What Tree Are You?

A transformative journey into your natural wiring — and your true potential.
A self-realization method grounded in metaphor, science, and lived truth.

Book Summary

What Tree Are You? is a groundbreaking guide that helps you understand how you are wired — the natural patterns, instincts, and emotional roots that shape your decisions, strengths, and challenges. Through six deeply relatable tree personalities, you discover who you truly are beneath conditioning, comparison, and guilt.

But this isn’t a book that simply defines you.
It frees you.

By learning how to borrow strengths from other trees while staying true to your core, you create Hybrid Power — a way to grow naturally, confidently, and without losing yourself.

This is the clarity every human deserves.

Benefits beyond the page

Most people believe growth requires becoming someone different. This book challenges that belief.

It starts with understanding your natural wiring — the patterns shaped by your experiences, your logic, your emotions, your pace, your energy, and the way you interpret the world.
Your tree personality reveals:

  • Why you respond to life the way you do

  • Why some goals feel natural and others feel forced

  • Why certain habits drain you

  • Why you compare timelines

  • Why guilt shows up — even when you’re doing your best

Using the simplicity of nature, the book introduces six tree personalities that mirror human emotional structures. You discover your dominant type — the one shaped by your inner programming — and then learn how to integrate strengths from the others.

This is Hybrid Adaptation, a method that allows you to:

  • Retain your identity

  • Strengthen your weaknesses

  • Overcome limitations

  • Grow without pressure

  • Borrow traits you admire

  • Expand your natural power

  • Evolve without guilt

This book is for everyone — early achievers, late bloomers, those recovering from trauma, those navigating confusion, and those seeking clarity for the next phase of life.

Supported by scientific reasoning and the author's own medical transformation, this book is not philosophy — it is proof that clarity changes outcomes.

The Six Tree Personalities

🌳 Mango

Warm, expressive, emotionally open. Driven by heart-centered motivation.

🌲 Teak

Disciplined, structured, focused. Thrives in order and precision.

🎋 Bamboo

Flexible, resilient, adaptive. Moves with life instead of resisting it.

🌸 Cherry Blossom

Creative, intuitive, sensitive. Feels deeply and sees possibilities others miss.

🌿 Sandalwood

Calm, reflective, wise. Anchored from within; thrives in stillness.

🌳 Oak

Steady, loyal, protective. Purpose-driven with strong internal stability.

Understanding your type is the beginning.
Learning from all types is the transformation.

The Heart Of The Book

Hybrid Adaptation

You do NOT have to become someone else to grow.
You do NOT have to reject your personality to succeed.
You do NOT need to hustle, force, or break yourself to change.

Hybrid Adaptation teaches you how to:

  • Strengthen yourself without abandoning your identity

  • Gain skills you never thought you could develop

  • Adapt traits from others organically

  • Grow confidently at your own pace

  • Break comparison cycles

  • Let go of guilt

  • Create sustainable change

This is the psychological “missing link” in most self-help frameworks.

What Will You Experience?

 

  • Deep self-realization

  • Emotional clarity

  • Identity alignment

  • A guilt-free approach to growth

  • Understanding your natural wiring

  • Tools to adapt & strengthen

  • Hope, direction, and internal stability

  • A metaphor that stays with you for life


 

Who This Book Is For

This book is for every age, every stage, and every timeline.

For anyone who:

  • Is confused about their direction

  • Feels stuck despite trying

  • Compares themselves to others

  • Is overwhelmed or emotionally drained

  • Is an early achiever looking for next clarity

  • Is a late bloomer needing hope

  • Is recovering from trauma or hardship

  • Wants to make aligned decisions

  • Feels guilty for not being “enough”

  • Wants to grow without force

  • Wants a simple yet life-changing framework

"I really enjoyed it. I appreciated her descriptions of the various types of personalities, hybridity, and personality change over time and within various contexts. I also appreciated the practical advice and her summary of how working with mental states impacts physical health and longevity. I feel Akila accomplished a lot with this book and appreciate her efforts."

Tamizh Veera, Psychologist

"This was such an enjoyable read. It felt like chatting with a friend! The content is shared in an easy-to-understand way that is compelling and engaging. I loved all the examples, prompts, and mental exercises."

Allison Smith, Author & Beta Reader

"If you’re looking for a gentle nudge towards understanding yourself, this book is a warm companion for your journey. The tree metaphors helped me reflect and uncover personal strengths in a truly kind and pressure-free way, while its practical tips inspire readers of all ages to grow and adapt with confidence."

George Yang, Award Winning Digital Innovator & AI Strategist