Author: Susan Storm

Susan Storm is a certified MBTI® practitioner and Enneagram coach. She is the mom of five beautiful children and loves using her knowledge of personality type to understand them and others better! Susan has written over 1,000 articles about typology as well as four books including: Discovering You: Unlocking the Power of Personality Type, The INFJ: Understanding the Mystic, The INTJ: Understanding the Strategist, and The INFP: Understanding the Dreamer. Alongside her writing, Susan has collaborated with Personality Hacker, Introvert, Dear, Joyce Meng, The British Association of Psychological Type, and The Association for Psychological Type International. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Sun, and Yahoo! Lifestyle.

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How the 9 Enneagram Types Get Manipulative
BySusan Storm January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

Lately, I’ve been seeing a steady stream of memes, hot takes, and forum posts arguing about which Enneagram type is the most manipulative. Maybe you’ve seen them too. Lists, rankings, and comments sections on fire. Everyone nervously checking to make sure their own type didn’t land at the top and defending themselves as to why…

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Fi vs. Ti: How to Tell Which One You Actually Use
BySusan Storm January 26, 2026January 26, 2026

If you’re here, you’re probably stuck in that particular mental purgatory where you’ve read seventeen articles, watched six videos, taken four tests, and somehow feel less certain than when you started. You relate to logic, but you also have feelings. You care about values, but you’re not floating around making decisions based on vibes and…

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What Each Enneagram Type Thinks Will Finally Make Them Feel Safe (But Doesn’t)
BySusan Storm January 21, 2026January 22, 2026

Most of us are walking around with a subtle, persistent belief about safety. It may not be physical safety. Instead, it may be emotional safety or existential safety. The kind that tells you, If I just get this one thing right, I can finally relax. So we chase it. We optimize for it. We shape…

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Why INTJs Disappear (and Why it’s Usually Not Personal)
BySusan Storm January 19, 2026January 19, 2026

I get this question a lot from readers, friends, and people who haven’t heard from me in three weeks and are trying very hard not to sound hurt when they ask it. “Why do INTJs disappear?” I’m chronically one of those people who struggles to maintain friendships, and, from speaking to other INTJs, I’m not…

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The Japanese Philosophy You’ll Love, Based On Your Enneagram Type
BySusan Storm January 16, 2026January 17, 2026

I’ve always loved Japanese philosophies. I enjoy discovering proverbs or concepts from other cultures that I can learn from and integrate try to become a better person. Years ago I wrote an article about the Japanese philosophy that would appeal to each Myers-Briggs personality type. Today I thought I’d turn to the Enneagram and find…

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