Doris Fuellgrabe
14 / Culture and Cultural Typology
Tags: coaching, culture shock, Doris Fuellgrabe, ENTJ, expat, expatriate, extraverted sensing, extraverted thinking, Fi, Germany, introverted feeling, Introverted Intuition, introverted sensing, Korea, Ni, Se, Si, Te
April 10, 2013

While Anna’s direct communication style seems natural to a German or someone with STJ/NTJ preferences, in Korea it would offend. The Korean communication style is indirect and high context; the message is often communicated through other means than the actual word. Body language, tone of voice, hierarchical position, meeting location, personal history …
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Laurie B. Lippin, Ph.D.
09 / Culture and Cultural Typology / Personal Development, Health, and Spirituality
Tags: anti-Semitism, archetype, Ashkenazi Jew, Carol Pearson, Congress of Racial Equality, CORE, diversity, ENFP, ENTJ, Extraverted Intuition, Feeling, Fi, Hero, introvert, introverted feeling, introverted sensing, Intuitive, ISTJ, Jewish, Jungian, Latina, Laurie Lippin, Magician, MBTI, Ne, Sage, Seeker, Sensing, Si, Wanderer
February 1, 2012

In the MBTI® I found the self-understanding that I had been lacking; I saw myself finally as less of a dilettante than an adaptive explorer, and a powerful implementer of all I had learned. I had been collecting knowledge and skills but had continued to be unclear about my “use of self.” I finally saw my journey as self-actualization.
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Liana Lianov
07 / Personal Development, Health, and Spirituality
Tags: behavior change, Brue, cognitive behavioral therapy, energy balance, ENFP, Extraversion, Extraverted Intuition, Feeling, Fi, fitness, health, health coach, healthy habits, Introversion, introverted feeling, introverted sensing, introverted thinking, Intuition, judging, Liana Lianov, lifestyle medicine, Ne, perceiving, positive psychology, Rollnick, Sensing, Si, stage of change theory, stress, thinking, Ti, trans-theoretical model, type
October 4, 2011

Type enthusiasts may wonder whether we can purposely apply our personality preferences—which are comfortable ‘tools’ to make habit change a little easier. Speaking as a lifestyle medicine physician, as well as a type enthusiast for the past two decades, I believe we can. . . . Type affects what motivates us and how we learn new skills . . .
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Lisa Schuetz
05 / Research, Theory, and History
Tags: Ania Teillard, Bismarck, ENFP, ESFJ, ESFP, ESTJ, extraverted feeling, Extraverted Intuition, extraverted sensing, extraverted thinking, Fe, Fi, Gordon Allport, Graphology, Handwriting, INFP, INTJ, INTP, introverted feeling, Introverted Intuition, introverted sensing, introverted thinking, ISTJ, Lisa Schuetz, Ne, Ni, Se, Si, Te, Ti
May 2, 2011

The blank piece of paper symbolically represents our universe. How we put writing on the paper—how the pen moves across the paper—represents how we see ourselves fitting into life and how we navigate through it. Extraversion is characterized by a tendency toward expansion. There is an emphasis on centrifugal movement (movement away from the body).
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