About Me
About Me
My name is Susan Storm and I’m the founder of Psychology Junkie. As an MBTI® certified practitioner and Enneagram coach (certified through Beth McCord’s “Become an Enneagram Coach” program) I love to help people realize just how unique and one-of-a-kind they are. Through understanding Myers-Briggs® typology and the Enneagram I’ve been able to help people realize their potential and have more empathy for their weaknesses. In my years as a practitioner and coach, I’ve created this website as a resource that anyone can explore to develop their understanding of themselves and others.
Oh, and for the record, I’m an INTJ in the Myers-Briggs® system and a 4w5 (self-preservation) in the Enneagram system. I’m also a homeschool mom of five (yes, five) children. Using my knowledge of psychological type has helped me in every aspect of my life, from parenting to marriage to entrepreneurship. I hope it can help you, too!
My Mission
I want to create a place where you can understand yourself in a whole new way. Through the knowledge of personality type, you can improve your self-awareness as well as your understanding of other people! We are each designed in unique and powerful ways. Each of us is mentally wired to bring special talents to the world. This is a place where you can discover those talents, hone them, and improve what you naturally do best.
Media:
Since beginning my mission, my writing has been featured in a number of places I love. I’ve written for Personality Hacker, Introvert, Dear, and the British Association for Psychological Type. My work has been mentioned by Yahoo! Lifestyle, Lifehack, and The Sun.
I’m available for interviews, media commentary, and other collaboration. Email me at [email protected]
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Discover More About Your Personality Type with My Ebooks!
You can dive deep into your personality type by exploring my eBooks:
Discovering You: Unlocking the Power of Personality Type
The INFJ – Understanding the Mystic
The INFP – Understanding the Dreamer
The INTJ – Understanding the Strategist
Tranquility by Type: Stress Relief Tips for Your Unique Personality Type
Below you can see a copy of my MBTI® Certification:
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Hi Susan! It’s nice to meet you (:
Thank you!! Nice to meet you too! I found your blog last night and I’m enjoying it 🙂
I’m encouraged to hear that! Thank you (:
Can very much relate to this sentence: I just love anything related to psychology, personality, and understanding my fellow humans better. And love your name!!!
Aww thank you!! 🙂
I also LOVE Meyers Briggs stuff! It helps me understand people so much. This includes my husband, my 4 kids, my coworkers and friends. For not being a psychologist or certified in Meyers Briggs, you’ve written great articles!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that. I also use it in dealing with people a lot, and that’s what I love so much about it. Thanks so much for the encouragement!
I just found your blog recently, and I must say that the articles are so informative and well-written. You make the rest of us who are super interested in learning Meyers-Briggs personality types very happy. 🙂
Also, I have a quick and random question. What is your personality type?
Thanks so much Musical ISFJ! I’m always happy to meet an ISFJ on my blog 🙂 I’m so glad you find the posts informative! I’m an INFJ personality type. Hope you have a great day and that I’ll hear from you again!
Hi Susan:) I would love to learn where I fall on the Myers/Briggs test…is there a reliable test you recommend for taking it? Thanks so much:)
Hi Charity! I am actually in the process of making a test, but until that is completed the most accurate one I’ve seen online is at 16personalities.com – I still would take the results with a grain of salt though, as most online tests I’ve seen can be hard to get the best results on. If you like your result, and relate to your type description very well, then hopefully you have found the right match 🙂
Hi Susan…I am an old, old lady who has lived with MBTI for about 40 years. I am a “retired” marriage and family counselor who was a missionary years ago and then when I came back to the US I went on staff of First Baptist Church in Richmond, VA. I did my MBTI certification many years ago and have found it to be a useful tool in assessment of counselees. I am so glad to hear that you are so involved. Also, it’s great to hear you are enjoying motherhood. Please do enjoy it while you can. I don’t know where the years go, but those children aren’t little for very long. I miss my little boys (now in their mid 50s). Grandchildren are also wonderful. I wish you well in all your endeavors.
