Many who study personality psychology have a fascination with understanding Carl Jung’s theory surrounding psychological types. This theory is the backbone of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Behind the four letters that make up the name of your personality type are eight cognitive functions. These functions are stacked differently for each type. Isabel Briggs Myers and Katherine Briggs created the MBTI as a way to make Jung’s type theory more accessible to individuals…
A while ago, I wrote an article about INFJs from a socionics perspective. Today, I want to expand on a topic I mentioned in that article — the “duality” relationship — what socionics recognizes as the most beneficial relationship for both parties. It may surprise many that for an INFJ this “perfect match” relationship is with an ESTP. While it seems to be one of the more common duality couplings I’ve seen, it’s…
The INFJ personality type is one of the rarest 16 Myers-Briggs personality types; making up under 3 percent of the population. INFJs can seem like a mystery to other personality types and often have trouble feeling like they are truly connecting with the people around them. If you’re interested in meeting INFJs, the prospect of finding one can seem impossible…
Beyond what MBTI can teach us, I believe that there are lessons that require us to turn our eyes east…
Managing stress as a highly sensitive INFJ means learning to recognize what contributes to our stress and anxiety and what helps us deal with these emotions…
We start to compare ourselves to what we could be, if we just tried hard enough, rather than appreciate who we are…
INFJs can be warm, empathetic, and passionate partners. They can also be stubborn, passive, and perplexing. However, a healthy relationship with an INFJ personality type can be incredibly rewarding…