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Archive of Posts

Oct 2025

  • The Paradox of Authenticity and Growth
  • Is Everything Really Better Together? An Introvert’s Defense

June 2025

  • Between “Dreaming” and “Doing”: Navigating the Meaning Gap
  • Hearing Your Inner Voice: The Struggles and Science of Introspection
  • Finding Your “Real Life”: From Distraction to Depth

Feb 2025

  • When breakthroughs fade: Why self-growth requires bridging the old & new

Nov 2023

  • “Pursuers” & “Avoiders” in Romantic Relationships

July 2023

  • The INFP, INFJ, INTP & INTJ Quest for “True” Freedom

May 2023

  • Introverts’ Self-Awareness & Negative Emotions: How They Connect
  • Personality & the “Big Four”: Science, Religion, Magic & Art

April 2023

  • What Intuition Brings to Life

February 2023

  • Introverts, Extraverts & the Cognitive Functions: A Closer Look

January 2023

  • INFJ “Differentness”: Blessing or Curse?

November 2022

  • Career “Dabblers”: Personality Traits, Struggles & Potential Paths

November 2022

  • Inferior Function Ideals & the “Lottery Mindset”

August 2022

  • INTP vs. ISTP: Key Similarities & Differences

July 2022

  • Introverts’ vs. Extraverts’ Path to Growth
  • Intuitives’ (N) Thirst for Creativity & Discovery

June 2022

  • “Rational” Types: INTP, INTJ, ENTP & ENTJ Cognition and Core Values

May 2022

  • Creative Flow: Transcending “Ordinary” Consciousness
  • High or Low Neuroticism? It’s Role in Type Discovery & Understanding

April 2022

  • Same Type, Different Traits: Navigating Type Discrepancies
  • Using Type to Clarify Your Life Path
  • Key Principles of Type Development

February 2022

  • Procrastination: Why We Do It & The Role of Personality Type
  • INFP or ISFP? Key Similarities & Differences
  • ADHD, Extraverted Intuition (Ne), Openness & Creativity

January 2022

  • Where Personality Meets Wisdom: The Ego, Self & Transcendent Function
  • Music through the Lens of the 8 Functions
  • Balancing Judging & Perceiving in the Function Stack: “J-P-J” vs. “P-J-P” Types

November 2021

  • Flow: The Art & Benefits of “Losing Yourself”
  • 3 Paths to Your “Center”: Connecting to Your Values, Strengths & State of Being
  • Living “Authentically” for Your Type: Personality, Impulsivity & Type Development
  • How the 8 Functions Fit with the Enneagram

October 2021

  • The Big Picture of Human Psychology: Novelty, Stability, Flow & Wisdom
  • Key Personality Traits of “Creative” Career Seekers
  • Introvert (I) – Extravert (E) Differences: Connecting Jung’s Theory, Big Five Neuroticism & Creativity

September 2021

  • Beyond Infatuation: Knowledge as a Path to Deeper Love & Growth in Relationships
  • How Intuition Overlaps with Big Five Openness, MBTI Perceiving, & the Functions
  • Navigating the Highs & Lows of Being a Creative Personality Type

August 2021

  • Enneagram 4, 5, or 9? Insights from Analyzing Jung’s Personality Type
  • The Spiritual Role of the Unconscious in Jungian Psychology
  • The Psychology of Inspiration

July 2021

  • How Women Struggle to Know & Honor Themselves while Staying Relationally Connected
  • The Purpose of Anxiety & Its Connection to Values, Meaning and Creativity

June 2021

  • Dear Introvert: Why Are You Glued to Your Phone?
  • Intuitive Types’ Career Path: Artistic vs. Investigative

May 2021

  • Introvert (I) – Extravert (E) Differences in Personality, Motivation & Outlook

April 2021

  • Keys to Accurate Personality Typing: Preferences, Functions, or Whole Types?
  • INTP-INTJ Personal Growth: Beyond the Rational Mind
  • A Different Approach to Type Discovery & Understanding

March 2021

  • Personality Type & Time Orientation: Past, Present or Future?

