As a volunteer at CKUW 95.9FM I interviewed Chad, a
master herbalist at Hollow Reed Holistic. He told me how life is about balance. He began by describing different personality types:
water, fire, earth and wind. Each personality type has its strengths and
weaknesses. For example, a water personality is easy going but almost to a fault. He said "we want the Red River but we don't want the Red River spilling over the entire city" Sometimes a water personality needs a little bit of fire in their lives to get
things done. "In nature the elements need to be in balance - we are an ecosystem - a mini earth" said Chad.
Here is my interview with Chad on Habits:
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Which personality type are you?
Earth:
Strengths -
Predicable, logical, structural, calm and focused
Weaknesses –
Stubborn, perfectionist, can loose sight of goals
Wind:
Wind:
Strengths – Spontaneous, energetic, optimistic, handles change well
Weakness – Restless, unpredictable, hard to get to know, nervous
Fire:
Strengths - Passionate,
fearless, enthusiastic and confident
Weakness – Impatient,
bossy, impulsive, dramatic
Water:
Strengths – Patient,
problem solver, team player, sociable
Weakness – People
pleaser, over identifies with others, hard time saying no
My personality type best corresponds with wind. Although I identify with water as well. On a regular
day I might shy away from being in front of a large crowd of 5,740
Goldeyes fans; but never
again. I decided to add a bit of fire to my day. Carpe Diem. When given an opportunity like this one I couldn’t pass it
up:
The family
activity this week was the Goldeyes baseball game. Janessa fellow classmate,
friend and Goldeyes employee asked if my sister and I wanted to participate in
the field game. My mission: to spin ten times then run to the finish line.
Sounded easy enough. Wrong.
Here I am
spinning...
Here’s me
doing a belly flop…
…and here’s
me at the finish line collecting my diploma!
You can’t
see how I fell or how many times. You also don’t hear the booming laughter and the
fans cheering for us. Before the ‘Bat Spin’ game my heart couldn’t stop racing
and the anticipation kept building. My sister Dani turned to me and asked ‘how
did I ever let you talk me into this?’ She knows as well as I do that her
curiosity got the better of her. What an adrenaline rush. I won after my sister
fell on her bottom and was unable to get up.
My message today is ‘challenge yourself’. It’s exhilarating to step outside your
comfort zone or personality type and experience something new. If you’re a water, wind or earth
personality bring a little fire into your life and liven things up. Try zip
lining, rock climbing or get up on stage for some Karaoke. What is there to be
afraid of? I counter whatever you think with Ms. Frizzle from the Magic school
bus: “take chances and make mistakes”. If you never try you’ll never know.
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