Your Ni Dom

Connecting

In this reflection, I introduce Season 5 by exploring three connection themes that surfaced over the break: Memorializing my dad; Maturing emotionally (regarding my family); and Redefining my friendship project. Supporting themes: Attachment theory; Love and unhealthy Attachments; The Self; The; Soul; Spirituality; Parents; and Siblings. Typology: INTJ, Ni and Si.

Outgrowth

In this reflection I close the season talking about how I've outgrown my 2020 strategy for survival. Supporting themes: Season 4; Business; Employment; Entrepreneurship; Intergenerational trauma; Relationships; Housing; Subjectivity; and Internal Wiring. Typology: INTJ; INTP; and Social, Self- Preservation 8.

Patterns

In this reflection I explore passive aggression by way of patterns. Supporting themes: Aggression; Anger; Demographic politics; Roe v Wade; Alpha dominance; and Sinister pathologies. Typology: INTJ8 and introverted intuition.

Play, Pursuit and Passion

In this reflection I explore my use of energy as relating to play, pursuit and passion. Supporting themes: Poltics of play; Racial implications of play; Therapy work; Healing, growth and compatibility; Being solipsistic and entitled (an accusation); Dating and attraction; Intimidation and insecurities; Strength and confidence; Competition; and Stimulation. Typology: INTJ women and Sensors. Omitted content (ways to contact me): YourNiDom1 (on Twitter); YourNiDom (on YouTube and Facebook); and yournidom.wordpress.com.

Play at the Intersection

In this reflection I consider play as one of three components of existence. Supporting themes; Peership; Competition; Exclusion; Devaluing; and Black determinism. Typology: The depth and scope of introverted intuition.

The Parent and the Child

Part II of "Being Orphaned". In this reflection I consider the relationship between healing, forgiveness, acceptance and ownership. Supporting themes: Abuse; Power; Child Psychology; Parenting: Family Systems Theory; Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome; and Emotional Availability. Text referenced: "Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters" by Dr. Susan Forward. Typology: INTJ8 and the 853 Enneagram Tritype.

Being Orphaned

Part I

Anxiety

In this reflection I process when I experience anxiety, how I notice it, and how I respond to it. Supporting themes: Overwhelm; Grief; Growth; Healthy and Unhealthy Behaviors; Writing; and Reading. Typology: Introverted intuition; Introverted thinking; Extroverted thinking; Extroverted intuition; and the Opposing Function.

Cultural Estrangement

In this reflection I talk about being culturally estranged and how this estrangement adversely impacts my business and quality of life. Supporting themes: Flow; Race; Class; Sense of self; Absentee father; Mourning and grief; Familial intimacy; and Spirituality. Typology: Fi and Ni.

The Absence of Flow

In this reflection I consider my flow state and what I'm like in its absence. Supporting themes: Skills, tasks and talents; Play energy; Being in one's element; Depression and sorrow; Employment and business; and Non- material ownership. Typology: Ni; Te; Fe; Ti; and Ne.