A New Year A New Approach To Personality Typing
Over the last ten years, I’ve been devoted to developing a new approach to Spiritual Personality Typing℠, born not from theory but from necessity. I was exhausted by programs that promised transformation yet always left me starting over again. Somewhere deep inside, I knew real change had to come from the soul level — the sacred bridge between the human and divine selves.
It’s this bridge that inspired my debut book, Unpack Your Personality: Let Your Inner Guide Be Your Travel Guide. It’s a soul field guide for the traveler within — with insights for each of the 16 personality types to help you embrace your true self. This work speaks directly to that spark of Divinity — your sacred self-identity — that lives within all of us, guiding you to live intentionally, inspired, and authentically.
What This Reveals About Identity
What I’ve learned — and what I want you to see — is that identity isn’t something we construct, it’s something we remember. Spiritual Personality Typing℠ reveals your soul’s map — the pattern of Divine intelligence expressing itself through your personality. Your personality isn’t your problem; it’s your pathway to awakening.
For years, I shaped myself around what I thought others wanted — the perfect professional, the “good girl,” the spouse, the pleaser. Maybe you know that feeling too. Midlife has a way of stripping those layers away. The truth is, your sacred identity isn’t defined by what you do, but by the essence of who you are when the roles fall away.
When you understand your Spiritual Personality Type, you begin to see the harmony between your personality’s purpose and your soul’s contract. Each cognitive function becomes a messenger — your dominant function, your North Star, (dominant function) points the way to your soul-aligned path. Your Harmonious ( auxiliary function) balances it, offering balance, grace and wholeness. Your Emerging midlife (tertiary) function arrives as Divine timing — calling you to evolve into your next chapter, to live true to yourself. And that part of you you’ve struggled with — the Opposing (inferior trait) — is often your greatest teacher, transforming wounds into wisdom.
A Midlife Awakening, Not a Crisis
I believe midlife is magical. It’s not an ending; it’s a sacred rewrite. As women, so many of us reach this threshold feeling invisible, weary from giving, and afraid of wasting time. Yet this is the moment the Divine whispers: “Now, finally, we begin.”
Spiritual Personality Typing℠ was born for this season — to guide you into the wholeness you were always meant to embody. It asks you to honor every aspect of yourself — your creative spark, your intuitive voice, even your contradictions — as sacred instruments of your becoming.
The journey isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about recovering the self that’s always been there — radiant, wise, unapologetically whole. That’s what identity truly is: the revelation of your sacred self through the lens of your humanity.
How Travel Awakens the Soul of Identity
I’ve always felt that travel is one of the best classrooms for rediscovering the deeper spiritual aspects of ourselves. Whether it’s a mountain retreat, a quiet weekend getaway, or a walk through your own backyard, travel strips away routine and offers a mirror: Who am I when nothing familiar defines me?
When I studied spiritual modalities in the mountains of North Carolina, I realized something profound — most systems of personality typing left the soul out of the conversation. My aha moment came when I realized that Jung, whose work inspired much of this typology, also looked to astrology, symbology, and mysticism — all invitations to integrate our spiritual nature. Why had we forgotten that connection?
From that question, a new truth unfolded — your personality is sacred. It’s the tool your soul relies on to bring your Divine purpose to life.
The Path Forward
This New Year, I invite you to see your identity as Divine design — a partnership between soul and self. Begin your journey with intention. Journal daily on how your personality serves your higher self. Notice when you shrink, when you shine, when you shift. Let those moments teach you.
You don’t have to be fixed — because you were never broken. You’re being remembered.
This is your year of sacred remembering. Your new approach starts here.
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Her debut book: Unpack Your Personality: Let Your Inner Guide Be Your Travel Guide, is a blend of personality typing, and spirituality, and brings forth the idea of traveling a classroom for self-discovery. A book that introduces Zapala’s pioneering theory of personality typing with a spiritual focus. It all starts with the belief that we are spirit beings having a human experience, moving beyond the 1940s personality paradigm. Grab your copy here.
Who Is Nina Zapala?
I’m the founder, creator and practitioner of Spiritual Personality Typing℠ . It was born out of necessity during what I call my “midlife tsunami,” a season of upheaval that stripped away illusions and brought me to truth. A liberating lesson taught me; old-school typology only tells half the story. This realization lead to a new personality paradigm one that bridges the personality and soul. This isn’t another new activation it’s alignment—a committed way of living true to your self.
Today I guide women just like you to ignite the relationship between soul and personality the totality of your true self-expression—free from fear or compromise. Think of it as a coming into wholeness–gracious, yet audacious; releasing the patriarchy, invisibility, and anti-aging tropes. A return to simple and soulful living. Vibrant. Free. Liberated.
Here’s what I’ve come to know: Every wrinkle is a story. Every scar, a sacred map. When we deny our true self, the soul withers. When we embrace her, we bloom into timelessness.
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Updated 1.1.2025
