jean Haner - The Five-Element Solution

Clear Home, Clear Heart:
Learn to Clear the Energy of People & Places

The Wisdom of Your Childs Face:
Discover Your Childs True Nature with Chinese Face Reading

The Wisdom of Your Face:
Change Your Life with Chinese Face Reading!

Your Hidden Symmetry:
How Your Birth Date Reveals the Plan for Your Life

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Copyright 2020 by Jean Haner

Published in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com Published in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au Published in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in

Cover design: The Book Designers Interior design: Nick C. Welch

Interior illustrations: Jeff Dong

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The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file with the Library of Congress

Tradepaper ISBN: 978-1-4019-5855-8
e-book ISBN: 978-1-4019-5960-9

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1st edition, June 2020

Printed in the United States of America

This book is dedicated to Mother Nature,
the source of all healing

When we try to pick out anything by itself,
we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.

JOHN MUIR

It was happening again, with yet another client. Lisa had her hand on the doorknob, ready to leave after a powerful session. Then she turned to me and, as if coming out of a trance, said, But what do I do?

The thing is, wed just spent the last hour together, with me telling her exactly what to do! Using the techniques of Chinese face reading (an ancient branch of Chinese medicine), Id uncovered her patterns of personality, explained how they showed us why she had the problems she struggled with, and gave her direct ways to solve them.

One of the most important things this age-old system revealed was that Lisa was a bamboo personality. The flexible trunk of the bamboo is one of its secrets to success: because its able to sway in the wind, it doesnt get knocked down in a storm like trees with rigid trunks do. Like the bamboo, Lisa was a very flexible person. She could easily get along with lots of different types of people because she could adapt to their personalities, and that made her especially successful in her career as a teacher.

But every personal characteristic has two sides. On one, well find many natural strengths and benefits; however, there will be a downside as well. In this case, Lisa was swaying too much in terms of how she let other people influence her. Just like the bamboo bends in every breeze, Lisa would listen to one friends opinion and be ready to act on it, but when someone else would voice another idea, Lisa would change her mind based on that new adviceuntil yet another person spoke up to say, No, you should do this... This pattern caused a bamboo mind as well, giving Lisa a terrible time with indecisiveness, procrastination, and self-doubt. Her thoughts would go back and forth, wavering about any choice, until she finally got so frustrated, shed give up trying to decide at all and just put things on hold again.

These bamboo tendencies were the source of the problems Lisa was experiencing with her career decisions at that time. Shed become a teacher because both her parents had been, and they pushed her to go in the same direction. Even though she hadnt been interested in teaching, she let her parents opinions influence her, too worried about their disapproval to not follow their lead. Now, seven years later, she wanted to leave teaching and choose a new career, to carve her own path in life. But her flexible nature was making it difficult to stand firm for her own needs in the face of her parents opinions, plus the flip-flopping of her indecisive mind was making it impossible for her to figure out exactly what career to choose instead.

In our session, I explained how people with this bamboo pattern have a tendency to overthink things, and then to procrastinate so they can think some more, but still end up feeling so unsure, unable to settle on a decision. One key to moving forward was to understand that she did need more thinking time than other types of people. However, she also needed to learn to recognize the stage in the process where shed narrowed her choices down enough. Even if she still felt unsure, there would be a point where she knew enough about each possibility to choose a direction. And of course, no matter which path she decided on, there would be some bumps in the road, because thats just how life worksit wouldnt be a sign shed chosen wrong. In fact, she was actually much better equipped to deal with those problems because of her adaptable nature. While most people would only be able to come up with a plan B solution, she could think of plans C, D, and E as well!

I helped her understand why she was right that teaching wasnt the best fit for her personality, and we discussed several careers she was considering that would make her so much happier. I coached her in how to stand up for herself instead of letting other people too easily change her mind. I explained the timing of the steps she should take from here and taught her practical ways to not be so swayed by self-doubt and indecision so she could feel more confident about the plan she was forming for her future. Throughout the session, I saw her light up with big Aha! moments. More than once, she said, Thats totally me! with pure relief.