Words are powerful. They have meaning and references that are either positive, negative, or neutral. In the world of Energy Profiling, words also represent a quality of movement, an expression of our true selves.
We come into this world expressing one of four primary movements, or Energy Types, and how our parents and others respond to us with their words will determine whether we love our true nature or are led to believe we need to change it.
As a young child, I was led to believe my energy and movement were too much, too loud, too aggressive, even defiant. Each of those words, too loud, aggressive, and defiant all had shaming references and created the belief that I needed to change who I was. Since learning and living true to my Energy Type, I now have been able to change the shaming labels to positive labels: too loud = passionate, aggressive = assertive, defiant = determined.
How your Type 1 keywords can help you heal
The primary keywords for a Type 1 person are upward and light, which refers to your natural expression of lifting and lighting up the energy wherever you go.
It’s common for Type 1’s to be told in their childhood and even into their adult years, “You are too silly, you need to settle down, you need to be more serious.”
But I want Type 1 women to see what this really means: silly = playful and animated, settle down = eager to learn and explore this world, more serious = you have a natural hope.
In my book, It’s Just My Nature, I included a Word Portrait for each Energy Type. It was important for me to put together this list, so you could also heal the shame-based references you took on as a child.
Here is your Type 1 Word Portrait:
Active
Adventuresome
Agreeable
Airy
Amenable
Amusing
Animated
Anticipating
Asymmetrical
Awakening
Beaming
Bouncy
Bright
Brilliant
Buoyant
Candid
Carefree
Charismatic
Charming
Cheerful
Cheering
Comical
Congenial
Coy
Creative
Crisp
Curious
Cute
Dainty
Daring
Delightful
Eager
Easy going
Effervescent
Empathetic
Enchanting
Encouraging
Energetic
Engaging
Enthusiastic
Exciting
Exhilarating
Expressive
Exuberant
Festive
Flexible
Frank
Fresh
Friendly
Frivolous
Frolicsome
Fun-loving
Funny
Generous
High-spirited
Idealistic
Imaginative
Impudent
Impulsive
Industrious
Infectious
Informal
Ingenious
Innocent
Inspiring
Intelligent
Inventive
Irresistible
Jovial
Joyous
Jubilant
Laughing
Light
Light-hearted
Lively
Lovable
Lyrical
Magnetic
Melodramatic
Merry
New
Open
Open-hearted
Open-minded
Optimistic
Outgoing
Outspoken
Permissive
Pert
Playful
Pleasing
Positive
Precocious
Quick-moving
Quick-witted
Radiant
Random
Rapturous
Receptive
Refreshing
Renewing
Restless
Resilient
Scattered
Self-starter
Sense of being alive
Shining
Simple
Sincere
Social
Spirited
Sporadic
Sprightly
Sweet
Tenacious
Trendy
Twinkling
Uncomplicated
Unexpected
Unpremeditated
Upward
Vibrant
Vital
Vivacious
Vivid
Warm
Witty
Youthful
Zestful
As I teach in It’s Just My Nature, if you’re still not certain about your Energy Type, reflect on the Word Portraits for each Type. If you feel a certain Energy Type speaking to you, yet your Body Profile does not match the other aspects of the dominant Energy Type you think you are, look for similar words on the Word Portrait sheet that matches your Body Profile.
Our bodies consistently express our dominant Energy Type when our personalities may vary from this expression. I say, go with what your body tells you, rather than your personality. As you trust this and allow yourself to be the Energy Type your body tells you that you are, you will see qualities emerge that are truly you, qualities that you actually expressed earlier in your life.
What words were you told as a child that were not honoring to you? Which words from the list are more honoring? Share in a comment!
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