Carolyn L. Mein, D.C.
BODY WISDOM | EMOTIONAL WELLNESS | ESSENTIAL OILS
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | AUGUST 2024 | ISSUE #156

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Health and Happiness,

Dr. Carolyn Mein


You Were Born with a Blueprint ... Do You Have Yours?




The 25 Body Type SystemTM is a typology that applies to all people. Based on which gland, organ or system in a person’s body is dominant, physiological and psychological characteristics consistently match the profile for that body type.

Your body already has a blueprint, and the 25 Body Type SystemTM provides the roadmap to understanding yourself and others on many levels. While nutrition was my original interest in body typing, I found that the body type blueprint goes much deeper.



Glandular-Based Typing


Glandular-based body typing is not a new concept. It has long been recognized that the dominant gland in a body directs physiological traits – body shape and musculature, weight gain patterns, and nutritional needs.

In the early days of my practice, after completing my nutrition degrees, I attempted to use existing body typing methodologies for dietary counseling with my patients. What I found was that most patients appeared to be a hybrid of more than one type.

Digging deeper led me to the realization that there are more than just a few body types. My research found that not only glands, but also organs and systems in the body could be dominant. Working with patients over time, I discovered a total of 25 distinct body types. Everyone I meet now fits consistently into one of these 25 body types.



The Personality Surprise


The biggest surprise to me, during my research and even today, is the personality profile. Those having the same body type invariably share key personality traits. This is so consistent that often it is these traits, rather than physical clues, that can reveal a person’s body type.

The Profile describes what motivates us, and what our strengths and challenges are. Our challenges include the Core Emotional Issues for each body type which set a tone and a theme that shape our life experience.



Family Genetics & Body Type


Your body type is completely independent from your family genetics. You may or may not have the same body type as a parent, a grandparent, or a sibling. This is why some siblings in a family are very similar while others are very different.

Why such personality differences? Why different weight gain patterns? Why don’t siblings agree on what they prefer to eat, and when they want to eat it? Why do some have more energy at different times of the day than the others? Because we have different physiological blueprints. When you read your own profile for the first time, it all makes sense.




DISCOVER YOUR BLUEPRINT ->

Could you be a Gonadal Body Type?


Gonadal body types are playful, and create beauty and pleasure

Women with Gonadal body type are generally well-proportioned and attractive with delicate features. They have prominent muscular buttocks, an hourglass figure, and characteristically muscular thighs down to the knees. They also have a relatively flat stomach and narrow shoulders. Not prone to weight gain, but when they do, it accrues in buttocks, lower hips, and thighs.

Men with Gonadal body type are generally well-proportioned and handsome with fine features. They can range from average to tall, with medium bone structure and a short to average neck. Shoulders may be even with or broader than hips, with thin to average calves and thighs. Musculature in torso is solid. Not prone to weight gain, which accrues as solid thickening around waist and solid musculature in abdomen.

Celebrities with Gonadal Body Type include Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Marilyn Monroe, Al Pacino, Jennifer Lopez, Robert DeNiro, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Scarlett Johansson, Eminem, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga, Ryan Gosling, Justin Bieber, John Legend, Nicki Minaj, Janet Jackson, and Salma Hayek

You Might Be a Gonadal Body Type if You Check at Least 10 Boxes ...

My strong sexual energy attracts others to me

I am physically expressive and enjoy creating beauty and pleasure

I thrive on contact with others

My emotional sensitivity often drives me to help others

I have a predominantly playful nature that helps me to relieve stress

I seek “no-brainer” tasks – routine things that can be done physically, requiring little thought, but giving a visual result (cleaning, shopping, decorating, etc.)

Beauty is of vital importance to me - whether it's my appearance, environment, or seeing the beauty in others

Family and friends are of the utmost importance to me - I am often the glue holding relationships together

I have an ability to recognize and appreciate others' feelings, and offer emotional support

I generally react emotionally and am susceptible to stress reactions

When frustrated or overwhelmed, I either take a time-out or do "no-brainer" tasks

I am inspired by beauty

I am result-oriented, and like to see the physical results of my efforts

Much of my gratification comes from harmonious interactions with others, rather than completing tasks

When emotionally overwhelmed, it's hard for me to think clearly

More About the Gonadal Body Type:

A vegetarian diet can provide adequate nutrition for the Gonadal body type when healthy.

Gonadal body types can lose weight by ensuring proteins are 20% - 30% of caloric intake, reducing sugar (including fruit), avoiding bread, and minimizing grains at dinner.

The passion of Gonadal body types is to Be Playful, and they are motivated by Beauty.

The Core Emotional Issues for the Gonadal body type are Identity, Repression, and Not Good Enough.

To learn more about the Gonadal body type, see previous newsletter articles about the Gonadal body type.

ARE YOU A GONADAL BODY TYPE? ->

Achieving Empowerment with Essential Oils



What do these essential oils have to do with feeling more empowered?

I usually look at essential oils in terms of releasing emotional patterns by transmuting them into the higher vibrational aspect of the emotion. This month I’m reversing that. What vibration or feeling would you like to expand in your daily life? Let’s look at Empowered.

What may cause you to NOT feel Empowered? Using the reverse lookup in Oils Lookup, there are 4 emotions that transmute into feeling Empowered:

Emotion Essential Oil Way Out
Choked Longevity I am renewed and aligned
Inadequate Idaho Grand Fir,
Idaho Blue Spruce		 I am divinely directed
Incapacitated Hinoki I am centered
Exploited Trauma Life I am true to my essence
Look at the way out (affirmation) statements. They reveal the common theme in these emotional patterns which can create barriers to feeling Empowered. They remind us that we are already whole, we already have everything that we need within us.

Next look at the emotions themselves, because they reveal how we reached a point where we didn’t feel Empowered.

Where to start? Look at the emotions – do any of them strongly resonate with you? Have you been experiencing one or more of these emotions in your life lately? Then start with those essential oils.

Another starting point may be the oils. Do you find yourself drawn to any of these essential oils? Has the related emotion been a theme in your life lately?

When using “Releasing Emotional Patterns with Essential Oils” it’s not always necessary to begin by identifying an emotion you’d like to resolve – because it’s not always clear to us what emotion we’re experiencing.

Instead, choose a feeling you’d like to increase in your life. You can either use the blue book – go to the Emotional Reference section, and scan through the “Other Side” column until one catches your eye.

Or, go to Oils Lookup, and scroll through the “Other Side” drop down list until you’re drawn to one – clicking it will show you all emotions interfering with that, and how to clear them.

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