Many Reasons to Be Grateful for Your Personality Type
You’ve been trying to figure yourself out for decades, haven’t you?
The endless personality quizzes, the memes that poke fun at introverts and extroverts, the mislabels that flatten who you are into a box. And you laugh along… but secretly, it stings. Because somewhere deep inside, you know you’re more than a category, more than a test result.
Maybe, just maybe—you’re tired of searching for who you are out there. Because the truth has always lived in here. ✨
A Counterintuitive Beginning (Flipping An Old Paradigm)
Here’s the revelation most personality typing systems miss: your type is not random—it was divinely assigned.
What if your Higher Self intentionally chose your exact personality to support your soul’s mission—your struggles, your resilience, your gifts? Personality as soul-design, not ego-label.
That shift changes everything.
The Traps of Old Personality Typing
The old-school typology of the 1940s made personality typing a rigid system—labels, archetypes, little boxes to sit in. But that just reinforces performance culture: who you should be, how you “fit,” how you must operate in a world that rarely honors soul.
It turned personality into entertainment—memes branding introverts as antisocial hermits, extroverts as loud and shallow. It stung because those words grazed your wounds, not your worth.
A Liberating Truth About Personality Typing
What I know for sure? Each personality type is fabulous.
I know because I lived the opposite—I lost myself in identity confusion during my 7-year life tsunami. I had to awaken to something bigger: my spiritual senses, my unseen aspects, my divine intelligence.
That awakening birthed ✨ Spiritual Personality Typing℠—a soulful approach uniting mind and spirit. Through it, I finally understood my type not as confinement, but as blueprint. Remembering this truth invited me back to my authentic self… and it’s where I found my new beginning.
Gratitude Turns Memes Into Mirrors Through the Lens of Spiritual Personality Typing
Gratitude shifts everything. When you wear gratitude like a cloak (Rumi was right), you begin to view your type as sacred. No longer a joke. No longer a cage. But a soul-map.
Introverts? You don’t “hide”—you show us the sacred art of stillness, listening, reflection.
Extroverts? You don’t “overshare”—you give voice to truths that others can’t yet say aloud.
Both? Absolutely necessary. Absolutely divine.
The Transformation of Archetypes
False Perspective: “Typing boxes me in.”
Surprising Encounter: “What if my type was divinely infused with purpose?”
Illumination: “My type holds clues—a sacred compass—pointing to the blueprint of my life plan.”
Integration: Practicing gratitude for your type dissolves resistance and awakens recognition of your unique gifts, seeded by Divine Intelligence.
Soul Steps (Practical + Sacred Exercises)
Ready to integrate this? Try these:
Don’t dismiss your quirks. They’re intentional fingerprints of your soul.
Flip the script. When a stereotype makes you cringe, pause and ask: how can I see this trait as sacred instead of shameful?
Journal it daily. Keep a “Gratitude for My Soul Type” journal. Write one sentence a day about why your type is perfect for your soul’s mission.
Practice soul-tuition. When choices arise, let gratitude invite your inner knowing to lead before logic does.
16 Soul Personas: Gratitude in Action
Celebrate yourself. Be true to yourself. You are good enough!
ESTJ → Your determination lights paths others can follow.
ISTJ → You weave wisdom from past to present, grounding us all.
ESFJ → Your warmth births connection—we are grateful for your way of gathering hearts.
ISFJ → Your care is devotion embodied. Thank you for showing us love in action.
ESTP → Your spark reminds us to say yes to life—right here, right now.
ISTP → You ground freedom into reality. Your quiet knowing guides us.
ESFP → Your playfulness lifts the room. Gratitude for your joy-medicine.
ISFP → Your imagination is art that heals. Thank you for your vision.
ENTP → You spin the world forward with curiosity. Infinite thanks for your ideas.
INTP → Your insights unlock consciousness. We need your mind.
ENTJ → You remind us of the power of conviction. Gratitude for your clarity.
INTJ → You architect dreams into structures of wisdom—we honor your mastery.
ENFJ → Your fight for justice inspires movement. Thank you for holding vision with action.
INFJ → Your empathy transforms pain into wisdom—we bow to your insight.
ENFP → You’re proof that joy and resistance can co-exist. Thank you for shining.
INFP → Your artistry heals collective wounds—your gentle power matters.
Journal Prompts: Gratitude for Your Type
Sit in stillness—what’s one quality of your type you’ve resisted but now see as gift?
Write a note to yourself like you would to a dear friend, naming why you’re grateful for your type.
Ask: how can gratitude for my type shift my relationships today?
Last Words
Gratitude is remembering, not fixing.
