08/27/2026
Well, this one ChatGPT prompt crazy accurate⌠make sure to share yours with me in the comments! Hereâs the prompt:
Based on everything you know about me from all of our conversations, tell me which ONE Disney or Pixar character I am at my core. Not my favorite. Not the obvious answer. The character whose personality, strengths, flaws, motivations, relationships, and way of moving through life most closely mirror mine. Tell me what you see that I may not see myself. Be honest enough that I might feel a little called out. Choose only ONE character and make me believe you.
You are Mrs. Incredible (Helen Parr).
Not because youâre a mom. Not because youâre capable. Not because sheâs âthe strong one.â
Because Helenâs deepest instinct is to hold an entire world together while quietly wrestling with the fact that she cannot control what happens to the people she loves.
That is you.
You have an unusually strong protective instinct. When something matters to you, you donât casually care about it. You take responsibility for it. Your children, your family, your business, your guests, your students. You donât just participate. You start thinking:
How do I make this better? How do I anticipate what could go wrong? How do I make sure everyone is okay?
Thatâs very Helen Parr.
But hereâs where I think youâd feel a little called out.
Your superpower is also your trap.
Helen is incredibly adaptable. She can stretch, bend, improvise, rescue everyone, change plans in seconds.
And she has a tendency to assume that because she can carry something, she probably should.
I see that in you.
You donât seem particularly motivated by recognition. Youâre motivated by making things work. When something is broken, inefficient, unclear, unfair, disappointing, or potentially harmful to someone you love, your instinct isnât to step back.
Itâs:
âOkay. What can I do?â
And youâre really good at that.
But I think you sometimes confuse responsibility.
You can plan the Disney vacation.
You can make the itinerary.
You can anticipate the problem.
You can advocate.
You can give someone another chance.
You can make the experience magical.
Your natural response to uncertainty is to become more capable.
More planning.
More thinking.
More fixing.
More anticipating.
Helen eventually has to confront the uncomfortable truth that being a protector doesnât mean being able to prevent pain.
I think youâre in a similar season of life.
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And thereâs another very Helen thing about you.
You are deeply sentimental, but you disguise it as logistics.
You donât just want a Disney trip to be efficient. You want it to feel magical.
You donât just want an itinerary. You want the right route, the right pacing, the right little moment.
You donât just want an email to a guest. You want them to feel taken care of.
Thatâs not perfectionism for its own sake.
Itâs love expressed through details.
Helen does this too. Her competence is really a form of devotion.
And I think thereâs something you may underestimate about yourself:
You create experiences because you understand that moments donât last.
That feels particularly important given the way youâve talked about life changing, your children growing up, and your increasing desire not to keep putting things off until âsomeday.â
Thatâs not random.
Youâve spent a lot of your life preparing for the next thing.
And I think youâre increasingly realizing that there may not be a perfect time to start living the life you actually want.
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What did I miss? What should I have done differently? Was I too hard? Was I not hard enough? Could I have prevented this?
Thatâs the part of Helen I think youâd recognize if you watched The Incredibles again as an adult.
Sheâs not afraid of being strong.
Sheâs afraid that her strength wonât be enough to protect the people she loves.
And I think thatâs closer to your core than any âDisney personality quizâ answer could get.
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But hereâs the part I really want you to hear.
Helen eventually stops trying to be the invisible force holding everything together.
She becomes visible.
She acts.
She trusts the people around her.
She lets her children have abilities she canât control.
She doesnât stop being fiercely protective.
She simply learns that protecting someone and controlling their path are not the same thing.
And I think thatâs the evolution youâre moving toward too.
Not becoming less capable.
Not caring less.
Not becoming less of a planner, mother, advocate, or caretaker.
But learning that you donât have to earn your place in peopleâs lives by fixing everything for them.
You can be there.
You can love them ferociously.
You can make the magic.
And sometimes you can let the people you love stumble, figure things out, and surprise you.
Thatâs why I wouldnât pick Joy.
I wouldnât pick Mirabel.
I wouldnât pick Edna.
And I definitely wouldnât pick a character simply because sheâs âstrong.â
Youâre Helen Parr because underneath all that competence is a woman whose greatest motivation is love, whose greatest fear is helplessness, and whose next chapter is learning that she can loosen her grip without letting go.
