Tools to Help You Remember Who You Are
There is a right way and a wrong way to use personality tools. The wrong way is letting them define you. The right way is allowing them to remind you who you've always been. When used with discernment, these tools are not prescriptive—they are reflective. They don’t create your identity; they help you reclaim it.
Below, I explore a series of frameworks—spiritual, psychological, and archetypal—that offer insight into your true self. Use what resonates. Leave what doesn’t.
You Are Not One Soul—You Are Many
Start by recognizing that you are not just a single, unified soul. You are a composite of multiple souls—mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and astral (the dreaming self). You can also simplify this to mind, body, and spirit, but remembering that your body itself has a soul is powerful. How you think about your body, how you speak to it—these things shape your relationship to self.
Most people tend to lead from one dominant center—head, heart, or gut—rather than integrating all three. The goal is wholeness. Integration. Less polarity. More balance.
Head people are analytical, insightful, and philosophical—but may become cold or dismissive of the unseen.
Heart people are expressive, quick, and inspirational—but can be overly sentimental and subjective.
Gut people are instinctive, embodied, and active—but may become impulsive or empathy-deficient.
Balance means learning when to lead from logic, when to trust emotion, and when to move from instinct.
The Subtle Influence of the Cosmos
Let’s talk astrology—whether you believe in it literally or symbolically. Nature moves in cycles. So do we. The sun and moon govern tides, animal rhythms, and seasonal shifts. It’s naive to think humans are exempt from those influences.
Each sign contains elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) and modalities (Cardinal, Fixed, Mutable). But your sun sign is just the beginning. You are a complex chart of energies.
Air signs: Wise or dogmatic
Fire signs: Bold or insensitive
Earth signs: Grounding or rigid
Water signs: Perceptive or irrational
Rather than trying to prove or disprove astrology, try using it as a language of archetype and metaphor—a mirror for aspects of self.
Archetypes & Soul Roles: The Michael Teachings
According to the Michael Teachings, we all resonate with a soul archetype. These aren’t personality tests—they’re energetic blueprints.
Artisans – Creative, moody, emotionally rich, and scattered
Warriors – Focused, resilient, maternal, strategic (hi, that’s me!)
Servers – Quiet, loyal, devoted, self-sacrificing
Priests – Visionary, spiritual, group-oriented, idealistic
Scholars – Observant, knowledge-seeking, curious
Sages – Expressive, dramatic, humorous, vibrant
Kings/Queens – Commanding, decisive, structured, community-oriented
You can find your type by taking an online assessment. But often, you’ll feel which one you resonate with deeply.
Jung’s Model of the Psyche
Carl Jung broke the psyche into layers:
Ego – Your conscious self
Persona – The mask you wear for the world
Personal Unconscious – Memories and patterns unique to you
Collective Unconscious – Archetypal themes and inherited memory
Key archetypes include:
Shadow – The parts of you you’ve rejected
Anima/Animus – Your inner feminine/masculine
Self – The integrated core, the wholeness you return to when you drop the mask
This leads us to the hundredth monkey effect—an idea that when a critical mass learns a new behavior, it begins to spread energetically across others, even without direct contact. You’re not only healing for yourself—you’re healing for the field.
Other Tools to Explore
If you’re ready to explore further, here are a few frameworks worth checking out:
CliftonStrengths – Your natural talents and how to develop them
VIA Institute Strengths – Focuses on character strengths like curiosity, courage, and gratitude
Enneagram – Nine personality types rooted in core fears and motivations
Life Path Numbers – Based on numerology and birthdates
Human Design – A deep energetic blueprint that blends astrology, the I Ching, chakras, and quantum physics
Not every tool is for everyone. Let them reveal you, not define you.
Final Thoughts: You Are Not Broken
You are not a problem to be fixed. You are a pattern to be remembered.
The homework? Rest. You've done the work. You've reflected, journaled, questioned, tried to "figure yourself out." Maybe now it's time to stop overfunctioning and just be. Let your subconscious keep working while you go live your life.
Remember: these tools are maps. But you are the terrain.
