Ep. 17: Today's episode is all about unpacking your personality through the lens of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI.) Heidi is a personality psychologist, coach, and writer who helps people leverage personality psychology as a tool for self development.
In this episode we dive into:
How Heidi paved her own way in the field of personality psychology (it's not how you might expect!)
What personality psychology is, and how it can help us live a better life
The origin of the MBTI and how it evolved from Jungian psychology to become more accessible today
A breakdown of each of the 4 pairs of letters that make up the personality "code" in the MBTI
What Extroversion and Introversion really mean (different from the mainstream thought about them)
Why Sensors and Intuitives want to make their impact in different ways
How Thinkers and Feelers must follow their passions in different ways
How Judgers and Perceivers have very different relationships to structure
The difference (and similarities) between logic and emotion in personality
How our modern-day work environment has shifted from more Judging to more Perceiving
Understanding the cognitive functions of each of the letters
Some unique qualities and traits of NFP types, and how they engage with and experience the world
The unique existential experience that NFP types tend to have
Different definitions of “success” for the different types
Using knowledge about your type to finding balance and fulfillment in life
Why meaning and purpose are so crucial to NFP types
The gifts and struggles of the NFP types
A few theories on what personality types make the best matches for romantic partnership
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