Your Ni Dom

Big Goals and the Physical World

In this reflection I talk about my challenges with inferior Se (extroverted sensing) and the limits the physical world places on three major goals.

Trauma, Healing and Self Preservation

In this reflection I talk about my relationship with self preservation in the context of trauma and healing. I briefly tease out my next reflection concerning inferior Se (extroverted sensing) and the way it impacts big picture planning.

Self Preservation as a Social Introvert

Most of this reflection considers self preservation and what it means as an Enneagram EIGHT. With this consideration, I talk about materialism, physical safety and financial well-being. I end the reflection thinking about my strong interest in the social world and my unyielding desire to fight for disadvantaged communities. This wiring for the social world creates a push-pull dynamic that listeners will hear me trying to understand. [Special note: I do spend time talking about introverted intuition as well as Dr. Beatrice Chestnut]

Modeling and Moving Forward

In this reflection I talk about life coaching, courses, and subscriptions as being a part of my business model (and the way in which this podcast connects). I also talk about what it means to be a life coach-- my strengths and growth points. Finally, I make two announcements about the podcast in which I'm excited (one at the beginning of the conversation and then one at the end).

Leadership, Self Awareness, Anger, Fault Lines and v Trauma

This is a powerful reflection for me in that I had several breakthroughs about my work as work and about my work as a strategy to the mastermind. Through it all, I realized that my Fi has been trying to tell me that the plan created by my NiTe (my front seat passengers) is faulty as it is not based on a clear sense of self. There's much here as the power of this reflection can't be summarized. Just take a listen.

Being an Intuitive Thinker

In this reflection I engage in some metacognitive work around my last two reflections (regarding my instinct, lust and body while at work). In today's reflection, I am processing all of it as an intuitive thinker. In short, I am trying to understand how my INTJness (specifically my NT) is linked to my EIGHTness (in the Enneagram system).

Instinct, Lust and the Body

This reflection is Part 2 to "Good Math." In Part 1, I talked about the beauty of my job as the perfect plan to a larger pursuit. In Part 2, I'm talking about the challenges of the job as relating to my instinct and lust for direction (detracting from the larger pursuit). As an INTJ I think a lot about my plans. In this reflection, plans be damned. I talk about how my body takes over and positions me in leadership positions (very much an Enmeagram EIGHT dynamic).

Good Math

In this reflection I share my journey back to the classroom as a decision about good math. The work I was doing previously required too many hours and offered not enough income to meet my ultimate goals for living. I decided to problem solve in a job that is both beautiful and problematic. This reflection was about the beauty of it all ... leaving the ugly for the next reflection. [In this reflection, I also talk about my writerly life, about political divisions, and about virtual parent-teacher conferences.]

Thriving with Inferior Se

In this reflection I continue thinking about the physical world. However unlike the physical as relating to chores and the mundane, I talk in this reflection about the physical as in sensation and pleasure. Most of this reflection is about differentiating between surviving and thriving and the ways my orientation towards the physical world has changed as relating to thriving.

Dealing with Physical Demands

In this reflection I start off talking about laundry and the hacks I use to minimize my time with the chores of laundry. I then talk about house cleaning, landscaping and filing as activities that feel like inconvenient mandates. Throughout all of it, I explain the challenges (and hacks) of being physically present when I have a preference for being mentally distracted. As an Ni dom--specifically as an INTJ, I prefer to imagine and then strategize and implement what I see in my mind's eye. Side Note: There are a few pockets of randomness in this reflection about culture, race, indigenous communities, TikTok, privilege, art and the (lol) the club scene.