Narrative Responsibility

Mordor Fun Run

The Shadow...is that like Mordor, or something? Let's see, all the best monsters, the painful searing truth revealed by an all-seeing gaze, and a volcano hot enough to melt your most precious pretensions?...yeah, basically. Don't forget to bring your Sam!

MBTI + RPG Growth Alignment Dynamics

A sneaky bonus episode to conclude the discussion of correspondences between the MTBI system, Jungian cognitive functions, and my growth alignments chart! What happens when you have a "split personality" where your favorite psychological lens fits into one style of growth, but your second-favorite fits into another? Or when you have a personality type made of a dominant and/or auxiliary function that can shift between two growth styles? Or when your personal energy reflects a method of growth that your functions might not match? 

MBTI + RPG Growth Alignments Part II

In which we continue our comparison of MTBI type preferences and RPG growth alignments! Today, in Part II, we explore the Jungian cognitive functions for Judging: Fi (introverted Feeling), Fe (extroverted Feeling), Ti (introverted Thinking), and Te (extroverted Thinking). Interestingly, this aspect of type yielded a different spread in our categories of Controlling, Envisioning, and Emerging approaches to growth. Any theories why? 

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.