This is a podcast about personality theory and personal development. Primarily using MBTI, the host, an INTJ, talks about living out loud as an introverted intuitive-- a function that only INTJs and INFJs lead with (making up only 4% of the population).
In this reflection, I close out Season 12 (Year 6) with several discoveries about my internal operating system as an INTJ8. Supporting themes: Candace Owens; Teaching; Leadership; Political trauma of being low income and racialized; Motivation; Immediate feedback vs indirect feedback; Conflict. Special note: I'm taking the rest of July to go silent and regroup. Will see you in August (2026). Thanks for continuing to support me as "I think, grow and have impact in the world!"
In this reflection I zoom from my most recent (and persistent) point of friction to discover some critical, macro Lessons to be respected. Supporting themes: Recognizing and accepting patterns; INTJ blind spots (concerning the social world); Critical Race Feminism; Friendship conflict across space and time. This reflection was inspired in part by Suryia Nayak (" Race, Gender and the Activism of Black Feminist Theory"). Trigger warning: I briefly discussed the tragic loss of life that occurred over the holiday weekend (#NolanWells). I'm sending my deepest condolences to his family and friends. Typology: INTJ
In this reflection I try to locate when/ how enmeshment started with a sibling. Supporting themes: Dating; Polyamory; Possession; Expected loyalty/ solidarity; Friendships; Communication; Abuse; Emotional dysregulation: The advanced skill of teaching. Topology: Ni domness; Enneagram Type 8; INTJ
In this reflection I talk about the danger of familial enmeshment as relating to selfhood. Topology: INTJ8
In this reflection I process friction around historical- mass jurisdiction and locally-confined jurisdiction. Supporting themes: Masterminding; Systems Theory; Relational trust; Historical oppression; Miseducation of low income Black children; Behavior as communication. Special Note: This reflection is "Type" heavy. Topology: INTJ: Enneagram Type 8; Dominant Ni vs Inferior Ni; Fe; Fi; ESFP; ESFJ; ISFJ; ISFP; Enneagram 8 mistypes (1, 3 and 6). Enneagram pathways.
In this reflection I explore two friction points related to confidence: with the self and with others. Supporting themes: Communication and group dynamics; Highly sensitive people and sensitivity; Tonality and subtle energy shifts as data points; Being a mastermind; Strategizing and problem solving; Giftedness and polymathy; Production equity (or not); Silence as a weaponized vacuum; Writing and typewriters. Topology: INTJ8; Sensors
In this reflection I explore the interrelatedness of three isolated (and random) events. Supporting themes: Spirituality; Birdlife; Phobias; Spacial sovereignty; Sexual sovereignty; Friendship; Direction of care. Topology: INTJ8
in this reflection I deal with repressed and complicated grief regarding Mother's Day. Supporting themes: Inhibited/ masked grief; hypo- arousal; Alexithymia; Analytical safety. Trigger warning: There is a lot of sadness and a noticeable state of crying. Listen with care. Typology: INTJ; Enneagram 8; ESFJ; Enneagram 1
In this reflection I start and conclude with two questions that relate to a phenomenon called "Cognitive Omnipresence." Supporting themes: Land people and land suites; Weight loss management; Walking; Residential neighborhoods; Multiplicity; Location, work and love; Sex; Childhood reading; Being petty. Topology: Ni, Si and INTJ8.
Special note: This audio has background noise for the first 30 minutes.
In this reflection I talk about disputing social norms. Supporting themes: Coach Dawn Staley, March Madness and the perception of aggression; Negotiating the social constructs of race and gender with other Black folks; Navigating asynchronous social spaces through words, conflict and humor; Solo-ism; Fight, flight, freeze or fawn. Topology: INTJ8,; Sensor norms; Ni-domness
In this reflection I explore what it means to know in community... as an automatic experience or a manual one. Topology: INTJ8; INTJ5; Te; Ti; Ni; Se
In this reflection I use a car metaphor (using the front and back windows) to explore a current struggle I have with moving forward. Supporting themes: Automation (automated love and automated belonging); Friendships; Family; Loss; Romatic love vs familial/platonic love; The Purge; Attachment styles/disorders; Trauma; Book writing; Business acquisiton. Typology: INTJ8; Enneagram 8 vs Enneagram 1 (or 5).; INFJ
In this reflection I explore my recent sickness as an act of purging toxic elelements from my psychological/spiritial life. Supporting themes: Sleep cycles; Narcolepsy; Paranormal Phenomenon; Limits of science and Western culture; Identity barriers; DIKW (Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom); Low frequency vs high frequency living; Dying process; Sensation fixes (food, etc.); Empathy and empathic experiences. Typology: INTJ8; Se-grips; Ni-insight (INTJ vs INFJ).
