OCEAN Personality Test

You can see our test below.

This concept is the ‘Big Five’ personality categories, which are Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism (hence this is often referred to as ‘Ocean’). This is what our personality test calculates.

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Welcome to your Personality Test This is the 'Big Five' Personality Test, courtesy of ipip.ori.org.

Big Five, Five Factor, and OCEAN are all ways of describing the same theory of personality. Multiple psychological studies have arrived at the conclusion that the differences between people's personalities can be organized into five broad categories, called the Big Five or Five Factors. These are sometimes referred to as the five broad dimensions of personality.

This test comprises 50 questions and will take about 10 minutes.  You will get a score in each of five categories, Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism, and you'll be able to see how you fit in.

For each question below, mark how much you agree with the statement on the scale of 1 to 5, where 1 = disagree, 2 = slightly disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = slightly agree and 5 = agree.
1. 
Am the life of the party.

2. 
Feel little concern for others.

3. 
Am always prepared.

4. 
Get stressed out easily.

5. 
Have a rich vocabulary.

6. 
Don't talk a lot.

7. 
Am interested in people.

8. 
Leave my belongings around.

9. 
Am relaxed most of the time.

10. 
Have difficulty understanding abstract ideas.

11. 
Feel comfortable around people.

12. 
Insult people.

13. 
Pay attention to details.

14. 
Worry about things.

15. 
Have a vivid imagination.

16. 
Keep in the background.

17. 
Sympathize with others' feelings.

18. 
Make a mess of things.

19. 
Seldom feel blue.

20. 
Am not interested in abstract ideas.

21. 
Start conversations.

22. 
Am not interested in other people's problems.

23. 
Get chores done right away.

24. 
Am easily disturbed.

25. 
Have excellent ideas.

26. 
Have little to say.

27. 
Have a soft heart.

28. 
Often forget to put things back in their proper place.

29. 
Get upset easily.

30. 
Do not have a good imagination.

31. 
Talk to a lot of different people at parties.

32. 
Am not really interested in others.

33. 
Like order.

34. 
Change my mood a lot.

35. 
Am quick to understand things.

36. 
Don't like to draw attention to myself.

37. 
Take time out for others.

38. 
Shirk my duties.

39. 
Have frequent mood swings.

40. 
Use difficult words.

41. 
Don't mind being the center of attention.

42. 
Feel others' emotions.

43. 
Follow a schedule.

44. 
Get irritated easily.

45. 
Spend time reflecting on things.

46. 
Am quiet around strangers.

47. 
Make people feel at ease.

48. 
Am exacting in my work.

49. 
Often feel blue.

50. 
Am full of ideas.

We hope you enjoyed taking the test, and that it gave you an idea of your personality type.  Here's a bit more info on the categories.

Health domains

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We break down the overall concept of health or wellness into ‘bite-sized chunks’ that we can actually do something about.  The first level we call health domains.

We like the Life of Wellness site and we have chosen the following domains.

1. Emotional Wellness: Awareness and acceptance of feelings
2. Spiritual Wellness: A search for meaning and purpose
3. Intellectual Wellness: Recognition of your creativity, knowledge and skills
4. Physical Wellness: Need for physical activity and balanced nutrition
5. Environmental Wellness: Positive awareness and impact on your environment
6. Financial Wellness: Debt reduction, cash flow balance or financial future planning
7. Occupational Wellness: Personal achievement and enrichment from your career
8. Social Wellness: Contribution to your community

wellness wheel

Health Areas

Within each domain, we have included a number of health areas. These are specific issues that you can tackle.  Within each health area, e.g. Depression, once you have subscribed we have built additional information and exercises which you can do to help in the area.

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See which domains you should address

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Having established that we use 8 domains, you need to understand which you should concentrate on.

The 8 are:

  • Emotional
  • Environmental
  • Financial
  • Intellectual
  • Occupational
  • Physical
  • Social
  • Spiritual

You can take a questionnaire, which scores you in each domain.  You can decide which domains you are strong in, and which you need to improve.

Another analysis shows which domains you should look at, but also which domains you want to look at.

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A Butterfly Life: 4 Keys to More Happiness, Better Health and Letting Your True Self Shine

Times of change can be a challenge, no doubt! Whether it’s a relationship breakup, job loss, or being diagnosed with a serious health issue. Or you may WANT things to be different, but it feels a little scary or overwhelming. The butterfly reminds us change can be beautiful, even necessary, in order to realize our full potential and live our best life.