Narrative Responsibility

MBTI + RPG Growth Alignments Part I

Let's expand our understanding of the MTBI system AND our RPG style growth alignments chart by looking for the correlations between them! There will be two episodes on this topic. Today, in Part I, we explore the Jungian cognitive functions for Perceiving: Si (introverted Sensing), Se (extroverted Sensing), Ni (introverted iNtuiting), and Ne (extroverted iNtuiting). Any guesses where they fall on the growth alignment chart? 
 

The Ugly Duckling: An MBTI Fable

A personal account of growing up as "the odd one out" in my family and culture, looked at through the lens of emotional belief interpretation and then through the lens of MBTI preferences. Complete with feelings and poetry! 

Intro to MBTI and Jungian Cognitive Functions

One of my very favorite "narratives," if you will, is the MBTI/Jungian personality type system. It is a cornerstone of my understanding of the human mind and a really helpful roadmap for our unfolding development. Take a dive with me into the basics of the system! 

Perspective Shifts

Perspective shifts are basically the awesome cousin of ego deaths that you actually want to invite to the party. What exactly are they, why are they such catalyzers for change, and how do get more of them?

Should Versus Is

Conundrum: how do you solve a problem, when that problem is defined as outside the bounds of the possible and is therefore innately unsolvable? Do you need to venture beyond the boundaries of Euclidean space-time? Or just re-think your assumptions about the (im)possible?

Attachment Style As RPG Class

Now that we've learned the framework of Attachment Styles, let's apply it! RPG character class usually correlates to what we think of culturally as "personality traits" - are you funny, charming, shy, etc.? - and attachment styles actually have quite a big influence on the traits we express with others. Where do you get to boost your scores? ...and what do you have to lose to compensate?

Resource Review: Learning Love by Thais Gibson

A resource review/recommendation for the new book LEARNING LOVE by Thais Gibson with Sjorland Gibson. Includes a quick and dirty overview of attachment theory and a bit about my relationship (heh) with that framework. 

Daily Goodness Practice

Hot take: a "gratitude practice" is less about feeling gratitude, specifically, and more about finding the good in your life to counteract negativity bias. A quick overview of why and how to count your blessings in a way that will actually change how you feel about your life!

Resolutions Are Gifts to Yourself

Traditional New Year's resolutions set us up for failure, because they focus on using ego to control emotions. Align your resolutions to your underlying emotional needs, and you have endless fuel to stick to them because they will feel like gifts to yourself! 

Curating Traditions

Holiday traditions often feel less like joys and more like obligations if we haven't taken the time to curate them against our personal values and needs. What can we do differently, and why might we want to?