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About The Five Archetypes

It’s a Behavior Change Model. A proactive, predictable behavior change model that teaches you and your teams to shift from ineffective to optimal. You learn the foundational way energy flows in a high functioning system, then how to align your thoughts and actions to this flow. Success is the natural byproduct of your effective alignment. You’ll see success in business, love, friendships, and projects.

Relate better. This method reveals the specific way all things are interrelated. When we know how people and things relate, we can make better, more conscious choices. Every thought and action has a specific ripple effect. A distorted relationship to our perceptions creates disharmony in our environment. Balanced perceptions heal relationships with exponential speed.

Decide smarter. With this simple, yet deeply profound ancient technology, we can recognize our limited thinking in real time, regulate out of it, and make infinitely better choices. This prevents any toxic breakdowns before they ever have a chance to see the light of day. As a result, we stop wasting time putting out preventable and harmful fires at work and at home.

Three Ways to Start Your 5A Journey

The Ripple Effect: At every level, you’ll uncover more. About yourself, your relationships, and the systems you’re part of. The deeper you go, the more you prevent problems before they begin, sustain change, and create a ripple effect of resilience and clarity that reaches far beyond you.

LEVEL 1: INSIDER

Discover the foundations of the Five Archetypes system through Carey Davidson's bestselling book. Turn the page of your current life and begin writing a whole new story.

journey within

Uncover how Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood shape your choices, relationships, and potential. Begin your journey of self-discovery with the a modern guide rooted in 5,000 years of timeless wisdom.
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LEVEL 2: SEEKER

Take the official Five Archetypes Questionnaire and uncover your unique elemental makeup. Learn where your strengths lie, what holds you back, and the pathways to balance and growth.

unlock your unique 5a profile

Reaveal your unique blend of the Five Archetypes through the offical 5A Questionnaire. Seek within and discover what's been shaping you all along. Every answer is a mirro - bringing hidden patterns into light
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LEVEL 3: transformer

Turn awareness into real change through a personal coaching call. This is where insight becomes action, and your story begins to transform. Step beyond knowing and into becoming.

transform the norm

Book a personal coaching call and take the next step in your journey. Together, we'll dive into your archetypes, uncover what's holding you back, and create an aligned path toward growth, balance, and transformation.
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Be a rockstar when things get messy.

You’re running on invisible patterns that make you feel stuck. To fix it, you’re using outdated systems masquerading as “gold standard,” frustrated that it doesn’t help. 

That’s because life, and everything in it, moves at its own natural, predictable pace. We believe people or circumstances must change their natural pace so we can be happy, and that’s when things grind to a halt. Nature doesn’t bend to our every whim. 

The only way to feel at ease is to become adaptable to change. We teach you how.

THE TRAILBLAZER
WOOD: Helps us face challenges and perform well under pressure.

THE OPTIMIST
FIRE: Helps us find hope, share warmth, and feel joy.

THE CAREGIVER
EARTH: Helps us nurture others, and stay reliable and consistent.

THE ARCHITECT
METAL: Helps us create beauty, value and grace in the world.

THE PHILOSOPHER
WATER: Helps us listen, pause, introspect and create a world of peace.

Acclaim for
The Five Archetypes

“Completely [changed] the way I consider people who stress me out or rub me the wrong way or just see the world differently than I do…. [The Five Archetypes] is fascinating—and Davidson is brilliant…. Read the book, mull it over, and prepare to have your mind blown.”

— Megan O'Neill, Goop

“If you knew there were specific ways that are most effective for you to destress or to negotiate with a colleague, would you want to know them? Most of us would jump at the chance and then want to learn the same for our partners, colleagues, and children…. Carey Davidson…has made these exact insights accessible by translating ancient wisdom into modern insights in her book, The Five Archetypes.”

— Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes

“Davidson provides a framework for living a more mindful and fulfilling life in this comprehensive analysis of five archetypes of behavior…. Readers well-versed in mindfulness exercises and Chinese medicine will be most interested in these pragmatic exercises for making lasting life improvements.”

— Publishers Weekly

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5A Business Consulting ​

Best selling author, Carey Davidson, is a guide to some of our world’s top leaders. Her consulting services pinpoint areas at risk and provide immediate, actionable solutions that get to the heart of the disharmony – and change it for good.

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