In this reflection I contend with INTJ blues around labor and giftedness.
In this reflection I unpack the different ways inferior-SE impact my life. Supporting themes: Belonging; Identity; Fear, anger and shame; Egypt, the Promise Land and the Egyptians; Business; Teaching; Acquisition, contracts and websites. Typology: Identity Stack; Shadow Stack; INTJ8.
In this reflection, I explore deep psychological truths that impact lifestyle by design. Typology: INTJ8; INTJ; Enneagram 8
In this reflection I consider my perceptions and pursuits through specific paradigms. Supporting themes; Ground Zero;" "Design Living;" Individual accountability; Security vs dignity; Rights and tensions of a boss; Business; The strategy of employment. Typology: INTJ5 vs INTJ8; Enneagram Tri-type of 853 vs 854.
In this reflection I explore the deployment of my talents. Special note:This is the start of Season 12. Topology: INTJ8
In this reflection I consider dysfunction as different and owning one's difference versus being different and trying to fit in. Supporting themes: Sisterhood, enmeshment, love and growth; Judging friendships and conflicts; Reviewing 2025; Leadership and vulnerability; Facebook and personal growth; Sitting on a nail; Design living; Ground Zero; Dignified income; Personal accountability. Special note: This is the final episode of Season 11. Will see you for Season 12 in February (2026)!!! Until I come back, be well! :) Typology: INTJ; Enneagram 8; INTJ8
In this reflection I discuss epistemic grief and disconfirming recognition. Typology: INTJ8
In this reflection I explore a radio as a "vehicle" exploring two metaphors: a) Growth; and b) Encrypted communications. Supporting themes: Metaphors (significant and basic); Cell (a metaphor for systems theory); RICO law (a metaphor for psychologically harmful systems); Spaceship launch (a metaphor for outgrowing friends); Learning theory and growth; Songwriting; Emotional awareness; Emotional growth; Emotional needs; Responsible self acceptance; An evolving/maturing thesis (T0; T1; etc). Special note: The second metaphor (regarding encrypted communications) was rushed and incomplete (I ran out of time). I am looking forward to returning so I can linger in it and discover its hidden goodies. Typology: INTJ8; Ni; Te; Fi; Type 8 and Type 5.
In this reflection I push through a potpourri, myriad and tapestry of thoughts and discover a hidden denominator impacting my interactions with women. Supporting themes: Insecurities with accuracy, Consistency and knowing; Being effective vs being accurate; Theory building; Conflict and intimacy; Vulnerability and feelings. Topology: INTJ8; NI domness; Ti; Te; Fi
In this reflection I use an email that I received a few days ago to expand the conversation around interpersonal conflict. Supporting themes: Enmeshment; Epistemic equality; AI analysis. Typology: INTJ; Enneagram 8; ISFJ; ISFP; INFP.
In reflection I process a pattern with my friendships around who gets to name an offence and whose emotions are valid. Supporting themes: Power; Soft dominance; Hard dominance; Social hierarchies; Communication; Self-advocacy; Holding two competing needs equally. Typology: INTJ, Enneagram 8; ISFJ
In this reflection I consider a spiritual calling from a neurological perspective, a psychological perspective, and an environmental experience.
In this reflection I discover core truths that had been hidden within. Supporting themes: Body intelligence; Emotions; Teaching; Leadership; consider the pull of the body as an intelligence center. Topology: INTJ8; Te; Fi
This reflection is Part II to last week's episode: "A Rock and a Hard Place." In it, I discuss the dark side to a recent decision I made. Supporting themes: Love, pride and logic; Learning affect; Professional development; Culture, family and Black space; Race and Gender; Feminism; Authenticity and Autonomy; Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD); Teaching and Leading. Typology: INTJ8
In this reflection, I explore what feels like the necessity of an unfortunate decision. Supporting themes: The classroom; Authenticity within context; Accessible authenticity vs inaccessible authenticity vs entitled accessibility; Authenticity as an inner experience or an outer experience; Breakthroughs in my grief (clarity); Therapy; Black spaces; and much more. Typology: INTJ8
In this reflection, I do a meta-reflection to last week's "Low Places" episode. Supporting themes: Juxtaposition between joy and optimism. Garth Brook's lyrics to "Low Places."
