Recognizing a bully via handwriting analysis

For 12 years in a row I was invited to speak at the public schools’ Teach-In Day, where business people came to share what they do for a living, and perhaps inspire students to become entrepreneurs or interested in particular professions. Word had spread that I am a Handwriting Analyst, so it happened that teachers other than my own daughter’s invited me to speak in their classes as well.

My preparation for the talk and demonstration was always to gather one-sentence samples, with their signatures, from the students who wanted to have their own handwriting analyzed.

So in the days before the event, I sat and analyzed the samples, and came across one page where a particular repeated stroke concerned me. I asked my daughter, “Sweetie, do you know _______?” She answered yes. Then I asked, “Is he in any of your classes?” She again answered yes. “Does he sit next to you?” I asked as my concern started to edge up.  “Well, I sit two rows up and one row over from him, why?” she asked. “I want you to stay out of his way, please.” Now, my daughter was well aware by this point of seeing how accurate my handwriting analyses had been through her whole life, so she was really curious. ”Why?” she asked. “Because he has strong physical aggression strokes in his writing and I don’t want you anywhere near him.”  And quicker than it took me to write that last sentence, she answered, “Oh, everyone knows that! He’s on suspension right now for hitting one of his teachers!”

If there ever was confirmation… So when I think of how long it might (and should) take someone—such as a school counselor—to size up someone’s aggressive propensities, I have a feeling it took much less time to see it in this boy’s handwriting…seconds only. I have always been grateful from the first day I started studying Handwriting Analysis that it held such enormous potential to help people increase their personal safety and avoid those who might have negative plans for them. If you are trying to decide whether to enter a romantic relationship or business partnership or just a “social-networking” relationship with someone, I would love to be able to help you see what truly that individual’s personality traits might hold for you.

Part 2: Politics and Handwriting Analysis

Continuing the post Politics and Handwriting Analysis, let’s look at the last comment I made… that there are two sides of the coin to look at when you are talking about intuitive thinking ability. When you write cursive and lift your pen off the page within the word, this “breaks” the word. On one hand, it interrupts the natural flow of the writer’s personality, however, there is also a benefit: the more breaks you have WITHIN a word, the more intuitive thinking ability you have. There’s a catch: you have to have SPACE showing between the last stroke/letter and the following stroke/letter. For example, if you cursively write the word umbrella, you can cultivate intuitive thinking ability by lifting your pen off the page after the m, after the e and after the second l. If NO SPACE shows where you have lifted the pen, and you have “backed up” the following stroke to meet the last stroke, you are squelching intuition.
It shows you don’t trust the intuitive flashes you get. (And remember, intuition, gut feelings…the same thing!) On the other hand, if you DO leave even slight space showing in these breaks within the word, you are on your way to cultivating intuition. Find some of your notes around the house. Do you see words that have natural breaks between letters within the word? Good for you! Now practice! Intuition is a wonderful trait to cultivate. It literally could save your life one day! Enjoy!

Musician Teen Blown Away By Handwriting Analysis

Here is a perfect little story about how accurate Handwriting Analysis can be… I was attending a business conference where I was asked to do Handwriting Analysis for the attendees, and though most attendees were adults, there were some children there with their parents. I noticed one young girl, about 14, very heavy set and very shy, kind of circling my table and looking curiously as I analyzed the handwriting of a businessman. When he left, she kept circling and looking at me, so I asked her if she had ever had her handwriting analyzed, to which she said no, so I invited her to sit down and give me a sample of writing so I could reveal aspects of her personality to her. (When I analyze the handwriting of children, really close to my favorite thing to do as they are SO curious, and SO amazed once they hear the results, I make sure to note things that will build esteem in their own eyes, and come away with more appreciation for their own natural talents and skills. Encouragement is crucial.)