February 2021

  • Digit Ratio: How to Measure It & What it Says about Your Personality
  • Change Agents: How Different Personality Types Approach Change
  • Masculine & Feminine in the Myers-Briggs vs. Big Five

January 2021

  • 3 Core Values of Personality Enthusiasts: Truth, Meaning & Individuality
  • Introversion, Anxiety, Judging & Conscientiousness: Connecting the Dots
  • The Path of Intuitive Types: Countering Convention, Biology, & Maslow
  • What I Love (& Would Change) about the Enneagram

December 2020

  • How Intuition (N) Works Together with Introversion (I) & Extraversion (E)
  • Which Personality Types are Most Boredom Prone?
  • The INFP, INFJ, ENFP & ENFJ Struggle between Authenticity and Helping Others
  • Intuition (N) through the Lens of Big Five Openness & Intellect

November 2020

  • Seeking & Finding Meaning in Life: The Role of Personality Type
  • “What’s Next?”: How Intuitives (N) Rely on Goals & Future Possibilities
  • Why Myers-Briggs / MBTI Intuition (N) is More “Abstract” than Sensing (S)
  • How Different Personality Types Approach the Typing Process

October 2020

  • How INFJs & INTJs Understand & Express their Intuitions
  • Introverted Sensing (Si): The Inner Life of ISTJ & ISFJ Types
  • Planned or Spontaneous? Exploring J-P Differences
  • Personality Type & Life’s “Big” Questions

September 2020

  • Are Introverts More Neurotic? Introversion, Introspection & Big Five Neuroticism
  • Why INFP, INFJ, INTP & INTJ Types are Leery of Business & Marketing
  • How Intuitive (N) Types Define & Identify a “Meaningful” Career

August 2020

  • Why Identifying Your Dominant Function Isn’t Always Easy
  • How Archetypes & Enneagram Types Overlap and Correlate
  • How Relationships Reveal the Blindspots of Our Personality
  • How Thinkers & Feelers Deal with Emotions

July 2020

  • INTP vs. INTJ Personality: Achievement, Openness & Motivation
  • How Enneagram Types 1, 4, and 5 Approach Truth & Influence Others
  • INFJ & INTJ Type Struggles & Solutions: A Case Study of Nietzsche
  • Enneagram Type 3
  • How Introverts Seek Novelty through the Inferior Function

June 2020

  • Why INFP, ENFP, INTP & ENTP Types Enjoy Nature, Travel & the Outdoors
  • INFJ, INFP, INTJ, INTP Anxiety, Sensitivity & Difficulty with Change
  • How Intuitive Types Differ: Openness, Science & Magical Thinking
  • Enneagram Type 6
  • Enneagram Type 1
  • INTP & INFP: Identity, Autonomy & Conformity

May 2020

  • Self-Discovery in Modern Life: How Our Choices Reveal Our Identity
  • Symbolic Images for Jung’s 8 Functions
  • Creator or Expert? Personality & Ability in Creativity and Expertise

April 2020

  • Cognitive Styles of Thinkers (T) vs. Feelers (F): Visual, Spatial & Verbal
  • Enneagram 4 & 5: How Myers-Briggs Type Affects Wing Preference
  • Turbulent (T) vs. Assertive (A) Personality
  • Myers-Briggs / MBTI in the Age of the Big Five
  • Thinking, Feeling, Sensing & Intuition: A Closer Look at Jung’s Functions
  • Coronavirus: An Opportunity for Introversion & Insight

March 2020

  • 3 Questions to Realize Your Identity, Purpose & Potential
  • Creativity & Personality Type: Myers-Briggs, The Big Five, Art & Science
  • Envy & Attraction Between Introverts & Extraverts

February 2020

  • Anxiety & Self-Awareness: How Introverts & Extraverts Differ
  • Introverted Intuition (Ni): How Should We Understand It?

January 2020

  • Personality, Authenticity & Expertise
  • INFJ, INTJ, ISFJ & ISTJ Types: Similarities, Differences & the Brain

December 2019

  • The 5 Personality Traits of Passionate People
  • Birth Order & The Puzzle of Personality Typing
  • Why INTP, INTJ & Enneagram 5 Types “Don’t Feel Ready” to Act

November 2019

  • The “Seeker-Creator” Life Role: Insights for INFP, INTP, ENFP & ENTP Types
  • Our V-I-P Theory: Values (V), Interests (I) & Personality Type (P)

October 2019

  • The “Day Job” Reconsidered: Insights for Artists & Creative Types
  • Feeling Stuck as an INTP? Thoughts for Writers, Artists & Creatives
  • Using Personality Type to Harness Energy (Part 2)

September 2019

  • Type Development, Cultural Evolution, & Thinking (T) – Feeling (F) Roles
  • The Societal Role of Intuitive Introverts

August 2019

  • Tools for Self-Understanding: Roles, Stories, Worldview & Personality Type
  • Using Your Personality Type to Harness Energy (Part 1)

