inward to itself. Detail oriented - How to make an idea possible. Calmly connecting us to our heart and each other. Calming. Inviting. Subdued. Sensitive. Comfort for yourself and others is a high priority. Sensitive to how people feel around you. Sensitive to details and plans. Sensitivity to food, electronics, clothing, and environment. Not as readily adaptable to change. Question self. Like to fuss over details which means you can also fuss over details in life. Encourage others to relax and take it easy. If you are challenged or dealt with too intensely, your tendency is to hold back and retreat or withdraw within. You will think about what you have done to cause this response in another person often assuming it was your fault. Go with the flow or wish washy. Priority is to be appropriate with others so they fee comfortable with you. Do not give yourself credit where credit is do. Watch out for resentment which comes from being sensitive in the face of even small humiliations. You are a methodical thinker that others may think of as slow. You have to consider and reconsider which can turn into brooding and fussing excessively. Worrier. Process info over and over so as to not leave anything out but leads to feeling overwhelmed and difficult to make a decision. Slower to respond in communication. Tendency to assume. Diplomatic. Proper. Meticulous. Observer. Conservative with money. Like to have a plan. . Tranquil.
3. Hydrogen- fire Vibration & movement distinctive to this type: active reactive. Angular. Substantial. Sure. Textured. Rich. Dynamic. Swift. Irregular. Med-low movement. extravert energy moving outward from its source. Forceful and intense at times. Let’s get to work and get things done . Swiftly moving forward to desired outcomes. Dynamic, sure, purposeful. Swift. Substantial. Rich. Intense. Practical. Resourceful. To the point. Abrupt. Firey. Told you are too bossy, or too loud. Get pleasure from creating a result and take time to sit and enjoy it. Type three’s do not keep sentimental items or items if there is no practical use for keeping them. Type three’s jump in and take action when something needs to happen. Can change focus easily, but always come back to what you started. Likes actions that create change in lasting results. Expressive about results. deep sense of confidence and assurance about achieving success. Can’t handle diverse situation and many goals at once. Move others into action easily. Move forward with an intense determination. Dynamic, pushy and intense. Motivate and push others. Can burn out easily if there are too many commitments going at onceAssuvurg to action. Self-confident and self reliant. competitive with yourself and others. Compartmentalize things in your head so you can move back-and-forth between Taskin task.Good at delegating don’t like to beat around the bush. Practical and honest and communication. Driven. Open in relationships. Express a great deal of love and affection for the select people you choose to be in your circle. Confidence to interact with anyone no problem starting a conversation in the grocery store checkout line be tendency to be late due to a tendency to want to get so much done. Not realistic in how long it takes to finish in alloted amount of time. Reliable. Excell in positions that grant you an entrepreneurial experience. Not afraid of risk. Physical person who enjoys adventure, trips and resting with kids.Love sports. Language can be in.What are your own needs to be practical. A little mess doesn’t bother you because it means you have been doing some thing. Independent Sol. Decisive. Can take the ball and run with it. Task oriented . Can solve problems and get result very quickly. Deliberate and to the point. May hold others to the same high standard of accomplishment. May be too pushy or bossy. May be inconsiderate of others feelings if they get in your way. May move too quickly that you don’t get all the details. Able. Adventurous. Argumentative. Assured. Big hearted. Casual. Competitive . Determined. Energetic. Edgy. High spirited. Inventive . Lavish . Logical. Mover and shaker. Reactive. Self starter.
