This morning, I read something on the lovely Brainpickings website by the fierce and kind Pema Chodron. This is what she says: “The problem is that the desire to change is fundamentally a form of aggression toward yourself.” […]
INFP Writing Style: Confessional Writing
Telling personal stories and confessional writing are part of the INFP writing style. Connecting the personal with something bigger has always felt authentic to me. […]
Are you struggling with dating as a highly sensitive person?
Dating and relationships can be hard work for many of us. This week, I want to share a resource that helped me personally many years ago, just before I met my husband.
4 Things that Block INFP Writers
We know that INFP writers are spontaneous, imaginative and burst forth with creative ideas. But as an intuitive type, we have specific challenges when we start writing and try to fit our quirky process in a mold that might be “normal” but that doesn’t quite fit us. […]
Why you Might not Fit the INFP Stereotype: The Clash with the Inferior Function
When we talk about INFPs, the typical image that comes to mind is of Thoreau going out to live in the woods or Chris McCandles’ character in Jon Krakauer’s book Into the Wild. We think of seekers, those people who might have left the mainstream in different ways in order to find themselves. But even though you are an INFP and most definitely a seeker, you might not have followed this path of unfettered exploration. You might not have lived out of your car, taken to the woods or taken a year off to backpack.
If you have ever wondered why you didn’t take this uncharted path (although like me, it probably called to you at some point), the answer might lie in the interesting relationship between the INFP Dominant Function of Introverted Feeling and our Inferior Function, which is Extraverted Thinking.
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