July 2019

  • Personality Type & Relationships: The Roles We Play (& Why)

June 2019

  • Intuitive (N) Types: Identity, Biases & Blindspots
  • Why INFJ & INTJ types may (at times) resemble extraverts

May 2019

  • Introverts & Extraverts in the Smartphone Era
  • Changing Faces of Type: Understanding Personality Shifts & “Identity Crises”

April 2019

  • INFP-INTJ Relationships & Compatibility

March 2019

  • 3 INFP Roles: Artist, Scientist & Empath

February 2019

  • The Auxiliary Function: A Key to Growth, Identity & Life Purpose
  • Intuition, Sensing & “The Good Life” (Personality & Ethics)
  • 3 Roles of the INFJ: Artist, Theorist, & Counselor / Advocate

January 2019

  • INFP, INTP, ENFP & ENTP Concerns about Commitment in Relationships

November 2018

  • How INFJ & INTJ Types Analyze & Facilitate Growth in Others

October 2018

  • INTP vs. ENTP: Type Differences & Similarities
  • Enneagram Type 7 (7w6 & 7w8): Insights for ENFP, ENTP, ESFP & ESTP Types

September 2018

  • Who am I? The Challenge of Finding Your Path in Modern Life
  • Judging (J) vs. Perceiving (P) Types: Inner & Outer Characteristics

August 2018

  • INFP, INTP, ENFP & ENTP Openness: Benefits & Challenges

June 2018

  • Intuition (N) vs. Sensing (S): Key Personality Differences

May 2018

  • How INFP, INTP, ENFP & ENTP Types Deal with Doubt & Indecision

April 2018

  • Why Introverts Often Feel Like a Fraud or Impostor

March 2018

  • Millennials and the Rise of an Intuitive Culture

February 2018

  • “Function Roles”: Exploring the Core Purpose of Each Function
  • Self-Discovery vs. Self-Creation: Keys to Unlocking Your Best Self
  • Beliefs about Suffering: Psychology, Religion, & Personality Type
  • INTJ, INFJ, INTP & INFP Communication Styles

January 2018

  • Purpose-Seekers vs. Balance-Seekers
  • “Jumping the Stack”: Theory, Examples & Type Development
  • Introvert (I) or Extravert (E)? Anxiety, Shyness, Sensitivity, IQ, & More

December 2017

  • Career-Family Conflict in INFP, ISFP, ENTJ & ESTJ Types
  • 2 Paths to Type Development: The Auxiliary vs. Inferior Function

November 2017

  • A Case for Personality Types
  • Personality & Beliefs: Optimism, Realism, Extraversion and Introversion
  • Enneagram Type 9 (9w1 & 9w8): Insights for INFP, INFJ, ISFP & ISFJ Types

October 2017

  • “Know Your Judger”: Understanding Judging (J) Personality Types
  • INFJ-ESFP Relationships & Compatibility: An Example from Television

September 2017

  • Unconditional Love: Pros, Cons, & Personality Type
  • The “Seeker” Personality & Archetype: A Dialogue

August 2017

  • Finding Purpose in Modern Life: Personality, Faith & Knowledge
  • Personality in Politics: Liberals, Conservatives, Myers-Briggs, & The Big Five

July 2017

  • The INTP / ENTP Need for Mystery: Mysticism, Theism, & Pantheism

June 2017

  • Where Does Jung Fit? Psychology, Spirituality, & the Self
  • Beyond Scientific: The Case for Jungian / Myers-Briggs Typology

May 2017

  • INTJ-T vs. INTJ-A Personality Type
  • ENFP-T vs. ENFP-A Personality Type
  • INTP vs. INFP: Similarities, Differences, & Paths to Growth
  • INFJ-T vs. INFJ-A Personality Types
  • INFP-T vs. INFP-A Personality Type
  • Nerds in Relationships: INTP, INTJ, ISTP & ISTJ Personality Types

February 2017

  • “Face” Thyself: How Your Body Reveals Your Personality Type
  • Enneagram Type 5 (5w4 & 5w6): Insights for INTP & INTJ Types

January 2017

  • INTP-T vs. INTP-A Personality Type
  • Enneagram Type 4 (4w5 & 4w3): Insights for INFJ & INFP Types
  • INFJ vs. ENFJ Personality Type

December 2016

  • INTP & INFP Identity-Seekers & Creatives
  • Sam Harris: INTJ vs INTP Personality Type

November 2016

  • Left vs. Right Brain: Life, Meaning, & Personality Type

October 2016

  • Happiness, Personality, IQ, & Executive Control

March 2016

  • How INTJs & INFJs Deal with Disappointment

September 2015

  • An INTP’s Career Journey & Reflections

August 2015

  • INFJ-INFJ Relationships & Compatibility
  • So I Found Myself: Now What?