Hi Susan, so glad your blog came up on FB.
I’ve been interested in the human conditions for years, I’m a trained psychotherapist but not practicing right now.
I’m finding your insights inspiring as part of my lifelong journey of leaning.
There’s so much here I can’t wait to dive in.
An INFJ.
Alistair
Thank you so much for letting me know your story! I’m glad that my blog has been helpful, and I’m always thrilled to meet a fellow INFJ 🙂 I’d love to hear your thoughts on future posts as I’m sure you have a lot of insight also to provide from your years of experience.
Susan, Love the article about personality types and illnesses. I am part of a podcast ‘I Am Citizen Ables’ and we would love to have you on the show. Let me know if you are interested and I’ll give you more info 🙂
Hello Susan,
I love your use of graphic design with the MBTI!
Let’s talk sometime~
Hey Susan. Thanks for the blog! I have 2 questions for you, if you can answer please. Is there a genetic link to personality traits? Like could you do a Punnett square for MBTI types? Also, which types are most responsive to or expressive with touch? (Touchy-feely types) Thanks again
I’m guessing there’s no answer to this… 🙂
Hi Tony! Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. As of yet, there hasn’t been any conclusive evidence about genetic links and personality traits. It’s something that I think the people at CAPT are considering, but I’m not sure what studies are being conducted at this time.
As far as physical touch, I know one blogger, Heidi Priebe, did a survey about which of the 5 love languages each personality type preferred. Physical touch was one of those love languages. You can see the results of her survey here: http://thoughtcatalog.com/heidi-priebe/2015/10/each-myers-briggs-personality-types-preferred-love-language/
She has a pretty good following and that might help you to determine which types prefer that more.
No problem. Thanks for the link. That helped. And yeah it’s a shame we can’t at least hypothesize a personality type for our kids. It’d be nice to know in advance. There’s joy in being pleasantly surprised though obviously
Hi Susan,
I really like your blog, it’s so interesting!
I have a question, can someone’s personality type change to another type?
Hi Suzanne! According to Myers-and Briggs’ theory, your personality type doesn’t change (for example, you can’t go from being an INFJ to an ENTJ). However, your personality type does develop as you grow older. As an INFJ, your cognitive functions are Introverted Intuition>Extraverted Feeling>Introverted Thinking>Extraverted Sensing. At a young age you will develop Introverted Intuition, and this will always be your most advanced function. Through your teen years you will develop Extraverted Feeling more. In your thirties you will really delve into Introverted Thinking and in elderly life Extraverted Sensing becomes more developed. The functions will still always be in the same order, but you’ll develop more maturity with each one as you get older.
The cognitive functions you mention are new to me; I first heard of Myers-Briggs when I was a teen (20+ yrs ago) so maybe I just missed that part. Where can I read more on that? (BTW, I am a homeschool mom too – to 5 kids – so it needs to be user friendly! 🙂 Although I am a INTJ…) Thanks!
Also, I forgot to mention that if someone is in chronic stress they may fall into the grip of their inferior function, and seem different from their normal type. For an INFJ this would make them seem more like an unhealthy ESTP. This is only in cases of extreme or chronic stress or prolonged illness though.
I have found that though people’s personality types don’t change, they way they see themselves and the way that personality type and function stack manifests, changes itself.
Hi Susan, I’ve heard of the reaction called the “INFJ Door Slam” and I am wondering what your thoughts are regarding how we are able to do this, and why. (or if this is really something that happens at all)
I am also curious of how personality types can affect relationships between siblings.
Thank you for your hard work and insight on this site! I’ve also noticed you tend to reply quickly to people’s comments. Thank you for that.
Susan, thank you for your insight on this blog. I have heard of the “INFJ Door Slam” and I am wondering what your thoughts are regarding how we are able to do this, and why. (or if this is even a real reaction)
I am also curious about how personalities affect sibling relationships.
Thank you!
I am curious to know if you will be writing an article on 7 gifts for an INTP? Thanks.
