Below, you will see a few links to online assessments that may be taken, without cost. They each reveal personal preferences or basic personality tendencies in life. Results are not to be taken as a "set in stone" statement about who you are, but as where you are at right now in your growth and development. The basic orientation we have in life doesn't typically change. We are, however, able to grow into more and more mature images of who we are meant to be as we choose to adapt ourselves to leadings and promptings from within.
LOCUS OF CONTROL: The LoC measures the extent to which people believe they have power over events in their lives. Internal Locus of Control is best described as the belief that you are able to influence events and their outcomes, while an External Locus of Control is best described as the belief that outside forces are to blame for the things that happen and therefore the trajectory of your life. Artesian Spring Counseling maintains that we have all been created with the capacity to rule and reign in our lives, not to be victims of the world systems, no matter how large or small these systems may be. This assessment will give you an idea as to how you view your own ability to determine the outcome of the events in your life. (Please note that if you enter your email, you may receive communications from this website, until you unsubscribe.)
MYERS BRIGGS TEMPERAMENT INVENTORY (MBTI): The MBTI, first published in 1943, is the work of Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. Katharine was inspired to research temperament when she met Isabel's future husband, Clarence Myers. This assessment will show you your basic temperament type. While we don't usually change types, we will grow to be more and more balanced and mature within each type.
ENNEAGRAM: This is a personality type assessment. The Enneagram has been used for hundreds of years. It is a tool that invites us into deeper growth and personal understanding using anecdotal measures an individual’s core life motivations. It offers opportunity for positive choices. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SPIRITUAL GIFTS ASSESSMENT: This assessment measures how you are motivated to meet the needs of the world around you, Each area is considered a gift of the Holy Spirit. We are motivated to respond to the needs of the world around us according to the spiritual gifting God has placed within us.
Many people are plagued today with restless and / or sleepless nights, and some wrestle with long term insomnia. Insomnia is a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, and hard to stay asleep, or even cause you to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep, leaving you feeling tired when you wake up. It can deplete not only your level of energy, and mood but impact your health, work and quality of life. There are a number of treatments from insomnia, ranging from medication and CBT among the most recommended. However, this little video on mindfulness is an interesting slant on how insomnia may have begun in the first place. Depending upon your life style, in today's fast paced, secularly motivated and addicted culture, a lack of meaning may very well be at the root of your sleepless nights. Take a listen and see if you may need to get back to the basics of caring for your soul.