The 5 Personality Patterns · Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity by Kessler, Steven -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Introduction Principles -1- Our Eyes Deceive Us -2- About Survival Patterns

Pattern vs Presence Your Survival Patterns Are Not Who You Are Why We Need Defenses How Survival Patterns Are Created Getting Stuck in Overwhelm How Survival Patterns Become Self-Perpetuating

-3- The Developmental Stages that Underlie the Survival Patterns

-4- A Brief Overview of the Survival Patterns

-5- The Basic Skills Needed for Inner Work

Developing the Inner Witness Attending to Raw Sensory Experience Developing Basic Energy Skills Disidentifying from the Inner Critic

-6- A Chart of the Survival Patterns -7- The Leaving Pattern

The Gifts of the Leaving Pattern The Origins of the Leaving Pattern The Leaving Pattern in Full Bloom Interacting with Others Communication Style Getting Yourself Out of the Leaving Pattern Healing the Leaving Pattern

-8- The Merging Pattern

The Gifts of the Merging Pattern The Origins of the Merging Pattern The Merging Pattern in Full Bloom Interacting with Others Communication Style Getting Yourself Out of the Merging Pattern Healing the Merging Pattern

-9- The Enduring Pattern

The Gifts of the Enduring Pattern The Origins of the Enduring Pattern The Enduring Pattern in Full Bloom Interacting with Others Communication Style Getting Yourself Out of the Enduring Pattern Healing the Enduring Pattern

-10- The Aggressive Pattern

The Gifts of the Aggressive Pattern The Origins of the Aggressive Pattern The Aggressive Pattern in Full Bloom Interacting with Others Communication Style Getting Yourself Out of the Aggressive Pattern Healing the Aggressive Pattern

-11- The Rigid Pattern

The Gifts of the Rigid Pattern The Origins of the Rigid Pattern The Rigid Pattern in Full Bloom Interacting with Others Communication Style Getting Yourself Out of the Rigid Pattern Healing the Rigid Pattern

-12- Primary and Secondary Patterns

The Possible Combinations Primary versus Secondary Patterns

-13- Getting Yourself Out of Pattern

Helping Others Get Out of Pattern Breaking Your Patterns

-14- Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography