The Gifts Compass Podcast
Join Nicholas Toko, Anne-Liis Lääne-Sáez, and James Johnston as they talk about the use of the Gifts Compass Inventory (GCI) and the many important applications of psychological types. The well validated and broadly acclaimed GCI offers a fresh approach to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung’s original eight psychological types. The GCI focuses on the personal growth and development of unique individuals. We are passionate about type, and our aim is to help you understand type, how to use type to better understand yourself, to have better relationships at home, in a social setting, or in the workplace.
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Episodes
Monday Sep 15, 2025
Monday Sep 15, 2025
Special guest, David Bolton, joins James Johnston and Anne-Liis Lääne-Sáez for a heartfelt and engaging conversation exploring his dynamic GCI Profile.
Monday Jul 28, 2025
Monday Jul 28, 2025
Special guest Margret Roelofsen joins Anne-Liis Laane-Saez, Nicholas Toko, and James Johnston to consider Margaret's GCI Profile, which merges the yearning of the heart with an inventive intellect.
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Special guest Jerry Gilpin, President of the British Association of Psychological Type, joins Anne-Liis Laane-Saez, Nicholas Toko, and James Johnston to consider Jerry's profile of a lifelong learner.
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Special guest Daniel Roura joins Anne-Liis Laane-Saez, Nicholas Toko, and James Johnston to consider Daniel’s balanced extraverted & introverted GCI Profile.
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Special guest, Frances Bolton, joins Anne-Liis Laane-Saez, Nicholas Toko, and James Johnston to consider Frances's dynamic GCI Profile. For this podcast, we first asked Frances to review the three experiences she used in completing the GCI. Then we related her profile to those three experiences.
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Special guest, Kevin Lim, joins James Johnston, Anne-Liis Laane-Saez and Nicholas Toko to consider Kevin’s unique GCI Profile. We “read the melody” of Kevin’s profile, then ask him to talk about our reading and its relation to his life experience.
Kevin recently completed a PhD in physics from Cambridge University. He is also a poet, songwriter, and musician. Listen in to see if the reading can help account for those diverse pursuits!
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Special guest, René Pieterse, joins James Johnston, Anne-Liis Laane-Saez and Nicholas Toko to consider René’s unique GCI Profile. We “read the melody” of René’s profile, then ask him to talk about our reading and its relation to his life experience.
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
James Johnston, Anne-Liis Laane-Saez and Nicholas Toko talk about the thinking function, one of four “functions” of conscious experience. The other three functions are feeling, thinking and sensation.
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
James Johnston, Anne-Liis Laane-Saez and Nicholas Toko talk about the sensation function, one of four “functions” of conscious experience. The other three functions are feeling, intuition and thinking.
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
James Johnston, Anne-Liis Laane-Saez and Nicholas Toko talk about the thinking function, one of four “functions” of conscious experience. The other three functions are feeling, intuition and sensation.