Contents

1 A Curious Theory of Unknown Origin

2 Finding Your Type

3 Type Eight: The Challenger

Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

General George S. Patton Jr.

4 Type Nine: The Peacemaker

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Virginia Woolf

5 Type One: The Perfectionist

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people.

Anne Lamott

6 Type Two: The Helper

I want you to be happy, but I want to be the reason.

Unknown

7 Type Three: The Performer

The real question is, can you love the real me? . . . Not that image you had of me, but who I really am.

Christine Feehan

8 Type Four: The Romantic

If you’ve ever had that feeling of loneliness, of being an outsider, it never quite leaves you.

Tim Burton

9 Type Five: The Investigator

I think I am, therefore, I am. I think.

George Carlin

10 Type Six: The Loyalist

There’s no harm in hoping for the best as long as you’re prepared for the worst.

Stephen King

11 Type Seven: The Enthusiast

Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings!

Peter Pan

12 So Now What? The Beginning of Love

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves.”

Thomas Merton

Acknowledgments

Notes

Praise for The Road Back to You

About the Authors

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