Optimist Aromatherapy Questionnaire
Grounded Optimist:
Out of balance symptoms
1. Are you having trouble with your physical health be it because of sickness, unhealthy habits or accident?
2. Are you having a hard time making ends meet/ paying the bills?
3. Is fear a limitation? Is acceptance hard?
4. Is it hard to maintain a disciplined routine?
5. Do you have trouble focusing and concentrating?
Healthy balanced joys
1. Do you enjoy physical health? Good eating habits?
2. Do you feel grounded and find stillness easily?
3. Do you enjoy a close, trusting and loving relationship with your siblings?
4. Do you enjoy spending time outdoors and in nature? Do you take time out of your busy schedule to be in nature?
5. Do you enjoy prosperity?
Sensitive Optimist:
Out of balance symptoms
1. Do you encourage and respect healthy boundaries in your relationships?
2. Do you find yourself over indulging into drinking, drugs, avoiding responsabilities, sexually acting out or over eating?
3. Do you find yourself frequently overwhelmed by your emotions? As a result avoiding emotions or reacting solely on them?
4. Do you enjoy a healthy sexuality? Is there pain/shame or guilt that come into play with sex?
Healthy balanced joys
1. Do you enjoy and take time off to find space for pleasure and joy?
2. Do you stay in touch with your feelings?
3. Do you feel comfortable and safe releasing and expressing your emotions?
4. Do you have a clear sense of what drives or moves you?
5. Is creativity a part of your life?
Powerful Optimist:
Out of balance symptoms
1. Do you find yourself hunching often? Do others remind you to stand up straight?
2. Do you wake up feeling sluggish?
3. Do you find yourself at times having outbursts of anger or engaging in passive-aggressive behavior?
4. Would you describe yourself as “reactive”
5. Was authority something to be feared when you were growing up?
Healthy balanced joys
1. Do you enjoy a healthy self-esteem?
2. Do you honor the power within you?
3. Do you feel joyful and enthusiastic about life?
4. Would you describe yourself as “proactive”?
5. Would you describe yourself as confident, playful and able to meet challenges?
Loving Optimist:
Out of balance symptoms
1. Do you find yourself emotionally cold, withdrawn or overly judgemental?
2. Do you feel lonely, experience a fear of intimacy or relationships?
3. Do you feel codependant or jealous in your relationships?
4. Have you experienced any type of abandonment in your childhood?
Healthy balanced joys
1. Do you feel compassionate and empathetic towards others?
2. Do you engage in altruistic activities?
3. Do you love and honor yourself?
4. Do you realize you are worthy of love?
5. Do you enjoy a healthy balance and boundaries in your relationships?
Creative Optimist:
Out of balance symptoms
1. Do you experience a difficulty of putting feelings into words?
2. Did you grow up having to keep secrets?
3. Have you been a victim of gossip and lies?
4. Is it hard for you not to interrupt?
5. How good are your listening skills?
Healthy balanced joys
1. Do you enjoy a good sense of timing and rhythm?
2. Do you live and express yourself creatively?
3. Are you able to clearly communicate what you want and need?
4. Are you able to speak and live your truth?
5. Do you keep your intentions clear?
Intuitive Optimist:
Out of balance symptoms
1. Are you having trouble keeping an open mind?
2. Are you having a hard time recalling your dreams or remembering things?
3. Do you have a hard time visualizing?
4. Are you having frequent headaches?
5. Any issues around denial?
Healthy balanced joys
1. Do you enjoy a rich imagination?
2. Do you consider yourself as perceptive?
3. Are you good at recognizing patterns?
4. Do you listen to your intuition or gut feeling?
5. Do you recall your dreams frequently?
Enlightened Optimist:
Out of balance symptoms
1. Do you experience spiritual cynicism, forced religion or a rigid belief system?
2. Do you have a hard time questioning what you are given as “truth” or “fact”?
3. Do you value your body’s wisdom as much as your intelligence or your mind?
4. Do you suffer from migraines?
5. Do you get easily attached to people or material things?
Healthy balanced joys
1. Are you flexible and open-minded?
2. Do you stimulate your curiosity?
3. Do you practice awareness?
4. Do you practice meditation?
5. Do you feel connected, spiritually or with a higher power or god? 6. Do you practice self-reflection?