Learned Wisdom: Journeys in Type and Transition

April 19, 2019

I’ve been so thrilled to attend and present at the British Association for Psychological Type (BAPT) Conference in Milton Keynes in the UK last week.⁣⠀

⁣The theme of the conference was ‘Pearls of Wisdom’, celebrating BAPT’s 30th anniversary. A perfect theme for me to engage with.

When I knew I would be heading over to attend, I was very drawn to submit to present. I developed up a submission to present a session on ‘Learned Wisdom: Journeys in Type and Transition‘. And I was so excited when my submission was accepted.⁣⠀

Learned Wisdom + stepping up in my professional practice

Here’s what I spoke about and shared:⁣⠀

how having a framework including psychological type can help us positively manage times of transition and major change.⁣⠀
my learned wisdom, using myself as a case study, reflecting on the last few years of transitioning to self-employment as a life coach and psychological type practitioner⁣⠀
a model I created for managing transition with psychological type, body of work and self-leadership as key aspects.⁣⠀
a practical way to apply this model to personally and professionally negotiate major transitions.

The experience of sharing learned wisdom

I spent many hours drawing together my personal and professional experiences and learning, and crafting and trialling the presentation in Sydney. Following my presentation, I was honoured to receive very positive feedback about the insights gained from my presentation. This was from attendees with many years of psychological type experience. ⁣⠀

Sometimes we wonder about all the hours we put into something like this. But for me, this was such valuable work in so many ways.

Firstly, I stopped to pull together the story of my transition over the past 2 plus years in a very deep way. Then I put it into a ‘learned wisdom’ framework, a model, that incorporated a number of aspects:

definitions of learned wisdom
looking at transition and change and the differences between them
reviewing my personal journey as a case study
creating a model for others to use personally and professionally with three key elements: body of work, personality type and self-leadership
situating this within a personal transition framework.

And in all of this, I stepped up into my work in new ways as a speaker and a personality type practitioner. This was in the context of presenting to a highly skilled and experienced group of type professionals. It was the kind of pressure that makes us grow and stretch in new ways and realise what we have learned. It’s the kind of pressure too we often wonder about putting ourselves under! But I am so pleased I did. I focused on being a contributor, not a guru – as Denise Duffield Thomas encourages us. With this mindset shift, I’ve gained confidence and learned tips to help with similar experiences in the future. I look forward to sharing this learning with you too.

Reflections on sharing learned wisdom further

I’m reflecting further on the process and experience in line with my INTJ type preference! I know that I have a body of work to share in many ways, via coaching, writing and social media. I am:

➡️ creating a Learned Wisdom mini-course where I take you through how type can be a support during times of transition and look at your type transition compass.

➡️ sharing the information via Sacred Creative Collective group coaching and Personality Type coaching, where I support people to identify their best-fit type and learn about personality preferences.⁣⠀

➡️ sharing about the experience of stepping up in new ways in our work in the world including pushing through the upper limit problem we often impose on ourselves.

➡️ sharing the learning in different ways via blog posts and social media

Next steps in learned wisdom

So look forward to more instalments about Learned Wisdom. And check out Personality Stories Coaching via the link in my profile for more information. I welcome any questions or suggestions you might have!

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