What's more desirable in life? Viktor Frankl's book Mans' Search for Meaning relays his wisdom as a trained psychiatrist and a Nazi concentration camp survivor. He was so much more than either of these - he was a deeply empathic and caring man whose desire to relay his experiences into a psychiatric therapeutic practice got … Continue reading Happiness or Meaning?
High Sensitivity and Trauma Symptoms
A Perfect Storm
I was born with a highly sensitive nervous system. I inherited from my parents epigenetically modified DNA in genes that predisposed me to be maximally tuned in to trauma. I am also highly empathic, another inherited trait. As a result, I felt all my parents' trauma as if it were my own. The toxic environment … Continue reading A Perfect Storm
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Is the Hard Way the Only Way?
Life on this earth can be truly harrowing and horrifying. Every day we witness all sorts of terrible things happening all over the world. So much suffering. Why is that? It's at least in part because no matter how hard those who bring us up try to make us learn from their mistakes, it rarely … Continue reading Is the Hard Way the Only Way?
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I Didn’t Know I Was An Indigo…
...until just recently. Over a decade ago, I began trawling the internet in an attempt to finally nail down what kind of job was right for me. After a 4-year stint as a professional Medical Writer, I knew that conventional corporate jobs were not for me. In early 2007, I found the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, … Continue reading I Didn’t Know I Was An Indigo…
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Don’t Believe What You Think When It Hurts
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The inner child — Emotional Wellness
Thanks to Alisia Martino, writer of the Emotional Wellness blog, here is a great exposition of how to relate effectively to one's inner child. I've found inner child work challenging but I know it's essential to healing from traumatic childhood. Alisia has said it much more eloquently than I've been able to. Inside each and everyone … Continue reading The inner child — Emotional Wellness
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What Is A “Shadow” In Myers-Briggs Theory?
When you’re browsing the internet reading about Myers-Briggs types, you’ll probably see people talking about “shadow functions.” This is a confusing concept, because people use the term “shadow” to refer to several different things related to personality types.
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Inferior Function
Every type in the Myers-Briggs system has what we call a “function stack,” which describes how they interact with the outer world, process information, and make judgements. There are 8 possible functions (extroverted and introverted versions of Sensing, Intuition, Feeling, and Thinking), and each types uses four functions:
- Primary Function
- Auxiliary Function
- Tertiary Function
- Inferior Function
The primary and auxiliary functions are the ones we use most comfortably, the tertiary function develops as we mature, and the inferior function is largely outside our conscious control. Much of what makes one type distinct from another has to do with how we…
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Meet our new puppy, Snowy!
Back in July, we brought home our very first little bundle of fur - a white standard poodle puppy named Snowy. We got her from a good breeder and she's doing well. The breeder is training us (not the dog - us) to train her. We have no idea what we're doing so we're very … Continue reading Meet our new puppy, Snowy!
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Whatever Stuff Is On My Mind
I have been trying to figure out why it's so hard for me to post on this blog (yes, unfortunately I am a perfectionist, now trying not to be). I've been working my butt off in therapy, doing inner child work. I've been using materials from Sharon Salzberg, one of the best mindfulness meditation teachers … Continue reading Whatever Stuff Is On My Mind
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