Balance and Belonging – Breaking through with Type
In-Person Two Day Workshop for Personal Development – London, 16th – 17th June 2023
This was a unique opportunity to meet in-person with type experts and practitioners for 2 days of activity and networking.
Find out more about what we did as we share images from the event.
Sessions & Facilitators
Day 1 – Welcome, introductions, agenda
Mid-life Development: Crisis, Crash or Cruise? – Angelina Bennet
Angelina introduced some Type Development theories, particularly around mid-life, then we will explore the path of our own personal development and what has influenced it. We also considered how to coach or develop clients who are well developed or experiencing mid-life.
Angelina is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and specializes in developing individuals through personality work. Through OPP she qualified hundreds of people in the MBTI® and now co-runs alternative type qualification training through Type Pro Ltd. She is a past President of BAPT and the author of ‘The Shadows of Type-Psychological Type through Seven Levels of Development.’
Brains and Type – A Live Demo! – Dario Nardi
We watched a live brain-imaging session and get a brief introduction to the neuroscience of personality. The session, led by Dario Nardi, PhD, used time- tested EEG technology to capture and analyse what’s going on as a person tries various everyday tasks. We found out how it all links to personality type. Based on 17 years of hands-on research.
Dario Nardi, Ph.D. focuses on neuroscience, personality, games, and body-mind practices. His books include Neuroscience of Personality, Jung on Yoga, and The Magic Diamond. He uses EEG for brain-imaging and created the CPA, a validated assessment of the 8 Jungian functions
From 16 to 64 – Exploring Developmental Subtypes – Sue Blair
An extension of Dario’s significant neuroscience research has revealed that for each of the 16 types there are four ‘subtypes’. Dario and Sue have collaborated to create type descriptions for each of the 64 new ‘flavours’ of Type. This session introduced these descriptions, allowing an opportunity for participants to decide where they might place themselves, and help clients, in this fascinating framework.
Sue has been working with psychological type for over 20 years. She is an international presenter and keynote speaker. She is the author of The Personality Puzzle coaching cards, now used worldwide by coaches and counsellors. She has taught thousands of teachers, parents, students and businesses about the importance of self-awareness and communication through an understanding of personality dynamics.
Motivation and Well-being: Bringing Balance – Catherine Stothart
In this interactive workshop, based on temperament, we experienced practical tools to motivate ourselves, and to use with clients. We explored the links between motivation and well-being and find out how to achieve balance in our lives. We learned how to satisfy our psychological needs across all areas of our lives in order to do more of what energises us, and less of what turns us off.
Catherine is a Leadership Coach with Airbus, and a partner in Google’s Mastery Faculty of virtual facilitators. She has written two business books based on type – How to Get on with Anyone (2018 Pearson), based on Interaction Styles and Motivation: The Ultimate Guide to Leading Your Team (2022 Routledge) based on Temperament.
Personality of Wine – MBTI and Winetasting – Deborah Fleming
“smells like the leather seat of my grand fathers Range Rover – bold and luxurious”
OR
“slightly citrus with overtones of vanilla and jasmine – sharp and crisp” Our MBTI type gives us insight into how we communicate and sell our ideas…..and also how we experience wine!
Deborah’s flagship product “MBTI & Wine tasting” is a perfect learning opportunity for people already familiar with MBTI personality type. It is innovative, fun and effective for increasing performance in the teams we work in.
Deborah Fleming MSc, is an experienced Organisational Development Consultant who has been applying Type to Change, Culture and Development for over 15 years. She is currently completing her MSc in Sustainability Leadership in Copenhagen, holds her WSET in wine and makes her own wine in Portugal.
Day 2 – Welcome, reflections, overnight insights
Flow into Growth with Jung and Yoga – Dario Nardi
Warm up your body, mind, and spirit with Jungian chair yoga. Did you know—Jung toured India, studied yoga, and drew heavily on this ancient tradition as he developed many key concepts? This gentle session takes participants on a journey of breath, movement, and sound. Based on Jung’s talks and Dario’s modernized guide, “Jung on Yoga”.
Dario Nardi, Ph.D. focuses on neuroscience, personality, games, and body- mind practices. His books include Neuroscience of Personality, Jung on Yoga, and The Magic Diamond. He uses EEG for brain-imaging and created the CPA, a validated assessment of the 8 Jungian functions
Inside and Out – Sue Blair
We balance ourselves by using one function with an extraverted attitude and one function with an introverted attitude…or so the theory goes. But what are the implications of this cognitive pattern? This session explored the possibility that we are unconsciously compelled to hold on to some things and equally compelled to express others simply because of our Type preferences. Is this true for you? There is no better place than a room full of open- minded, Type aware personalities to nurture, question, ponder and navigate our differences!
Sue has been working with psychological type for over 20 years. She is an international presenter and keynote speaker. She is the author of The Personality Puzzle coaching cards, now used worldwide by coaches and counsellors. She has taught thousands of teachers, parents, students and businesses about the importance of self-awareness and communication through an understanding of personality dynamics.
Co-Creation of Best-fit Example Book – Mette Boje and Tina Brøndum Kristjánsson
This is a hands-on workshop focused on the eight preferences where we facilitate a process to capture the very best and illustrative questions and examples that we personally love to use in our type clarification processes. We will share the outpouts after the workshop with all particiapants in a co- creation book.
Mette is an occupational psychologist and works as a manager of personality testing at CFL in Denmark. She has been working with typology since 2003 both as a consultant and as certified master trainer. Mette has worked with Danish and International customers mainly focusing on talent.
Tina is the owner of Mind your Mind, where she works as a consultant and coach facilitating workshops and training in typology and personal efficiency. Tina has worked with typology since 2009 and from 2014 in Mind your Mind. Tina is originally a lawyer and worked as such until 2014.
Mindfulness for All Types – Jane Kise
While meditation, breathing exercises, and yoga are often touted as keys to mindfulness, they present different struggles and opportunities for different personality types. In this workshop, experience more ways of staying in the present moment as we also explore why developing this habit is important.
Jane Kise is a consultant and the author of over 25 books. She works with businesses and schools across the US and around the world, applying type to leadership development, collaboration, and instructional coaching.
Closing Session – Insights, Takeaways, Learning – Sarah Perrott
Sarah, our BAPT President, lead reflections after two days of balance, belonging and renewal.
Sarah is a certified executive coach through APECS and has an MSc in Executive
Coaching and Behavioural Change. She is a certified NLP practitioner and a
licensed HeartMath provider and a passionate advocate for personality Type.
She has a strong track record, working with executives and senior directors via
action learning sets, executive coaching, team coaching and leadership
development programmes. She has a passion for seeing people flourish and be
the best in their particular situation. Sarah is the current president of BAPT
having served on the board for 8 years