4. Carbon- earth. Vibration & movement distinctive to this type: constant still. Bold. Clean. Simple. Structured. Regal. Clear. Precise . Reflective. High contrast. Keen. Low movement. Introvert energy still and reflective . Bold. Authoritative. Regal. Polished. Striking. Clean. Clear. Reflective. Grounded. Structured. Told to lighten up and not be so serious. Staying on track. Quality and precision. Most rigid. Authoritative. Critical. Quiet and contemplative in group. Analytical. See how things can be improved, done more efficiently or faster; and or duplicated. Like to Perfect things/the world. May come across as harsh, judge mental, or opinionated. Gift of discernment. View yourself as an authority figure. Don’t like uninvited authority. Quiet confidence in your ability. Learn to say it’s good enough and move on. Hard to change direction of a plan. Deep thinker, reflective. Self directed. Important to mentally organize thoughts before you can move on in a frame work. Take things literally in black and white form. Know it all. Respect loyalty, reliability, timeliness, professionalism. Concise. Don’t like being put on the spot but like to express self in group if you have something to say. Quiet about thoughts until you are sure about how you feel. Then your opinion is black and white. Don’t always share your keen insights and strong opinions as it depends on how worthy your audience is. When you engage in a conversation, you give her the person your full attention, and expect the same from them..don’t like being interrupted in the middle of sharing stream of thought or if you are intensely focused on a project. You may sound critical or overly negative to others. Do you like to get to the essence as quickly as possible and they come across as blunt and to straightforward and expressing opinions. Can’t come across as bossy or too condescending. May build walls around you so others so others can’t approach you and won’t know how to talk to you cold and distant. Content to live in your own world as it feels like painful to you. when you have felt so misunderstood. loyal and faithful friend. True to your word. self sacrificing for the people with whom you are the closest. The more you are you feel you are being honored the more you make yourself available to others. don’t form acquaintances, easily or readily. in fact, you may not even think it makes sense to do so when you do not even know the person. don’t need an authority. Figure to keep me on task. When you see that something needs to be done, you get it done and do it better than most. prefer to own less stuff, but what you do owns is a good quality and has been thought about before preaching purchasing. Enjoy single sports, and recreational pursuits. like spaces to be clean, clear, organize the father out of sight. Like to streamline tasks. Is my first born a 4?
I think I am a 4, 2, 3, 1
While there is certainly lots of natural variation among each group, there are similarities and tendencies that are common thread in each group.
We have all 4 energy types mining through us in different proportions.
Look to these areas to determine your true nature:
1. Your Inner expression ( gifts and talents, body language, personality traits, behavior, tendencies)
2. The mirror (physical features and movement of your body lines.
3. Think about who you were as a kid
Each energy type supports us, in having natural guess and talents. What is ironic is that quite often? We judge the very gift that nature has endowed us with as a weakness or flaw.
Thoughts:
It’s not very reassuring that so many of the testimonials started with “I wasn’t sure what energy type I was” or “I categorize myself as the wrong energy”
It’s Off putting that she is constantly trying to sell us in other products and courses.
I’m not a full convert to this approach. I don’t think I can whole heartedly buy into all of it, but there are certainly some helpful insights from this book. I will be thinking about how this book applies to me .
There are 4 basic Energy types that can be seen throughout all of nature including animals, insects, plants, rivers and streams, sunsets, and Human behavior (including physical features). Each of these 4 profiles has its own distinctive natural movement.
1. Nitrogen -air. Vibration & movement distinctive to this type: upward light. Random. Disconnected. Buoyant. Free. Crisp. Fresh. Bright. Non structured. Spontaneous. Upbeat. High movement - extravert energy moving outward from its source. Natural gift: ideas. dominant quality cheerfully, lifting us up to feel more fun. and hope. dominant shapes and features our circle and heart. Animated. Bubbly. Fun. Unstructured. Youthful. Animated. Brilliant. Radiant. Light and Fun is a priority. I think my youngest is a 1.
