The Five Elements of Relationships

Relationships fill our lives from the instant we’re born until the moment we die. These relationships can elevate us or take us down, bring us joy or sorrow, and define or defeat us. While the quality of a relationship often seems random, in almost every case it is possible to predict—from the very beginning—which relationships will feel comfortable and which ones just won’t.

In The Five Elements of Relationships, award-winning author Dr. Vicki Matthews uses the ancient Five Elements model from Chinese medicine to describe five basic personality types and the ways they automatically relate to one another. Knowing our primary elemental personality type explains our priorities and preferences in life as well as the reasons we click with certain people but have difficulties with others. Deceptively simple and easy to comprehend, The Five Elements of Relationships offers the opportunity to better understand everyone in our lives, enhance every connection we have, improve family dynamics, and seek out the people who will best support us in every conceivable situation. It also includes numerous techniques to help build harmonious relationships with everyone.

 Accolades for The Five Elements of Relationships

“I love this book! It has such an engaging quality; it’s all my wife and I could talk about for days. I understand people better now and only wish I’d known this twenty years ago.”
—Jack Canfield, Coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series

“An accessible guide that helps us understand ourselves and each other while offering opportunities to create happier, healthier, more comfortable relationships.”
—John Gray, Ph.D., Bestselling Author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

“Vicki Matthews brings a great deal of experience, expertise, and relationship clarity through her use of the Five Elements model to help people get along better.”
— Donna Eden, Author of Energy Medicine

“Every now and then a book comes along that changes your life. The Five Elements of Relationships is just such a book for me. The information it contains makes it easier than ever to understand each other so that we can all get along better. This book should be required reading for every human being.”
--- Patty Aubery, author of the bestselling book and course, Permission Granted, and president of the Canfield Training Group