How to Be Strong When Change Swirls Around You?
The Spiritual Personality Typing℠ Approach
Change is a constant—often overwhelming, sometimes exhilarating, always transformative. But what if you could approach these times of swirling change not as a test to survive, but as an invitation to your truest self? That’s where my proprietary method, Spiritual Personality Typing℠, comes in. This is not just a paradigm or a way to categorize yourself; it’s an activation—a daily spiritual practice that invites you to see your archetype as a divine blueprint, the truest reflection of you.
Change: Not a Threat, But an Invitation
We live in an era of anxiety, overwhelm, and fear, simply because we’ve been programmed to value external certainty over inner wisdom. But lasting strength doesn’t come from resisting change; it comes from aligning with it. Transformation is not passive work—you can’t scroll your way into a new life. It unfolds through devotion, daily awareness, and active engagement with your soul self.
When you relate to your Spiritual Personality Type as a living, breathing spiritual practice, something profound shifts:
Your soul self and rational self stop competing—and start collaborating.
You move from performing a life to truly living one.
You show up as yourself, not just the role you’ve learned to play.
This, in essence, is soul-led living.
All that you touch influences you, and all that you influence affects you – ahh a meaningful life in action. Nina Zapala, founder of Spiritual Personality Typing™️
When Change Comes: Spiritual Tools for Strength
When life changes swirl, most of us seek control, certainty, or escape. But Spiritual Personality Typing℠ invites you to ground yourself in who you truly are. Here’s what the shift looks like:
1. Get Intimate with Your Type
See your type not as fixed, but as evolving.
Your type is the stronghold in a sea of change. Out-of-balance traits indicate where you need gentle correction or self-compassion.
Every cognitive function you possess is intentional, designed for your soul’s evolution.
2. Engage Spiritual Practices—Daily
Devotion, not passivity, is required for transformation. Journaling, meditation, or simply sitting in stillness radically deepens the collaboration between soul and rational mind.
The answers are within—mentors shine a light, but your journey is uniquely yours.
3. Practice Letting Go
Shedding inherited beliefs, values, and external expectations is a sacred act. Release what no longer serves your evolution.
Change isn’t about losing yourself—it’s about releasing what you were never meant to carry.
4. Reframe Change as Evolution
Change isn’t loss—it’s transformation. It’s the universal process (like the caterpillar becoming the butterfly) that paves the way for a higher, more authentic self.
Quiet the mind and the soul will speak.” ― Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavita, founder of the Kashi Ashram in Sebastian, Florida
Journal Prompts for Soul-Led Change
Let these questions guide you beyond fear and into possibility:
Are you afraid of change, or is it a whisper from the Divine urging you toward awakening?
Do you see change as inevitable, as nature’s way of calling you to evolve?
What beliefs about yourself or the world are truly yours—and which were inherited from others?
How do you perceive endings (including death)? Could they be transitions to new spiritual relationships or understandings?
Writing by hand invites your soul self into the practice.
The Power of Spiritual Personality Typing℠ in Real Life
Whether you’re navigating travel, love, creative leaps, or career shifts, approaching your personality type as a daily spiritual practice brings you back to your center. When you know your type deeply:
You gain clarity in chaotic times.
You begin to operate from your “Essential Self,” discovering hidden superpowers.
Practical Example: If facing change triggers anxiety or fear, consult your type’s spiritual intentions. Reflect on what function is at play, and what message your soul is sharing through this personality lens.
We have forgotten what rocks and plants still know – we have forgotten how to be – to be still – to be ourselves – to be where life is here and now. Eckhart Tolle
First Steps: How To Start
Commit to Self-Understanding: This means moving beyond blame or victimhood. Own your spiritual journey.
Engage in Daily Practice: Whether meditation, journaling, stillness or spiritual study, consistency is key.
Discover Your Type: Not sure where to start? Free assessments are available, but a bespoke session (like those in my mentoring practice) ensures deeper, more accurate insight.
Study Your Essential Self: Recognize both strengths and imbalances. Your greatest gifts are waiting to be revealed.
Final Thoughts
Changing who you truly are is impossible. But letting go of roles, stories, and inherited beliefs allows your soul to take the lead. When your archetype becomes daily spiritual practice, awakening is inevitable—and strength, no matter how the world swirls, becomes your birthright.
Transformation isn’t passive. It’s a devotional, daily partnership between your soul and your rational self. That’s when you stop performing a life—and start living one.
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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.
Only 1 in 10 Truly Know Who They Are. Be the Exception
You’re not here to settle. You’re here to remember who you are.
Through Spiritual Personality Typing℠—my proprietary, soul-first method and the heart of the (un)brand—you’ll cut through the noise and get crystal clear on your Who and Why.
This isn’t cookie-cutter coaching. These are bespoke, one-on-one sessions designed to help you reconnect with your most authentic self—from the inside out.
We’ll uncover the patterns keeping you stuck, break self-sabotaging loops, and illuminate what actually moves you—in life and in motion.
This is radical self-awareness. Sacred strategy. Identity work for the soul-led.
Ready to rewrite your origin story? Book your Clarity Call—your becoming awaits.
More About Spiritual Personality Typing℠
My work reframes how you see MBTI® personality typing—no more boxed-in stereotypes or cute quizzes. Your type isn’t a label. It’s sacred language. Your persona? Just a mask.
Spiritual Personality Typing℠ invites you to see your archetype as a divine blueprint—an activation of your truest self, not a simplification.
But here’s the truth: this isn’t passive work. Transformation doesn’t come from scrolling—it comes from devotion. When you engage with your type as a daily spiritual practice, something shifts. Your soul self and your rational self stop competing—and start collaborating.
That’s when awakening happens. That’s when you stop performing a life… and start living one.
Whether you’re navigating travel, relationships, your calling, or your next creative leap—you’ll stop showing up as a role, and start showing up as you.
And isn’t that what soul-led living is really about?
Want to Dive Deeper? I Got You
If this speaks to you even a little bit, check out my podcast interview on Le Vie Creative with host Krystal Kennedy
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Thank you, Krystal, for believing in me — and allowing me to share my journey 🩵
Read:
🔖 7 Simple How-To Joy Habits For Your Spiritual Personality Type, click here.
🔖How To Better Understand Yourself: 10 Insightful Journal Prompts, click here for the link.
📚 Or grab a copy of my debut book: Unpack Your Personality: Let Your Inner Guide Be Your Travel Guide
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 (un)Brand: 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.
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updated: 7.5.2025