2. Oxygen -water. Vibration & movement distinctive to this type: fluid flowing. Soft. Connected. Easy. Relaxed. Subtle. Blended. Elegant. Comfortable. Steady. Muted. Med-high movement. Introvert energy subtly inward to itself. Detail oriented - How to make an idea possible. Calmly connecting us to our heart and each other. Calming. Inviting. Subdued. Sensitive. Comfort for yourself and others is a high priority. Sensitive to how people feel around you. Sensitive to details and plans. Sensitivity to food, electronics, clothing, and environment. Not as readily adaptable to change. Question self. Like to fuss over details which means you can also fuss over details in life. Encourage others to relax and take it easy. If you are challenged or dealt with too intensely, your tendency is to hold back and retreat or withdraw within. You will think about what you have done to cause this response in another person often assuming it was your fault. Go with the flow or wish washy. Priority is to be appropriate with others so they fee comfortable with you. Do not give yourself credit where credit is do. Watch out for resentment which comes from being sensitive in the face of even small humiliations. You are a methodical thinker that others may think of as slow. You have to consider and reconsider which can turn into brooding and fussing excessively. Worrier. Process info over and over so as to not leave anything out but leads to feeling overwhelmed and difficult to make a decision. Slower to respond in communication. Tendency to assume. Diplomatic. Proper. Meticulous. Observer. Conservative with money. Like to have a plan. . Tranquil.
3. Hydrogen- fire Vibration & movement distinctive to this type: active reactive. Angular. Substantial. Sure. Textured. Rich. Dynamic. Swift. Irregular. Med-low movement. extravert energy moving outward from its source. Forceful and intense at times. Let’s get to work and get things done . Swiftly moving forward to desired outcomes. Dynamic, sure, purposeful. Swift. Substantial. Rich. Intense. Practical. Resourceful. To the point. Abrupt. Firey. Told you are too bossy, or too loud. Get pleasure from creating a result and take time to sit and enjoy it. Type three’s do not keep sentimental items or items if there is no practical use for keeping them. Type three’s jump in and take action when something needs to happen. Can change focus easily, but always come back to what you started. Likes actions that create change in lasting results. Expressive about results. deep sense of confidence and assurance about achieving success. Can’t handle diverse situation and many goals at once. Move others into action easily. Move forward with an intense determination. Dynamic, pushy and intense. Motivate and push others. Can burn out easily if there are too many commitments going at onceAssuvurg to action. Self-confident and self reliant. competitive with yourself and others. Compartmentalize things in your head so you can move back-and-forth between Taskin task.Good at delegating don’t like to beat around the bush. Practical and honest and communication. Driven. Open in relationships. Express a great deal of love and affection for the select people you choose to be in your circle. Confidence to interact with anyone no problem starting a conversation in the grocery store checkout line be tendency to be late due to a tendency to want to get so much done. Not realistic in how long it takes to finish in alloted amount of time. Reliable. Excell in positions that grant you an entrepreneurial experience. Not afraid of risk. Physical person who enjoys adventure, trips and resting with kids.Love sports. Language can be in.What are your own needs to be practical. A little mess doesn’t bother you because it means you have been doing some thing. Independent Sol. Decisive. Can take the ball and run with it. Task oriented . Can solve problems and get result very quickly. Deliberate and to the point. May hold others to the same high standard of accomplishment. May be too pushy or bossy. May be inconsiderate of others feelings if they get in your way. May move too quickly that you don’t get all the details. Able. Adventurous. Argumentative. Assured. Big hearted. Casual. Competitive . Determined. Energetic. Edgy. High spirited. Inventive . Lavish . Logical. Mover and shaker. Reactive. Self starter.