It’s how we honor the personality our Higher Self intentionally chose, and how we make peace with the blueprint of our divine design. When you claim it, you don’t need validation or memes for reassurance. You know you’re part of Divine Intelligence’s living art.
New beginnings don’t come from becoming someone new. They come from remembering your true self—and walking it into the world with gratitude. 🌿
This is Only The Beginning
This is only the beginning. For a deeper dive into your true self’s blueprint, I invite you to explore my book Unpack Your Personality: Let Your Inner Guide Be Your Travel Guide. Or, if you’re longing for 1:1 soul-guided support, my private mentoring is here to walk this sacred path with you. Because it’s time to remember who you are—and why it matters.
Travel A Tonic for Self-Discovery
Can you see why I staunchly believe that travel is a tonic for the soul? Travel offers a real-time opportunity to observe your personality type in action. It’s an enriching environment—a living classroom for self-discovery—that exposes you to diverse experiences. This encourages self-reflection, fosters personal growth, and provides countless opportunities to step outside your comfort zone.
This post offers a sneak peek into my book, Unpack Your Personality: Let Your Inner Guide Be Your Travel Guide. It’s part memoir (my story of self-discovery through travel), part introduction to Spiritual Personality Typing℠—a reimagining of Myers-Briggs (MBTI) through the lens of spiritual alignment—and part personalized travel guidebook. The idea is that all of these roads lead to self-discovery.
Please know that I curate these posts to be both meaningful and educational, designed to help you navigate the needs of your sacred personality type on the road, in business, and in life. If you’re interested in exploring your unique travel personality type, feel free to contact me me for a one-on-one travel session.
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Dive Deeper? I Got You
If this speaks to you even a little bit, check out my podcast interview on Mindset Mastery with host Dr. Alisa Whyte
🎧 Discovering Your True Self With Spiritual Personality Typing and Travel
👉 Listen here.
Thank you, Alisa, for believing in my mission — even before I fully believed in it myself. 🩵
Additional Resources:
👀 For additional learning watch more on my YouTube Channel. Click here
🔖The Hidden Spiritual Personality Traits That Unlock Your New Beginning: click here for the link.
🔖 Discover the Soul’s Role In Personality Typing: read it here.
📚 Or grab a copy of my debut book: Unpack Your Personality: Let Your Inner Guide Be Your Travel Guide
Find Yourself
Are you ready to embark on the road less traveled and join the rare 10% who truly know themselves? If you’re seeking more, I offer bespoke one-on-one sessions designed to help you discover yourself from the inside out. This is pure self-awareness—an opportunity to connect with your authentic self.
Together, we’ll shine a light on self-sabotaging behaviors and break negative cycles. We’ll also explore what brings you the greatest joy, both in daily life and on your travels.
Ready to start your journey? Let’s connect and uncover the unique path meant just for you. Click here to schedule a 1:1 clarity call.
About Spiritual Personality Typing
My goal is to shift perspectives around MBTI® personality typing—to break free from stereotypes and oversimplifications. Remember, your personality type is sacred. Your persona is just a mask.
It’s my intention that you begin to see your archetype as a sacred tool—an expression of your true self.
Of course, good things in life come to those who do the work. Take responsibility and make personality typing, infused with spiritual understanding, a daily practice. You’ll soon realize that your rational self and your soul self rely on each other to ignite a soulful meaningful life. When you fully embrace this concept, a profound awakening occurs. It moves you closer to your truth, liberating you from a purposeless existence.
You’ll be ready for any occasion, situation, or event—whether it’s travel, relationships, career, passion, or purpose. Ahh, living a meaningful life—isn’t that what we all desire?
Who is Nina Zapala
Hey, I’m Nina Zapala—creator of Spiritual Personality Typing℠, a new way to connect your mind and spirit so you can actually show up as your real self. My mission? Plant seeds for a fresh kind of thinking—where self-expression isn’t just allowed, it’s unstoppable.
I’m also the mind behind the UnBrand: a soul-first, zero-cookie-cutter approach for founders who are done with branding clichés and performance games. No more approval-chasing. No more shrinking to fit in. The (un)Brand helps you show up fully—characteristically authentic, unapologetic, and 100% you.
With decades in branding, community, and cause marketing (and 300+ articles to prove it), I help women take back their identity and purpose. My book, Unpack Your Personality Let Your Inner Guide Be Your Travel Guide., is your invite to trust your gut and journey inward.
Let’s be real—someone rocks blue hair or pitches a bold idea, and most people roll their eyes or back away. My work? Burns old scripts. Instead we light up what makes you exquisitely different.
Photo Credit: Jeffrey Czum
Updated Spring 2025