Your Ni Dom

Leadership, Effectiveness and Fe?

In this reflection, I fall into a rabbit hole right from the beginning. I unexpectedly talk about INFJ magic as relating to their leadership (the Fe) and how it contrasts to my leadership (with the Te).

Aging, Justice and Security

In this reflection, I talk about doing justice work as an INTJ8 all while maturing, aging and considering retirement.

The Inner World

In this reflection I talk about the inner world as juxtaposed against the outer world. In it I talk about physical insecurity and its relationship to emotional wellness. Finally I talk about ways demands of the outer crowd out or makes invalid important dimensions of the inner.

Stereotyped and Un-nuanced

This reflection is Part 2 to the previous reflection, "A Black Woman". In it, I talk about the four stereotypes given to black women (as framed by Melissa Harris-Perry). I also talk about the challenges of being black and intuitive versus being black and sensing. Finally I talk about being a cis-gendered black woman versus being a trans-gendered black woman (and the way black women experience rejection).

A Black Woman

In this reflection I talk about Kamala Harris, Melissa Harris-Perry, and the complicated identification of being a black woman. This reflection is scheduled to be part one of a series to come.

The INTJ8 in Context

In this reflection I talk about the ways INTJ-me (MBTI) and Type 8-me (Enneagram) interact within a specific context. Part of that context is about home and part of it is about work. Ultimately it is about my master-plan (what I explain as 5.0) and how I manage different emotions, energies and desires as a result.

Social Studies

In this reflection I talk about social studies as a discipline and a department at the high school level. I also talk about the dynamics of being on a social studies team as related to my introversion, my need to be effective, and my passion for learning and perceiving. Finally, I talk about having inferior Se and the way this new assignment, and being in it, will prioritize itself in my mind.

The Psycho-political Dimensions of Play

In this reflection I talk about using Tik Tik as a form of play, especially while staying at home during a pandemic. I talk about the notion play being a need of each personality type (as relating to our backseat functions) and the misconception of it being an activity only for children. Finally, I end the reflection linking play to learning and wellness.

Living and Learning with NiSe

In this reflection I talk about the role of extroverted sensing (Se) as an inferior function for INTJs and INFJs. I link this inferior function with introverted intuition (Ni), our driving function, and consider the ways this polarity impacts learning and living.

What to do now?

In this reflection I talk about my childhood experiences as a Type 8 (in the Enneagram system) and how it impacted my first half of life career choices. Now that I'm in the second half of life, committed to transcending the way I was socialized in the first half, I'm no longer tethered to those choices. I end the reflection raising the question about not just what to do (now that I am connected to my higher self) but more about how to do it (while still being connected to the social world in which I was born).