4. Carbon- earth. Vibration & movement distinctive to this type: constant still. Bold. Clean. Simple. Structured. Regal. Clear. Precise . Reflective. High contrast. Keen. Low movement. Introvert energy still and reflective . Bold. Authoritative. Regal. Polished. Striking. Clean. Clear. Reflective. Grounded. Structured. Told to lighten up and not be so serious. Staying on track. Quality and precision. Most rigid. Authoritative. Critical. Quiet and contemplative in group. Analytical. See how things can be improved, done more efficiently or faster; and or duplicated. Like to Perfect things/the world. May come across as harsh, judge mental, or opinionated. Gift of discernment. View yourself as an authority figure. Don’t like uninvited authority. Quiet confidence in your ability. Learn to say it’s good enough and move on. Hard to change direction of a plan. Deep thinker, reflective. Self directed. Important to mentally organize thoughts before you can move on in a frame work. Take things literally in black and white form. Know it all. Respect loyalty, reliability, timeliness, professionalism. Concise. Don’t like being put on the spot but like to express self in group if you have something to say. Quiet about thoughts until you are sure about how you feel. Then your opinion is black and white. Don’t always share your keen insights and strong opinions as it depends on how worthy your audience is. When you engage in a conversation, you give her the person your full attention, and expect the same from them..don’t like being interrupted in the middle of sharing stream of thought or if you are intensely focused on a project. You may sound critical or overly negative to others. Do you like to get to the essence as quickly as possible and they come across as blunt and to straightforward and expressing opinions. Can’t come across as bossy or too condescending. May build walls around you so others so others can’t approach you and won’t know how to talk to you cold and distant. Content to live in your own world as it feels like painful to you. when you have felt so misunderstood. loyal and faithful friend. True to your word. self sacrificing for the people with whom you are the closest. The more you are you feel you are being honored the more you make yourself available to others. don’t form acquaintances, easily or readily. in fact, you may not even think it makes sense to do so when you do not even know the person. don’t need an authority. Figure to keep me on task. When you see that something needs to be done, you get it done and do it better than most. prefer to own less stuff, but what you do owns is a good quality and has been thought about before preaching purchasing. Enjoy single sports, and recreational pursuits. like spaces to be clean, clear, organize the father out of sight. Like to streamline tasks. Is my first born a 4?
I think I am a 4, 2, 3, 1
While there is certainly lots of natural variation among each group, there are similarities and tendencies that are common thread in each group.
We have all 4 energy types mining through us in different proportions.
Look to these areas to determine your true nature:
1. Your Inner expression ( gifts and talents, body language, personality traits, behavior, tendencies)
2. The mirror (physical features and movement of your body lines.
3. Think about who you were as a kid
Each energy type supports us, in having natural guess and talents. What is ironic is that quite often? We judge the very gift that nature has endowed us with as a weakness or flaw.
Thoughts:
It’s not very reassuring that so many of the testimonials started with “I wasn’t sure what energy type I was” or “I categorize myself as the wrong energy”
It’s Off putting that she is constantly trying to sell us in other products and courses.
I’m not a full convert to this approach. I don’t think I can whole heartedly buy into all of it, but there are certainly some helpful insights from this book. I will be thinking about how this book applies to me .
April 5, 2011
Another self-help book with a twist. It is tied to the Living Your Truth Company in Draper, Utah. It divides everyone into 4 basic types: Type 1 is the happy, random person who is spontaneous and loves to do things. Type 2 is the romantic, gentle person who is great with details. Type three is the go getter who is all edges and angles and dynamic. Type 4 is the solid person, very steady and classic. Members of each type have somewhat the same facial feathures which is the primary determining factor. Each type looks best in certain colors--not the same as seasons. Each color is divided by the amount of light, grey, black or just pure color. It is an interesting theory and if you study it out you can find you energy type among the Four. Since each type is part of us to some degree you probably have a dominant type and also a recessive type in each individual.
I personally could fit into every type personality wise, but that is a trait of a Type 1 which I am best suited for. Imaging me as spontaneous, happy, bubbly. It is a stretch, but as I wear the colors of this type, I do feel much better about myself. Yes, pink is one of my colors. So if I have changed the way I look, this book is the reason.
It fits quite well into my Happiness Project and has been the challenge of March and April.
I personally could fit into every type personality wise, but that is a trait of a Type 1 which I am best suited for. Imaging me as spontaneous, happy, bubbly. It is a stretch, but as I wear the colors of this type, I do feel much better about myself. Yes, pink is one of my colors. So if I have changed the way I look, this book is the reason.