I will! I’m waiting to get enough responses to see an obvious pattern 🙂 Do you have any suggestions?
Definitely books or gift cards to buy books. Kindle Unlimited membership to borrow books. Amazon Prime membership to shop from home. If I want to get away for a weekend, I prefer a cabin over a hotel. Bike rides or walks or just sitting in nature. Alone time with my thoughts. Intellectually stimulating – thought provoking items – could be as simple as a coffee mug. I don’t care to take the time to clean, so a cleaning service might be welcome. Coffee. Movies – Netflix (or Amazon Prime includes movies).
Hi Susan are the different defence modes, fight, flight and playing dead, specific to any particular personality types. Are politicians mainly from one type . Our administration are playing dead in the face of a childhood mental wellbeing epidemic. We’ve always had a culture of emotional suppression towards children , be seen but not heard, this is changing slightly but the only children that people wish to hear are the happy cheerful extroverted ones. Our education system is totally set up to meet the needs of this narrow normal, everything else is pathologised because it is abnormal. Our emotional suppression culture came about due to centuries of being oppressed by firstly a foreign invader, then a strict religious regime. That religious extreme has been exposed as being highly abusive to children so in rebellion our adult population have overcorrected in the moral freedom and our administration are insecure in how to rebalance the moral normality and ethics. This insecurity is pervading the whole society and leading to a very anxious fearful population. We have also just come out of a boob bust cycle and rapid financial gain is again taking place, along with huge inequality in our society. I’ve seen in other rapidly expanding economise like China, the US, the UK that similar explosions in mental wellbeing issues also happened , ours is more extreme due to the big shift from a pursuit of reaching the ‘moral self’ pinnacle to the ‘rich self’ pinnacle due to moral over correction ( from conservative to very liberal). If our administration are not being true to their actual personality type because of the previous culture of emotion suppression, how can we convince them of this and get them to change to fight mode to save our beautiful children before it’s too late?
Hello Susan! I have really been helped by all your articles! I am INFP married to ISTP. Furniture is a problem for us. I need time to think about how our home decor will fit into the theories of color and interior design which I value and have studied. I feel my husband just wants to have a dining room table with comfortable chairs. He picks one, I see many theoretical reasons it doesn’t fit and I don’t like it. But when I explain the one I want and theoretically why, I feel he doesn’t care and still wants the one he wants. So inside I feel forced to get what he wants since I hate conflict. Also I don’t feel comfortable forcing “my” way.
Hi Susan,
Your blog is superb! The articles you wrote on ENTJ were spot-on; like wow how did she know this?
Will you be writing and publishing a book on ENTJ?
Many thanks,
ENTJ guy
I would love to write a book for ENTJs 🙂 I’m very fond of this type! It might take me some time but eventually I hope to write a book for each type 🙂 Thank you for the kind words about my blog, I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!
Hi, Susan! Just curious to know which personality type you are. Thanks!
Hello sister, im rahman 18 y.o.
Im INTJ guys ????, im study at pschology. But im not like a rules ????
Hi Susan! I am wondering which MBTI type u belong to. Before you answer this question, I want to make it clear that I am an INTP and as you have already known, we always want unbiased and different angles and viewpoints. I just encounter your blog today and have been following a few posts about INTP and found them very detailed. From your posts, I can see your accumulated experience and they give me some new insights on my own INTP and future possibilities. However, I can still find a few things to disagree (which I am not going to discuss here) or with only little possibility. Therefore, while I keep visiting your blog, I just want to keep in mind from which angle that these articles are written from.
Disclaimer: Please think of this as a nit-picking, not attacking. Also, I am not the INTP with obsession on linguistic and grammatical errors (and I get this a lot from my fellows).
Thanks for reading my comments and considering my question without unnecessary personal emotions.
I think she mentioned a few times that she’s an INFj. For example, she was talking about it in her “Why it’s okay not to know your personality type” (https://www.psychologyjunkie.com/2017/09/29/okay-not-know-personality-type/).
