About this site

An independent reference on the 16-type personality framework.

What this site is

Personality Speaks is an independent publication. We write long-form, source-cited articles about the 16-type framework — what it claims, what the research supports, where it falls short, and how to read it honestly.

What this site isn't

This is not an official Myers-Briggs product, and not affiliated with The Myers-Briggs Company or the Myers & Briggs Foundation. MBTI® and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® are trademarks of their respective owners. We discuss the framework — including the underlying assessment — the way many independent typology publishers do, as a widely-used vocabulary for thinking about cognitive differences.

We are not licensed clinicians and the content here is not therapy, diagnosis, or hiring advice. If you're using personality typology to make a high-stakes decision about another person, you need more than this site to lean on.

Why we're honest about the framework's limits

The MBTI's standing in academic psychology is contested. We say so clearly on the "Is MBTI scientifically valid?" page. Most competing sites either oversell the framework's validity or dismiss it outright. We've found that the honest middle ground — useful as a vocabulary, inappropriate as a verdict — is both more accurate and more respectful of the reader's intelligence.

Contact

Editorial corrections, source suggestions, or genuine substantive disagreement: get in touch. We read everything.