Leta Herman - The Energy of Love: Applying the Five Elements to Turn Attraction Into True Connection

Llewellyn Publications

Woodbury, Minnesota

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The Energy of Love: Applying the Five Elements to Turn Attraction into True Connection 2014 by Leta Herman and Jaye McElroy.

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First e-book edition 2014

E-book ISBN: 9780738741062

Author photos: Leta Herman Jaye McElroy

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Contents

: Finders Keepers
Looking at love with a fresh new perspective

: Turn It Up, Turn Me On!
Waking up the Five Elements within us

: WoodGot Wood?
Understanding the Wood Element

: FireLight My Fire
Understanding the Fire Element

: EarthLove Sherpa
Understanding the Earth Element

: MetalCrowd Surfing Through Life
Understanding the Metal Element

: WaterSexual Tsunami
Understanding the Water Element

: Most Wanted
How to determine your and your partners Element

: Making Love Connections
The different types of relationship dynamics

: Love Potion #10
(Because the First Nine Didnt Work)
Which Elemental type is perfect for you right now

: Going the Distance
Healing long-term relationships and moving forward

Acknowledgments

We are deeply grateful to all who helped make this book come to life. Our heartfelt thanks go to Dr. Gail Herman, Dr. Steve Herman, and Cara Niederberger, our tireless editors who always said, Bring it on, and Who needs sleep anyway? We also appreciate the many who reviewed their Elements: Kayla Solomon, Edith Adams Allison, Jessica Payne, Amanda Campbell, Dunan Herman-Parks, Elisia Langdon, Neal Parks, Leslie Lauf, and Genevieve Goetz. Dont worry your secrets are safe with us! Our thanks also go to the tireless sleeping (and snoring) at our feet provided by Ace, our number one doggie fan.

We also acknowledge Angela Wix and Bill Krause of Llewellyn for their help, guidance, and patience. We are grateful to Stephanie Abarbanel, who always took our calls with wonderfully keen advice. Also to Wendy Shermanwe are so grateful there are still nice people out in the world today. Special shukran to our smiling friends at Mosaic Caf for their Moroccan rocket fuel tea that powered this book.

Leta

I am eternally grateful to Jaye for bringing her brilliant writing talent to this project. Her ability to be 100 percent engaged in everything made this books creation fun and easy! She mastered the Five Elements faster and more thoroughly than anyone Ive ever known, and her partnership in delivering this work has opened up my eyes to new ways the Five Elements can help all of us.

To my amazing teacher Jeffrey Yuen, who taught me with a wonderful sense of humor and clarity to open my mind as well as my heart to limitless possibilities. His wisdom was both healing and transformative at a key transition time in my life. Thanks also to my clientsmy life teachers. Our one-on-one soul searching has brought so many Aha moments to understanding the Five Elements and the workings of each individual souls search for authenticity.

Thanks to the many before me who dedicated their lives to the Five Elements: to J. R. Worsley, who brought the Five Element wisdom to the West; to Elizabeth Rochat de la Valle and Claude Larre, whose improved translations of the ancient texts were instrumental to my understanding of the Five Elements; to Eliot Cowan, for introducing me to the Five Elements many years ago, and finally to Niki Bilton, who assimilated the teachings of many and took my understanding of the Five Elements to a whole new level.

To Dunan Herman-Parks for teaching me, Its all good, Mom every day of his beautiful life. Thanks to my parents, Gail and Steve Herman, for their unconditional Fire love. Ive been so fortunate to know that Im loved every day of my life. To Neal Parks for his dedication to everything Ive become. To Sandra Hoover for her love and support over these many years.

To my friends Jill Goldreyer for pointing me on the healing path; Sally Hopkins Connor for being there for me from the start, my tour de force; and to all my friends all over the world for all the love, laughter, and positive energy you send every day. Thank you.

Jaye

I would like to thank everyone in my life for the constant support and encouragement to follow my life path, whatever that path may be. The joys in my life are so big and bold that they are everywhere I look.

Leta, Cara, Dax (and Ace) The spark, the rock, and the barks.

Leta for asking me to share in this amazing project and making me laugh every day. Your light is so bright, the whole world can see it shining! Your brain works like no one I have ever met; you are inspiring! Thank you for helping me find my inner Yoda.

Cara Niederberger for being the most understanding, positive, loving person I will ever meet. Thank you, thank you, thank you.