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I was introduced to the ”characterology” model in my 3-yr energy healing training program. It came down through the lineage of Freud, Wilhelm Reich, John Pirrakos, and Barbara Brennan – psychologists and healers figuring out ways to work with the human psyche and physiology. It became a focus of mine as I practiced and taught energy healing. It’s a deep and comprehensive approach to unlocking our soul's purpose in this life - the mystery of why and who we are, and how to realize our potential.

After encountering some resistance from my students, I dropped the psychoanalytical labels of the energy types (who wants to be a psychopathic masochist?) That language  reflected the negative disease and disorder perspective of Western science. Once I renamed the types according to their gifts, everything changed! They could actually engage with the work of balancing these energy patterns with an acknowledgement of their worst tendencies - and an appreciation of their best qualities.

I came to understand the new names - Priest, Lover, Gardener, Warrior and Royal - described human archetypes that carried those specific energies. Even later I realized that all the past lives I had memories of related to my two main types - Priest and Warrior. So many lifetimes in monasteries, ashrams, and army camps! They were exclusively male societies, and even when young I identified with my more masculine qualities. I had access to those particular past lives because in this life, as a female with children, my “job” was to embrace the feminine - and live in the mundane world. The gifts of the Priest are easy access to the realm of spirit and energy; the Warrior, leadership and big-picture thinking. So here I am, doing what I was meant to - teaching energy healing and addressing all aspects of our Being!

Year after year, I experienced and saw the personal growth of my students from working with their Energy Signatures (I changed the model name too.) It continues to be a dominant perspective on how I view people. I understand their challenges, have more compassion and ways to better relate to them. At the same time I know my own proclivities, where they come from, and how to improve. It also informs me on how to best take care of myself in this wild world!

My guides insisted I write “Your Energy Signature” to bring this model to more people, and to offer a class based on it. My Priest challenges are: major procrastination, not being fully in sync with linear time, and living in a world of ideas. Preferring to create vs attending to the mundane details of manifestation. Yet I have managed to get the important projects done eventually (with constant encouragement/admonitions from my guides to stay the course.) The book focused on the value of the model in working with clients as a healer. I decided the relational aspect of Energy Signatures was the best place to start for all of us, so I've created the course YES Parenting. All the important aspects of a relationship - communication, boundaries, challenges and gifts - are covered.

The time we have with the children in our lives is precious. Parents and other primary caretakers have an outsized impact on them as their earliest influence. We do our best to foster these unique souls on their path, but they have not arrived here to experience perfection! Our responsibility is to care for and learn from them. If that’s something you want to explore - the energy behind the scenes, and how to support everyone in your family (including you!) then join us for the first YES Parenting class. I know you’ll love it!

Peace, love and healing -

Bear

If you’d like to learn more about YES Parenting and see what we’ll be exploring together, you can find all the details here: bearmckay.com/parenting