June 2015

  • How INTJs & INFJs Approach their Body and Physical Needs
  • INTJ vs. ESFP: Similarities & Differences
  • An INTP Female’s Brief Autobiography
  • What Do INFJs Want in a Relationship?

May 2015

  • INTJ, INTP & ISTP Career Success Stories
  • Careers & Personality Type: Structure vs. Content

February 2015

  • NJ & NP Personality Types: Friendship & Approaches to Perception

December 2014

  • Understanding Type Differences to Overcome Disciplinary Boundaries & Biases

October 2014

  • Love Languages, Relationships, & Personality Type
  • Why INTPs & INFPs Should Confer with INFJs or INTJs

August 2014

  • An INTP Female’s Struggles with PMS

March 2014

  • One INFP’s Career Journey
  • Introvert or Extravert? Jung & Myers-Briggs
  • Are You Biased by Your Personality Type?

February 2014

  • Introverted Thinking (Ti) & Extraverted Feeling (Fe) in TP Types
  • Extraverted (Ne) & Introverted Intuition (Ni) as Inferior Functions

January 2014

  • The Inferior Function in Action: Real-Life Examples
  • Interplay of the Introverted & Extroverted Functions: Part II

December 2013

  • Interplay of Extroverted & Introverted Functions

November 2013

  • INFJ Strategies for Dealing with Emotions Part III: Heated Situations

October 2013

  • INTP Attitudes toward Stories, Fiction & Personal Anecdotes

September 2013

  • Big Five Openness, Myers-Briggs (MBTI) Intuition, & IQ Correlations
  • ENFJ & INFJ Relationship Challenges
  • The Maze Metaphor: A Means of Understanding INTPs
  • ENTP, INTP, ENFP, INFP Writers: Writing & Creativity

August 2013

  • INTP, ENTP, ISTP, & ESTP Relationships: Common Roadblocks
  • Ken Wilber’s Four Dualisms of Consciousness

July 2013

  • Rethinking Judging & Perceiving in Introverts: Part II
  • INTPs’ & INFPs’ Quest for Certainty: Is it Healthy?
  • Childish vs. Mature Love & Relationships
  • INTP vs. INFP Males: Similarities & Differences
  • INFJ Strategies for Dealing with Emotions: Part II: Protecting Positive Emotions

June 2013

  • Typealyzer: An Automated Tool for Diagnosing a Writer’s Type
  • Susan Cain’s “Quiet: The Power of Introverts…”: A Review
  • Personality Type, Eye Movements & the Functions (Ni, Ne, Fi, Ti, Se, Si, Fe, Te)

May 2013

  • Inauthenticity, Personality, & Life Dissatisfaction
  • A Brief History of Jungian / Myers-Briggs Typology
  • Introverted Feeling (Fi) vs Introverted Thinking (Ti)
  • INFJ Strategies for Dealing with Emotions

March 2013

  • Consciousness vs. Unconsciousness, Left vs. Right Brain
  • Extraverted Feeling (Fe): A Closer Look

January 2013

  • Jung, Bergson, Creativity, & the Unconscious Mind

December 2012

  • Jung’s “Transcendent Function”
  • The “Type Problem” of Opposites
  • INFJ-INTP Relationships & Compatibility: Part III: Challenges
  • Typology & the Art of Letting Go
  • Ego, Identity, & Ego Defensiveness
  • Thoughts on Growth, Balance, & Optimal Living

November 2012

  • Judging, Perceiving, & “Grip Behavior”
  • Career Choice, Personality Type, & the Inferior Function
  • Integrating the Inferior Function through the Dominant
  • Self-Knowledge, Self-Governance, & Life Purpose for P-Types
  • The Laws of P-Types: Fi & Ti Laws
  • The Laws of J-Types: Te & Fe Laws
  • Te, Ti, Fe, & Fi Laws: Natural Laws
  • Type Aversions as an Aid to Self-Typing

October 2012

  • The Type Dynamics of Acceptance/ Aversion
  • Extraverted Intuition (Ne) vs. Introverted Intuition (Ni)
  • Introverted vs. Extraverted Functions
  • ENTP, ENFP, INTP, INFP Relationships & Compatibility
  • INFJ-INTP Relationships & Compatibility: Part II
  • ENTPs’ & ENFPs’ Ne vs. INTJs’ & INFJs’ Ni

