The Four Temperaments

I remember spending much of my late teens, early twenties, working through page after page of different personality quizes. Checking to see what my numbers or letters were, how they related to those in my circle, my astrological sign, even numerology, to see if I could find something that resonated with who I was and how I worked. It wasn’t until many years later, at the end of my twenties that I read a passage in Kingdom of Childhood that mentioned temperaments and I felt compelled to dig a bit deeper. But in the thick of young children, I didn’t really connect deeply with temperaments until working with my mentor a few years later.

I do not say this lightly when I say that Temperaments (and karma work, but that’s another story for another time) changed my relationships with everyone in my life. It brought so much insight and awareness, helped me go so much deeper with my inner work while at the same time have actionable steps to support further awakening of my consciousness.

It was life changing.

Understanding temperaments can be such a wonderful support in homeschooling. While a child’s temperament really doesn’t start to really unveil itself until after the nine year transformation, knowing OUR OWN temperament can help us understand why we react the way we do, and give us a concrete goal to strive towards. Since we have all four temperaments within us, the focus is on finding balance between them all and developing those characteristics that are holding us back in the state of habit behaviour and reactions.

I’m excited to announce the Growing Together Spring Workshop series that grew from our winter book study, Growing Children, Thriving Children by Lou Harvey-Zahra. It is a book that spends little time on temperaments, and while I was heralding their importance in the adult-child relationship, it was requested that a workshop be formed to dive deeper. So, on Tuesday evenings this March we will meet to journey through the temperaments! We will work on identifying when each temperament rises in predominance in our lives, and how we can learn to balance the characteristics so that we can interact with full consciousness and begin to release habit behaviours and responses.

I do hope you can join us! To learn more and reserve your spot, click the button below.
(Note: I have decided that to keep costs down, I am breaking away from using Eventbrite for registrations/ticket sales. I will now be selling directly from my storefront. Once purchased, you will receive a PDF download with all the details and materials needed (if necessary) as well as the zoom link and login information. While it is a little unorthodox to sell tickets through a storefront, it allows me to send all the relevant information immediately to your inbox, and at the same time, keeps prices down. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out via my contact page. )