Finding Your Inner Animal With Roy Feinson’s Help

All of us have at some time or another referred to another person as some type of animal. Your coworker may be a snake in the grass, your husband probably behaves like a pig, and when the guys get together on Saturday night they monkey around and act like baboons. Hyperboles such as these just describe activities that are superficial, and the animal names are usually sarcastic. But beyond such exterior behaviors, everyone has a more complex and intricate animal personality residing inside, and that inner personality can be considered to be the source of everything that happens to the exterior person. By identifying and studying this animal inside, we can become more attuned to the qualities that will help us choose mates, careers, life paths, and goals.

Roy Feinson is the author of two books with simple tests that can help you identify your inner animal. In Animal Attraction, Feinson explains that human behavior consists of unique impulses, urges, desires, and drives, all of which combine to make us respond to people and situations differently. The simple test contained in the book will help you determine the animal personality of yourself and of others by correlating your personality traits and habits with those of animals. Results of the test can be used to discover the roots of your relationships with the people in your life—friends, lovers, bosses, coworkers, family members, and potential mates. Animal Attraction can help anyone gain valuable insight into the relationships they have with the people in their lives.

Feinson’s other book, The Animal in You: Discover Your Animal Type and Unlock the Secrets of Your Personality, takes the idea of an inner animal even further by delving into the specifics of various animal personalities. The test in this book will help you to discover how your animal personality can affect your social habits and career goals, and how your animal personality can help you cope with the turmoil of everyday life. For example, your animal personality may be a horse—dependable and strong, with great endurance, making you an excellent friend. Your inner animal may be a wolf—athletic, strong, and loyal, yet often feared and misunderstood. You may be a dolphin inside, very intelligent but preferring to play and host parties. Or perhaps you are a mole, spending a lot of time in underground coffee bars or clubs, and avoiding the spotlight at all costs. Adapting your animal personality in response to changing circumstances can help you grow as a human being. The 45 animals detailed in this fascinating book will teach you many things about yourself and the animal inside you.

Roy Feinson was born in South Africa and studied zoology at the University of Port Elizabeth. He has always been profoundly interested in the relationships between humans and animals, and has studied the topic extensively. He currently owns a computer software firm in Southern California. Feinson himself is a fox.