yeah, I can understand. It's fun when you discover something about yourself which you did not know you had. It's an 'Aha' moment.
I have had such moments from time to time, and I enjoy them.
The things about new role models struck me quite recently. I Have been trying to get in PD for a long time, without realizing it. So I read a lot of books on psychology and psychotherapy 'cos I thought that was THE way to do it. It did help me, but only up to a point. Then I discovered different ways to pursue PD and I also found that lot of people are interested in it. So now when I meet old acquaintances, teachers who were my role models at that time, I find that I look at them in quite a different light.
I have not met anybody so far who is into PD without doing it formally so to speak. But I am sure there are people like that, PD comes naturally to them.