Words have powerful energy. Each word carries a meaning and reference that can be 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. 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. It’s common for Type 3’s to be told in our childhood and even into our adult years, “You are too much, too loud, too aggressive, even defiant.” You probably have experienced the same thing.
How your Type 3 keywords can help you heal
Each of those words, too loud, aggressive, and defiant, all have 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.
The primary keywords for a Type 3 person are active and reactive, which refers to your natural expression of pushing things forward and moving the energy wherever you go. It’s just what you do naturally! But it can be perceived as a negative thing.
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 too could heal the shame-based references you took on as a child.
Here is your Type 3 Word Portrait:
Abrupt
Active
Adventurous
Aggressive
Ambitious
Angled
Assertive
Assured
Asymmetrical
Authoritative
Big-hearted
Business-minded
Captivating
Casual
Competitive
Complex
Confident
Daring
Decisive
Determined
Direct
Down to business
Driven
Dynamic
Eager
Earnest
Earthy
Edgy
Encouraging
Energetic
Enterprising
Entrepreneur
Exciting
Exotic
Expressive
Fast
Fervent
Fiery
Forceful
Frank
Gallant
Generous
Get the job done
High-spirited
Hot
Independent
Industrious
Informal
Intense
Inventive
Jagged
Lavish
Levelheaded
Logical
Loud
Lusty
Magnetic
Metallic
Mover & shaker
No frills
No-fuss
Outgoing
Passionate
Persevering
Persistent
Pioneering
Powerful
Practical
Pragmatic
Profoundness
Promoter
Protective
Purposeful
Pushy
Quick
Reactive
Realistic
Resourceful
Restless
Result-driven
Rich
Rough
Rowdy
Rugged
Rustic
Self-confident
Self-disciplined
Self-reliant
Self-starter
Social
Solid
Solution-oriented
Spicy
Spirited
Strong
Substantial
Sultry
Sure
Swift
Take charge
Tenacious
Textured
To the point
Unevenness
Verve
Vigorous
Vitality
Vivid
Warmth
Wild
Zesty
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 it, look for similar words on the Word Portrait sheet that do match 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 Type 3 list are more honoring? Share in a comment!
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