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First published by Thorsons 1999
Copyright © Angela Hicks and John Hicks 1999
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Source ISBN: 9780007326402
Ebook Edition © JANUARY 2017 ISBN: 9780007483266
Version: 2017-08-14
Contents
Chapter 1. THE FIVE ELEMENTS, CONSTITUTIONAL TYPES AND THE EMOTIONS
How do the Five Element associations connect?
How did the Chinese use the Five Element theory?
A short history of Five Element types
The Organs and the Five Elements
How did our Elemental imbalance originate?
Our Elemental imbalance and our emotions in our early life
Core motivators – each person has a BIG one
What are the positive emotional capacities of each Element?
What emotional experiences does a constitutionally weak Element lead to?
What has being healthy got to do with our constitutional imbalance?
Is a type always based in weakness?
How do we know someone is angry?
What is the difference between feeling angry and being an angry person?
How do emotions cause disease?
So, again, what is an emotion?
I Relate to Many of the Elements as I Read This Book. What Should I Do?
Help, I Can’t Decide Between Two Types
I Think I Know my Type but I’d Also Like to Do Some of the Exercises for the Other Types
Chapter 2. THE WOOD TYPE – ASSERTING OURSELVES