I looked at her handwriting for a few seconds and told her, “I see you have a great deal of natural rhythm evident in your writing, a natural and regular flow to it, that indicates you probably have strong musical ability. If you haven’t tried playing a musical instrument, you might investigate that possibility. And you also show a great deal of manual dexterity, meaning that your hands have a kind of natural instinct about them, that they just seem to know what to do in building, assembling, fixing, creating things.” Her eyes got really wide, and she said, with a big smile on her face, “I play the saxophone and when it breaks, I fix it!”

I LOVE Handwriting Analysis, and I LOVE the opportunity it gives me to appreciate young people’s talents and skills, so they can know they DO have natural abilties that can be encouraged into greatness. I have to say that even though I know after 30 years of doing handwriting analyses that it can be very accurate, I am ever intrigued by what I see and eager to share how what I see can be used to enrich and encourage the writer into greater things. Blessings, all!

Politics and handwriting analysis

Politics creates great material for me as a handwriting analyst. Keep your eyes open when you see different signatures of prominent/current politicians. There’s a lot there to discover about the writer’s personal development as he or she goes through the whitewater-rafting experience (no pun intended on the Clintons) they call politics.  Anyone out there remember what Nixon’s signature looked like when he signed his resignation, as opposed to what it looked like when he began office? What a difference. When he started in the office of President, his last name was easily readible, with all letters formed as they would typically be written. However, when he left office, his last name Nixon told the story. It was a discernable capital N, but then all that followed was a horizontal line, with a small diagonal stroke about midway on the horizontal line (his way of making the x in his last name) . Got the picture? So now what does that mean? He went from someone who could think analytically, logically, and reasonably, to someone whose brain had basically “flatlined” (notice visual likeness and comparison to an EKG graph of a deceased individual) and at that low-point in his life would almost do well to pick up a pencil  if he was asked to do so. No analytical thinking ability could come to his rescue. And symbolically, even, the short diagonal slash on the horizontal line was actually an indication that he would like to negate his last name, as he had made it infamous with his behavior in the office.

If you want to see how a politician has been affected through his or her evolutionary journey through politics, compare his or her signatures from the beginning of the journey and as they are currently made. You will see differences I am sure. Not all bad, I’m sure also, but differences nonetheless because politics changes people. Find a sample of the current president’s signature when he worked in Chicago, when he served in the Senate, when he campaigned for president, and then collect samples of it over the next four years. You will see differences. I will do the same, and will periodically analyze the strokes in his handwriting to stay current with what is going on in his personality, including his thinking ability, his goals, and more.

What I already find very interesting in the president’s signature is the first letter of his last name, the O, being divided by a slash (this is what it looks like, no matter what his intention is when he makes the stroke)… for a person who campaigned on bringing people together and stopping the divisiveness, this particular stroke does not appear to support unity, because it basically divides “the circle” in half. Granted, when a president signs a bill into law, the president will use more than one pen, and in fact may use 4 or more to create the signature for the bill’s approval. This does not help the writer’s personality, as it fragments the natural flow of the personality. Also to consider, this practice of multiple pens demands that the writer stop the stroke, and begin again on the page. An interruption like this within a word will affect intuitive thinking ability. And there are two sides to that coin that I will post on in the next session.

How to say no!

If you are one of millions of people who have a hard time saying no to others, to imposition, to unhealthy behavior (physical or emotional or even spiritual), read on.

Handwriting Analysis is a powerful tool for human growth and success. In fact, in my case, I give it credit for pretty much saving my life. It helped me realize I needed to learn how to set boundaries, how to say NO.

There are two sides of the coin on this letter stroke, so to speak. One side is being able to say no. Now, when I am talking about saying “no”, I am talking about setting boundaries, letting others know that their particular behavior is no longer acceptable to you, or that you are not taking on any more projects or obligations (including debts, for those of us who like to shop till we drop). It also refers to the perennial volunteer who generally gets burned out because they are always the go-to person when no one else will tackle the job–and they always say yes. (Guess what? Diana Princess of Wales had this stroke in her handwriting. She was known for her tireless commitment to charitable causes. She was also known to have put up with behavior from others that many of us would have thought was intolerable. She did have pressures on her from external forces that did make her feel she could not overcome those violations.)