How do you manage to have so much energy and manage your stress so well? INFJs are easily drained, you have an ESTP husband, a child, homeschool your child, had to go to an event with MANY ESTPs and kids, and more.
Just came across your blog on personality types. I am fairly new to the study of personality types. Do you know of any associations devoted to Myers Briggs that I could join? I get the impression networking about Myers Briggs is only done on online blogs like yours and forums such as Personality Cafe. Thanks for your help.
Hi James, one thing that you can do to connect with others who are interested in MBTI is to get into Quora. (www.quora.com)
Quora is nothing but many thousands (millions?) of people doing nothing but asking questions for other people to answer, writing answers to questions, and reading other people’s questions and answers. In terms of social media features, it is kind of like Twitter, in that people can follow you and you can follow others. You can create a profile (although I don’t think you have to), set up a “feed” based on keywords you want Quora to watch out for. Here are some of the things it feeds me questions on:
“INFP (personality type)”, “Extraverts and Extraversion”, “Psychotherapy”, “ENFP (personality type)”, “INFJ (personality type)”.
If you start doing this, you will quicky find hundreds of people in the US (and a lot from around the world too) who are interested in your questions and/or have answers to your questions. You upvote answers you think are good (e.g. well-written, insightful, understands the questioner’s “real questions”, etc. etc.).
There are probably clubs too, to meet and converse in person, but Quora is by far the easiest way to quickly find conversations on stuff you’re interested in and see who the people are.
I meant to say “by far the easiest way I’ve found, so far”. 🙂
Hey Susan, I stumbled upon your articles via Pinterest. I’m greatly impressed! As an INTP you will know that writing a comment is a rare activity for me and a compliment I don’t make often. Keep writing, thinking and publishing! Many thanks.
Thank you so much Dennis! That means a lot to me and definitely made my day! 🙂
Hi there Susan, I just stumbled upon your website a few moments ago, liked what I saw and subscribed. I’m looking forward to exploring and discovering new insights as I’ve only just discovered my Type (INFJ) and I’m a bit overwhelmed by it, to be honest. However, it does make sense of so much, having spent a lifetime judging and excoriating myself for what I perceived as a ‘defective’ or ‘broken’ me and it’s a relief to find some validation – I’m in my double-thirties now! 🙂 I was also wondering if you could recommend any books/materials/blogs/authors who come at this from a Christian perspective?
Greetings from Scotland.
Carol
Hi Carol! I’m so glad you’re enjoying my site! You are definitely not defective, but I do know many INFJs have struggled with feeling this way throughout life. I’m glad you reached out! Actually I do know two INFJ Christians! Marissa Baker (marissabaker.wordpress.com) is a Christian INFJ blogger and Bo Miller from ispeakpeople.com is also a Christian! Thanks again!
Hi Susan! This site…unreal!! I love the Psychology Junkie emails you send. They consistently make my day & teach me so much about myself. In addition to simply providing interesting content, you’ve helped me develop a better understanding of who I am. I cannot thank you enough. Keep it up!
Thank you so much Laura! This makes my day 🙂 I’m so glad you are enjoying the emails and the articles. Let me know if you ever have any topics you’d like me to write about! 🙂
Very impressive topic and expressive writing too. Thanks for sharing it in a detailed way.
Hi Susan! I just wanted to thank you for your work here!!! I haven’t been around very long, but, so far, the personality descriptions have been very helpful and insightful in crafting characters for the story I am working on (and also personally).
I had tested as an INFJ before, but after reading your articles, I am wondering if I am actually an INFP (your articles on this topic were helpful). Thanks for stirring my creativity and helping me to understand myself and those around me better!
I’m guessing its the day you created this ‘About Me’ section, July 23rd just happens to be my birthday. Very interesting insights about my personality type, INTJ… Thank You.
I’m so glad! How exciting! Thank you!
