Ever wonder why you can be surprisingly sensitive but try to hide it under a practical, stoic exterior? Today let’s find out by digging into the middle child of your personality stack. For INTJs, that function is Introverted Feeling, or Fi. Personality Hacker calls the tertiary function the “10-year-old,” while psychologist John Beebe associated it…
Welcome to the tertiary function. The middle child of the personality stack. It is not in charge, but it has enough influence to rearrange the furniture, spend too much money on a new hobby, and convince everyone this was part of the plan. For ENTJs, that function is Extraverted Sensing, or Se. Personality Hacker calls…
It is a strange time to be a sensitive person. You can wake up, reach for your phone, and within ten minutes learn about a war, a political crisis, another frightening prediction about AI, somebody losing their job, another species disappearing, another economic warning, another person explaining why everything is probably going to get much…
There are plenty of practical things that can make an INFJ feel safer. Money in the bank helps. A stable home helps. Knowing that the people you love are okay certainly helps. But there is another kind of safety that matters to INFJs, and it’s harder to put on a spreadsheet. It’s the feeling that…
I’ve always loved ISFPs. As the parent of a now 20-year-old ISFP I have a special kind of love for them. They’re the kinds of people who follow their passion no matter what. Their heart is their guide, but they also pair that with a sense of practicality and realism. With my ISFP daughter I…
