Cristina Carlino, founder of Archetypes, Inc., draws inspiration from A to Z.
Thinking back on the oh-so-many years ago when I learned my ABCs, I first used my tiny finger to trace each letter on the page as I marveled at forming baby words. Then one day, a miracle! I no longer needed my finger as a pointer. Those ABCs gave me the key to freedom and possibility.
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If you are a Caregiver, your biggest challenge may be to resist the temptation to care for everyone and everything, neglecting yourself. And if Caregiver is your primary archetype, resisting this temptation is like resisting the impulse to blink. For the heart-centered Caregivers, hearing that another is in need brings on a knee-jerk reaction to spring into action. If your mantra is “What can I do to help that person?” or “How can I be of service?” you are a real Caregiver. But keep in mind that, as with all of us, the true answer to your questions is to be found at home. Within yourself.
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While there are 26 letters in the alphabet, there are hundreds upon hundreds of archetypes with new ones likely being born this very day. So this week, here’s a small dish of my “D” favorites. What dazzles me daily is how identifying your archetypal patterns makes you realize that they “somehow know more about you than you know about yourself,” as my dear friend Caroline Myss writes in her latest bestseller, Archetypes: Who Are You?. This has certainly been true for me. Archetypes can transform our lives.
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Awakening to a new language of archetypes and discovering mine has opened me to a new world that is enlightening, empowering, and easier. So without further ado, here a very few of My Favorite E’s:
Eccentric. If you are an eccentric, your foundation comes from a mix of the Creative and Visionary families. Do you dare to be who you are? Do people think you are a bit ‘different’ or ‘odd’?
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Are you one or a combination of these “F” archetypes? Are you living a life that truly Fits? Fashionista. Is this you? Then your archetypal family is Fashion. You love being a slave—to fashion, that is. You’ve chosen your own outfits since you were five, and it wasn’t long before you could do the two-step in 7-inch platform heels. Today you live by Coco Chanel’s words: “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”
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G is for growing, and growing is what knowing our individual cluster of archetypes helps us do. We grow boldly into living “what is true about us and what has always been true,” as Caroline Myss writes in her new book, Archetypes. We wake up to our purpose here and give up taking that for granted. As a result, we let the games begin — the ones that bring greater joy, peace, connection, and fun.
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Homemaker: You may maintain an office or be a mother like Claire Dunphy from Modern Family. However you identify, the home is your domain. Your archetypal families include the Advocate and Caregiver. Though the archetypal image you see can change with the decade and the “channel,” your personality remains the same. When you are guiding young children to grow or turning a house into a home, you are living the power that fits.
One of the infinite reasons I love taking adventures with archetypes is they are a glorious internal GPS. They give clear directions to get from our unconscious to our conscious mind. And when we arrive at our destination, an awesome “a-ha!” about ourselves and our place in the world awaits. And so, the “winners” for archetypes that begin with “I” are…
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Are you a Joker? A Judge? A Jock? Who says today has to be “just another day?” Knowing your archetypes opens a world of dreaming big because the more you realize, the more you recognize our possibilities are of cosmic proportion. So today, here are four of my favorite juicy “J” archetypes.
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What makes learning about archetypes so useful? As Carolyn Myss writes in her book, “Archetypes”, None of us begins life knowing who we are. Once that first curiosity is triggered, you initiate a quest for inner knowledge.” We begin to ask questions like “who am I?” or “what is my true purpose?” We’re looking for our true Self and Archetypes holds the pattern to that true self. And it is likely far greater than you know.
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“All you need is love, love. Love is all there is.” And love is all we are. If only we knew it. Regardless of our archetypal patterns, we are all born as Lovers. Lover is the universal archetype. And now more than ever I am convinced that Archetypes is the new language that will carry us to a world where understanding our magnificence — our purpose for being here and loving ourselves and each other — will be as simple as learning our ABCs.
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Four mighty archetypes. Is one of these you? A mix and match; or a combination of them all? We all have our patterns of Archetypes. Each, as Carolyn Myss teaches us in her book, Archetypes, “that lead you to discovering your true self who longs to be embraced without hesitation or fear.” So why wait? Let’s get this magnificence started!
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Are you a Navigator? A Nerd? A Nurse? A Newscaster? Here are some new “N” archetypes for you to try on. And if the “N” fits, please wear it!
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Here are four outstanding O’s. Are any of these obviously (or more obscurely) you? Our archetypes are universal, but that does not by any stretch of the imagination mean our lives are all the same. The fact is, as Carolyn Myss tells us in her book Archetypes, “Knowing these patterns in us opens the door into a hidden realm… and a way of meeting yourself, perhaps for the first time.” O or no, you are a true Original. So, Onward!
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Poet. Philosopher. Party girl. Here are three pretty P’s. Does one sound like you? Or perhaps you’re all three?
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Is this Q you? Or perhaps you are a Princess? Regardless the size of your royal title, for you it’s not all “let them eat cake,” tiaras and capes, served on a silver platter.
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Romantic, Researcher, Rebel, and Rocker. Here are 4 “R”s to see if they resonate and help you rejoice in your relationships.
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S many S’s — so little space. But what’s true for countless S’s (and all archetypes) is that Archetypes are not the same as stereotypes. Stereotypes define, decree, and close the door on who we are. Archetypes open the windows to possibilities of who we truly are.
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Who’s the first Teacher who changed your life? Probably the one in grammar school who put a gold star on your psyche and its message was I HAVE A PURPOSE. MY LIFE HAS WONDERFUL MEANING! And because you are lucky, that star stuck long after your education ended.
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Urbanite, Ugly Ducking, Umpire, and Understudy. Are U ready to discover more of what makes you unequivocally you? When you understand your archetypal patterns, you can tap into your authentic power and transform your life beyond what you imagined possible.
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If variety is the spice of life, then knowing your archetypes is the spice that can flavor your days with delicious synchronicity, value and new vision. And so.. vamoose!
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Discovering our archetypes can answer questions we’ve had for a lifetime about who we are and why we relate to certain others. It’s an awakening to a world that has always been there — filled with synchronicity, dreams, and wonders. Why wait? Here are four W’s.
There comes a time in every alphabet (or at least in ours), when a letter has no archetypes to stand by its side. No words to represent. And “X” is it. The X-ception to the rule and an X-citing opportunity to salute the X-ceptional people in our lives who run the gamut of archetypes A to Z and rock our world with uncountable blessings.
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“Y” I am so lucky and grateful is that I was able to yield to the synchronicity of Archetypes and the signposts of the amazing people who remind me I cannot, and should not, try to do a dream alone.
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The alpha. The omega. Where we begin is where we start, again and again, over and over. Which brings us to the end (and beginning): the letter Z. Z, you see, is for so much more than “zebra” and “zoo.” When it comes to archetypes, Z is for Zillions of possibilities.
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