Hi Susan, I am an INFJ, it fits my personality perfectly. Your articles gave me some more insight, into an INFJ. Thank you for the articles, they are very much appreciated!
Thanks so much for reading Bri! I really appreciate your kind words 🙂
Wow – your posts are really cool! I’m an INFJ and I’m really interested in your articles. Thanks so much for all the insight you’ve provided on this website.
Thank you so much Tamara! I really appreciate that 🙂
INFJ here. Trying to learn more about myself and those around me. You have some of the best content I’ve found. What an amazing resource. Thank you!
Thank you so much Monika! This makes me so happy 🙂 I hope you continue to enjoy more great content about your type!!
I visited this site to determine if it would be useful for my clients. I concluded that YES! This is the one I want for them. To test it out, I completed the personality assessment, which turned up exactly consistent with others I’ve studied and recommended.
Thanks for offering this useful, fun and valuable resource!
I look forward to future newsletters and the possibilities ahead!
Hi,i am an #intj that reading some of your articles about myself and realizing something that never seen in other sites,actually these articles were different and accurate.
You described very well the definition of being an #intj.
Thank you and waiting for more.
Hi Susan –
I was exploring and came across your site. Have you ever heard of DNA being used to identify genetic personality traits? Or, using decades of research to map the individuals face to determine genetic personality traits and behaviors?
I haven’t heard of that kind of research being done yet! The closest thing scientifically that’s being done is Dario Nardi’s work in “Neuroscience of Personality.” You can also see a google talk he did here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGfhQTbcqmA
I love reading your insights. I’m a huge fan of the MBTI coupled with Enneagram to better understand myself as an ESTJ and 9 with a strong 8 wing. Looking forward to reading more!
Thanks Jon! I’m so glad that you’re enjoying the articles 🙂 Also, I rarely meet an ESTJ 9 so that sounds super intriguing!
Hello Susan. I’m an INFJ. I’ve taken different personality tests and didn’t know which one I was until I took your personality test. It amazingly describes me. I’m grateful because it empowers me to understand myself. Reading about my personality type makes me feel like I do fit in this world because who I am is normal. I understand now the way I think and process information is normal. millions of people share the same traits as I, even though it’s the rarest personality type in the world.
I also like the articles that are emailed to me. They’re informative.
Thank you so much Renette! I love that you got a result that resonates with you, and that you’re enjoying the emails!!
I’m an INTJ and I never can understand the Ti, Fi, 8, 9, aspects of MBTI.. is there somewhere that breaks that down for novices? Please advise.
Kind regards,
Jason Colyat
Yes! I’ve written an article about the cognitive functions here that can help you: https://www.psychologyjunkie.com/2018/02/23/introduction-cognitive-functions-myers-briggs-theory/
Thanks Susan. I take it you are an INFJ or INFP Enneagram 4. I’m an INTJ 5. Any plans to delve into Astrology?
Hi Brandon! I’m actually an INFJ 6 🙂 I haven’t gotten into astrology – I think I’ll leave that for the experts 🙂 I don’t really know very much about it as of yet. Nice to meet an INTJ 5!
Susan,
Just wanted to let you know that I’m a fan of your work. ENTP 5w6 So/Sx 584. Thanks for being a great resource!
Thank you so much Jeffrey! This means a lot 🙂
Hi Susan, I am fascinated by psychology and what makes people tick. I’ve been on a self-understanding journey this past year. Learning that I am an ENTJ has helped me so much with figuring out why I have felt so stuck in life. I’ve learned that I have been forcing myself to be good at all the the letters I’m not and placing a higher value on those. But now that I understand that I need different things I feel so much more alive. I can’t get enough of N conversations! Especially when they are about personality type.
I see that you have 5 kids! Thats so amazing. I have three. Thank you for your posts on children and what they need according to their personality type.
I’ve read a few books, including Gifts Differing, about Type. Your posts about understanding Type has been invaluable to me. THANK YOU for all the work you are doing to help us come to understand ourselves and our relationships better!