In this reflection, I am in a low place and I introduce a strategy I am starting in route to my big (my mastermind). Typology: INTJ8; ESFP
In this reflection I revisit the idea of liking and/or not liking a person. Typology: Te linked to Se (INTJ) vs Te linked to Ne (ISTJ).
In this reflection I talk about the moods that impact taking action. Supporting themes: Returning to employment (although it feels like I am selling myself into slavery); The Trump administration; Mood (or emotions) that causes action paralysis. Typology: INTJ8
In this Take 2 reflection, I explore leadership as an issue of positionality vs orientation. Supporting themes: Racial and cultural implications of leadership; Leading upward; Song writing; The White coding of AI; Teaching and learning; Impostor syndrome. Special note: This reflection replaces a recording I did on August q8, 2025. Typology: INTJ8
In this reflection, I explore wellness as relating to neuroticism (in how the Big Five treats neuroticism).
In this reflection I consider a low-frequency event from a month ago and consider it within my discovery of self worth. Supporting themes: Structural harm; College dorms; Pro- Black politics; Black belongingness; Bullying as play and the psychology of passive aggressive behaviors; Emotions. Special note: This is a re- recording of a failed episode I did a month ago. Typology: INTJ; Enneagram eight regression to the five.
In this reflection I work through a conflict that occurred while on travels. Typology: INTJ, Enneagram 8
In this reflection I process a season of growth regarding the integrated, synthesized me. Supporting themes: Beyonce as a Type 8 (not a Type 3); Strength, dominance, vulnerability and tears; AI technologies; Jeremiah as a weeping prophet; Grand masterminding and ground zero. Note: This reflection was inspired in part by Michael Scott ("The Office"). Typology: INTJ8; NiFi; TeSe; Enneagram Type 1, 5 and 9.
This reflection is the closing (and ultimate point) of "The Public and the Private" reflection released last week. I confront when I am assertive and when I withdraw. There is a strong Enneagram focus throughout the discussion. Note: The sound quality is lower (there was background noise).
In this reflection, I talk about authenticity juxtaposed within two different spheres: Public vs Private. Note: There is roughly a five minute pause around Minute 55. I was thinking and thought I hit the pause button. Clearly, I did not. Oops. Typology: Enneagram clusters around interpersonal styles (being assertive, being withdrawn and being dutiful); Considering an INTJ5 as mistyping; INTJ8 and Te.
In this reflection I consider the ways Giftedness, INTJness and Type 8-ness overlap. Supporting themes: Perceptivity; Divergency; Entelechy; Sensitivity; Excitability; Power and the matrix; Taking action; Autism; Dysregulation; Education; Social Institutions and the socialization process; Banking and customer service; Christianity and proselytizing;. This reflection was influenced in part by the Bible (John 1:1-3); and Howard Gardner ("Multiple Intelligence"). Typology: Cognitive functions of the INTJ; Core values of Enneagram Type 8.
In this reflection I consider this podcast and my learning around authenticity and vulnerability. I also discuss my plans for behavioral change. Supporting themes: Family time; Anger; Trauma and the disconnected self; Digital presentations; Healthy vulnerability vs unhealthy vulnerability. Note 1: This episode marks the start to Season 11. Note 2: This reflection was influenced in part by Jeanne Ormrod ("Human Learning"). Note 3: I briefly mentioned INTJ-Jon (Just Call Me Jon from YouTube). Typology: INTJ and Type 8 Relatedness; Type 5 Mistyping for INTJs; Big brother Te and Little Sister Fi.
In this reflection I consider dark matter as relating to emotions and spirituality. I also wrap up the season (Season10) and the life of this project (5 years). I truly appreciate each of you and am thankful for the myriad of ways I've been able to grow because of your presence!
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