The other side of the coin for this letter stroke indicates the person can compromise, give in, say yes. So the problems come when THIS side of the coin, this kind of stroke is made exclusively, so that it crowds out the ability to say no and set boundaries.

I’m all for balance, so having both the stroke that can say no AND the stroke that says yes in the same frequency in your writing would create a fairly healthy balance for most writers. If you are victim of domestic abuse, I would suggest making the no-compromise stroke more frequently so there is less chance for another to take advantage of you.  So the point is, this one trait can be quite influential on your behavior.

Something within some people is what keeps them from being able to repel those people who would take advantage of them. And that something is their own way of thinking about themselves.

Yep, it starts with us. Our brains, and how we have wired them, or how events have helped wire them. Literally, changing this letter stroke in my own handwriting was a real necessity, because when I was living without the ability to say no, and without the ability to set boundaries for what was appropriate and acceptable for me, I paid for it bigtime.

Ready? Let me know if this difficulty setting boundaries is something you feel holds you back. If it is, look at a sample of your cursive handwriting you have lying around, in school notes, grocery lists, meeting notes. If you can remember at least a ballpark date on which the note was written, date the note at the top. Now look for a lowercase letter s in cursive writing. I ask you to include in your comment to my post a description of that lowercase s: 1–where does the s stroke begin (for example on or below or above the “baseline” or line on lined paper),   2– now tell me if that beginning stroke goes up and then gently starts curving down back toward the baseline, OR if the beginning stroke goes up, reaches a specific point and then stops/turns down toward the baseline, leaving a “ponted” top, 3–How do you think an inability to say no or set boundaries affects you negatively? If you leave these three answers in a comment, I should be able to tell you how to change your handwriting in order to increase your ability to say no, to set boundaries. So go find those samples… you might even find you make your cursive s in both ways described in #2. If so, let me know that also!

Know anyone who loves to defy authority…or has a tendency to?

Whether that person is you or another, obviously this is not a trait that would endear the “defiant” writer to the “authority figure”… I would say there are really no redeeming values of having this trait.

Many people have probably been fired or laid off because this defiance trait made them vulnerable (and uncomfortable to be around).

So it would be a wise thing to discover how it is seen in the cursive strokes of handwriting, and how to methodically apply a different stroke to replace it. When you do this, after a prescribed length of time, you will not only have eliminated the defiant attitude toward authority, you will have increased your ability to think quickly and handle things more intelligently. Not a bad trade, eh? Because those are the traits your personality will have integrated from the stroke change you applied over time.

This very same trait I discovered in a family member and that writer is in the process of eliminating it right now. New doors open with elimination of this trait! So… do you have a story about someone with this defiance of authority trait? I’d love to hear it.

Your handwriting is the closest tool you have “at hand” for personal growth!

You might not believe it, but it really is true that if you change your handwriting you can change your life. That’s because your handwriting is brainwriting…whether the writing comes from an adult or a child. It is a mirror of the personality as it is at the time of the writing. At any given time, there are events and conditions–and people–in our lives that challenge us. Some, we think we will overcome just fine, thank you. Others are serious issues for us. When we make ourselves stronger, more capable, more adaptable, we deal better with these events, and grow into the opportunities for positive change. I have made a commitment to create a blog and a website where I can help people understand what is going on in their personalities that might be holding them back in some way. It may sound crazy but it really is true… change your handwriting, the way you make certain strokes and, over time, you will “rewire” your brain into creating the personality traits that will support your goals and dreams. Are you ready for change? It just might be something that handwriting analysis can help you achieve! So what questions do you have in general about handwriting as a tool for change? And specifically about your own handwriting? There might be clues in your handwriting about why you feel frustrated and hindered in certain aspects of your life. I’m here to help!