Discover Your Somatic Archetype

Your body remembers what your mind forgets.

The Somatic Archetype Quiz

Every artist carries patterns of movement, breath, and attention that once kept them safe.


These patterns:

The Over-Efforter

The Burned-Out Artist

The Impostor

The Disconnected

The Seeker

The Integrator

shape how we work, rest, and create.

What the Quiz Reveals

The mBODYed Journey begins with awareness.

This quiz helps you identify which of six somatic archetypes most influences your current season of life.

You’ll learn:

  • How your body seeks safety through effort, withdrawal, or performance

  • What your nervous system needs to recover its natural rhythm

  • A micro-practice to begin re-patterning stress into support

You’re not being diagnosed; you’re being witnessed.

Each result is a mirror, not a label, an invitation to meet your own brilliance with compassion.

Take the quiz

The Six Archetypes

  • A man wearing a black leather jacket and headphones, sitting in front of a music workstation with a keyboard, mixer, and other audio equipment, with his hand on his face, appearing stressed or exhausted.

    The Over-Efforter

    When doing becomes the way you disappear
    Safety through control; transformation through support and ease.

  • Charred and melted grand piano outdoors with snow on the ground, a man in the background, and debris surrounding the piano.

    The Burned Out Artist

    When passion becomes the body’s final offering
    Safety through withdrawal; transformation through rest and replenishment.

  • Person walking on a dirt road, carrying a large rock with the word 'PERFECTIONISM' engraved on it, surrounded by rocky terrain.

    The Impostor

    When mastery and self-trust fall out of sync
    Safety through performance; transformation through belonging.

  • Digital art of a woman's face with closed eyes, styled with pixelation and streaks creating a fragmented appearance.

    The Disconnected

    When numbness replaces knowing
    Safety through absence; transformation through gentle reconnection.

  • Hiker standing on a rocky peak with arms raised, overlooking a valley with a lake, mountains, and clouds in the distance.

    The Seeker

    When curiosity becomes striving
    Safety through pursuit; transformation through presence.

  • A double exposure image of a woman's profile with a tree and sky integrated into her head, with clouds and sunlight.

    The Integrator

    When wholeness becomes a lived experience
    Safety through coherence; transformation through relationship.

What Happens After You Take the Quiz

You’ll receive:

  • A personalized Archetype Report explaining your current somatic pattern

  • A guided micro-practice to restore regulation and presence

  • Next steps on your mBODYed Journey—courses, coaching, and community that match your pattern and capacity

The Invitation

You don’t need to fix yourself.
You only need to listen.

Every pattern began as intelligence, your body’s language for safety. When we meet that intelligence with curiosity, awareness becomes choice, and choice becomes freedom.