Quick question…I’m considering the MBTI certification. How was your experience getting certified and would you recommend it?
Thank you!!
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Cheers!
Oh wow! Congratulations on getting your certification. Have been reading your website for years.
I’m citing your work in a paper on grief!
Hi Susan, I’ve been interested in MBTI and Personality Typing for around three years now, and your website has been an excellent resource throughout my type journey!
I’m a little intrigued as to how you came to identify as an ENTJ rather than an INFJ, what were your reasons? (If you don’t mind sharing, of course!) I question my own type on a daily basis, so it’d be great to hear how you came to that conclusion!
Warmest regards 🙂.
If my prior comment is waiting for approval please don’t approve it. There are so many typos I apologize our brain don’t usually catch typos until we post it cause …. nevermind I’m sorry that’s a whole different subject. I absorb way too much info & like telling people but it comes off like I think I’m a know it all or rude.
Ok so I’m going to repost my comment & try to fix it.
I don’t actually know my personality type cause I have taken different personality test more than once but spaced out & gotten many different results. That’s with every kind of personality test I’ve taken like this one the big 5 and also like the right/left brain test. I thought it was pretty cool at first. But when my daughter started making comments about me having multiple personalities I thought I’d research it. And felt dumb that I didn’t think about how broad all the different personality traits were in each category. Like there’s at least a quarter of characteristic traits that match mine in several different ones. Most people would probably see they they do to if they read them all. Small example someone said they felt stuck in life until founding out there personality type. But with all due respect most people have been, are or will feel that way in there life at some point. Then the person talking about they’re not impressed that easily. Yes that has to do with your personality but most people who are not impressed that easily is either negative or has a higher IQ. Or so I would think then again maybe I’m wrong. This is partly my opinion & partly what I have learned through studying social psychology 15 years. To which I will admit I have different perspectives or you could say don’t believe some of the psychology I’ve learned but that’s really not that unusual now that I think about it. Sometimes I can be too much of a realist & that side of me can come across rude I don’t mean to be. If you did not see my previous post where I had typos this is me fixing it, I had examples that I decided to leave out I’m proud of myself. I often wish I didn’t feel the need to put my two cents in but I drive myself crazy till I do it’s something I’m working on. Anyways my apologies if I have upset anyone but please know just because I believe this way doesn’t mean I’m not happy for you. I think that it takes a lot to become a successful writer especially with so many others trying to do the same more & more now days. But with all that said I stay subscribe because I think that your a great writer who’s very inspiring. To be able to basically have a career doing something that interest, motivates & makes you happy is really awesome. That’s not something the majority of people get to do in there lifetime. And it’s really something that I find to be very encouraging. So it might be late but congrats sweetie… 🎉
Thank you! Your articles helped me a lot!!! The test you created is extremely detailed, one of a kind, and super accurate, and the articles all are on the points and really practical… I shared this website with lots of my friends.
Just would like to say thank you! Hope everything goes well in your life:-)
Well, Susan, I’m not sure which app you were searching for into which to shoehorn hundreds of millions INTP’s but it sure as he’ll isn’t Wikipedia. No INTP worth their salt would ever knowingly use a biased source of information. ‘)
Hi Susan,
I attended the APTI conference and wanted to say I really enjoyed your presentation. A comment on one thing, someone had asked if you could adapt the love languages to a more business oriented vibe. I believe this ground has been tread upon ad nauseum. It is the families, small business, clubs, church groups etc. that need this stuff. As a home school parent myself I have personally been through similar situations to what you described during your talk.
I was disappointed more than once when I got into type, excitedly buying a new book only to get it and realize it’s geared towards organizations, institutions and the dreaded HR folks. I think you’re on the right track and potentially circling a gold mine of untapped potential for type, that being, blue collar working class folks.
I could go on, but I will limit my TiNe for your sake. If you are interested in brainstorming, especially around homeschooling and introducing type to both parents and children let me know because I’ve been trying to figure that out myself.