September 2012

  • INFJ-INTP Relationships & Compatibility: Part I
  • INFJ vs. INFP Personality Types: Key Differences
  • Traditional vs Unconventional Careers, Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Value
  • Balancing Value & Utility, Pluralism & Specialization

August 2012

  • Meaning, Identity, & Purpose in Life: Part II
  • Meaning, Identity, & Purpose in Life: Part I
  • INTJ vs. INTP: Core Differences
  • How ENTP, ENFP, INTP, & INFP Types Use Extraverted Intuition (Ne)
  • The Problem of Truth & Meaning in Modern Life
  • Dominance as a Personality Trait: Sex, Gender & Myers-Briggs Type

July 2012

  • Balancing Judging (J) & Perceiving (P): A Key to Personality Development
  • The “Other Side” of the INFJ
  • INFJs as Artists
  • Careers & Majors for Myers-Briggs Intuitives: A Function-by-Function Analysis

June 2012

  • Enneagram, Myers-Briggs & the Inferior Function: Healthy Type Correlations

May 2012

  • Why INFPs & INTPs Struggle to Know Their Personality Type
  • The Inferior Function: Traps, Temptations, & “Grip Experiences”
  • INTP Personal Growth
  • Introverted Intuition (Ni) & Extraverted Sensing (Se) in INFJ, INTJ, ESFP & ESTP Types
  • Ne-Si vs. Ni-Se “Function Pairs”
  • The Myers-Briggs & Ken Wilber’s Four-Quadrant Model (Integral Theory)
  • Dominant-Inferior Function Dynamics: Healthy vs. Unhealthy

April 2012

  • Is Jungian / Myers-Briggs Typology Unscientific?
  • Type, Science, Religion, & the Meaningful Life
  • The Ti-Fe & Fi-Te “Function Pairs”
  • Introverted Thinking (Ti): An Inside Look
  • The Inferior Function in Religious Participation

March 2012

  • Rethinking Judging (J) & Perceiving (P) in Introverts

February 2012

  • INFJ-INFP Relationships & Compatibility

January 2012

  • The Role of Judging (J) – Perceiving (P) Differences in Relationships
  • Creative Jobs & Careers for Introverts

December 2011

  • Conscious Love, Attraction & Personality Type
  • Introverted Feeling (Fi) vs. Ti, Ni, & Fe
  • Shadow Boxing: Understanding Projection & Your Shadow Personality

November 2011

  • INFP, INTP, ISFP, & ISTP Relationship Challenges
  • The Value of Mentorship: One INTP’s Career Journey
  • Empathy, Entitlement, & Typology

October 2011

  • Type, Careers, Relationships, & the Mischievous Inferior Function
  • INTJ, INFP, INTP, INFJ Relationships, Compatibility, & the Inferior Function
  • Which Personality Types are the Most Talkative?
  • Introverted Feeling (Fi) in INTJs & ISTJs
  • INFJ, INTJ, INFP or INTP? Clues for Accurate Personality Typing
  • Extraverted Thinking (Te): A Closer Look
  • Musings on Life, Work, & Personality in Today’s Economy
  • Introverted Intuition (Ni): An Inside Look
  • Extraverted Intuition (Ne): An Inside Look

September 2011

  • How INTPs & INFPs Can use Extraverted Intuition (Ne) to Cultivate More Meaningful Lives
  • Introverted Sensing / Sensation (Si)
  • Why INTPs Seek (& Struggle to Find) Convergent Truth
  • Why INFPs, INTPs, INFJs, & INTJs Struggle to Act
  • Connecting Myers-Briggs Typology with Philosophy

July 2010

  • Myers-Briggs / MBTI & Enneagram Correlations

June 2010

  • Review of Juliet Schor’s Book: Plenitude

February 2010

  • Thinker (T) or Feeler (F)? Key Differences

January 2010

  • Can an INFP, INTP, INFJ, or INTJ be an Enneagram 3?
  • Learning Styles & Personality Type: Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic
  • Is Obama an INFP or INTP?
  • Face Reading, Personality, & Attractiveness

December 2009

  • Jung’s Personality Type: INTP, INFJ, INTJ, or INFP?
  • What is an Introvert? Am I an Introvert or Extrovert?
  • Enneagram vs. Myers-Briggs / MBTI: Key Differences

November 2009

  • Is Obama an Introvert?

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