It fits quite well into my Happiness Project and has been the challenge of March and April.
July 4, 2016
This book is neat with the 4 energy types Carol talks about and finding your own energy. I'm new in this information and keep researching into it true to my nature as type 2. Carol has all kinds of help on her websites that are free to watch and a profiling one to help you profile yourself, your energy type and help you find out who you are to bring yourself out instead of hiding it.
Enjoying the enlightenment of understanding my husband and kids better. All my kids have different ways of doing things. Understanding them better I can help them understand them with struggles, school and more.
I do give this 4 stars because it does repeat the types in each book I read. I guess to help people to figure out there own types and keep finding themselves in their type. Very enlightening information and being new with my type 2 I've enjoyed the journey so far. Can't wait to find out how finding myself again will go and open myself up to who I am. Hope other women find these books enlightening as well. Even if she tells you about her business in the book. Other people like their businesses and promote them. Enjoy this book.
Enjoying the enlightenment of understanding my husband and kids better. All my kids have different ways of doing things. Understanding them better I can help them understand them with struggles, school and more.
I do give this 4 stars because it does repeat the types in each book I read. I guess to help people to figure out there own types and keep finding themselves in their type. Very enlightening information and being new with my type 2 I've enjoyed the journey so far. Can't wait to find out how finding myself again will go and open myself up to who I am. Hope other women find these books enlightening as well. Even if she tells you about her business in the book. Other people like their businesses and promote them. Enjoy this book.
February 17, 2020
I couldn’t even get through it. I felt like the first 15 % of the book was just her repeating herself over and over again in new wording, selling herself, and her business, then adding in unnecessary testimonials. To buy her business. Because finding out your personality type apparently saves marriages and makes you less frustrated. But only if you do it the way she wants you to. Oh but she also created this because she doesn’t like being told who she is. But holds seminars or whatever where you pick for yourself then has her people come tell you if you’re wrong or not. Oh and apparently your face shape and body movements decide your personality type. So you don’t actually need to read it. Just find which section your round head and dimples fit into. Oh and did I mention there are testimonials?! Like 4 or more a chapter? It just seemed so gimmicky. Like an entire book dedicated to selling her site and pushing her products. And so much of it was just so repetitive and made no sense. But testimonials! Just so conceded. Carol Tuttle must be perfect. She has it all figured out. Now go pay her for it or you can’t be as perfect as her.
August 24, 2011
The author comes up with simplified Jungian types and links them to stories of her observations of her family members. It is fun but not something to take too seriously.
For starters her credentials? Her website lists her as a MRET - what does that mean? The closest association is Master Rapid Eye Technician. She is describes as a "psychological intuitive and energy therapist."
Book is a marketing tool. Next the book is constantly referring the reader to her services on her website. Oh she was on her children's PTA.
For starters her credentials? Her website lists her as a MRET - what does that mean? The closest association is Master Rapid Eye Technician. She is describes as a "psychological intuitive and energy therapist."
Book is a marketing tool. Next the book is constantly referring the reader to her services on her website. Oh she was on her children's PTA.
January 24, 2011
I really like personality books--I always end up seeing people in a new (better) light and appreciating differences a little more. This book was different--she made up four "energy types" and links them with nature--different trees, water bodies, plants, animals, nations...it goes a little far. Plus she's always referring to other services her company provides, or books yet to be written... too much self-promotion IMHO. :)
April 7, 2011
I think this long advertisement with useful tidbits intertwined could have been written in a pamphlet as opposed to devoting a whole book to it. Her style just doesn't appeal to me. It took too long to dig out the gems.
January 15, 2017
I'll probably be reading this book on and off for years, so I might as well review it now. This is just the sort of book I like to read and ponder, agreeing with some things and skimming the rest. Human nature is so fascinating.
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