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Your Ni Dom
by yournidom
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).
Episodes
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Parallelism
In this reflection I explore the meaning (or the lesson) of two parallel experiences across space and time. Note: This is a type heavy reflection. Additional themes: Leadership; Structural insecurity; Sexual attraction; School reform; Employment and business; White supremacy culture. Typology:...
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The Backstage at Work
In this reflection I explore a foundational phenomenon that I'm calling the "Backstage." However, I isolate it in this episode as relating to work. Supporting themes: Work, power and positionality;; Contests for power (overt, covert and latent); School reform and empowering low- income…
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Feelings and Boundaries
In this reflection I tell three stories influenced by my introverted feelings. Typology: INTJ8
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Entelechy
In this reflection I process entelechy, one of the five traits of giftedness, as an active orientation impacting my work (in the bridge job). Supporting themes: Giftedness; Organizational power and hierarchies; Analytical pictures; Dominance culture and white supremacy; Role conflict; Work…
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Almost There
Lol, I start this reflection with unnecessary singing. Feel free to skip the first 30 seconds. 😀 In this reflection I process what it means to be almost there. Supporting themes: Managing a portfolio of INTJ projects; Managing relationships as an 853- social type; Managing (and embracing) a four...
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Peace and Pursuit
In an attempt to talk about belonging, I found my myself talking about peace while in pursuit of the promise. Typology: INTJ8
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Gilead
In this reflection I process the temptation of settling for "good enough." To illustrate this point, I use three Biblical references (Gilead, Sarah and Joseph) and one literary reference (Oz). Typology: INTJ8
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Emotional Learning
I start this reflection with an impression (Sarah, Joseph and Oz) but with several rabbit holes and limited time, I never got to it. Instead, I talked about intense emotions as data points for learning. Supporting themes: The invisibles; Organizational psychology; Training and team meetings;...
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Cognitive Cleansing
In this reflection I do cognitive cleansing in order to get to deeper thinking. Supporting themes: Data analysis; Being a Type 8 orphan; Divergent and convergent thinking; Being on a team; Being a protector; Being respectful. Typology: INTJ8
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Decoy Proxy
Welcome back! This is the start of Season 13 (Year 7). In this reflection I use a cell phone, a cell phone tower, and a "fake cell phone tower" to explain three domains of the human experience (cognition, emotions and the somatic nervous system). Typology: INTJ8
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Under the Hood
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....
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Macro Lessons
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…
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The Enmeshment Cycle
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
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Enmeshment
In this reflection I talk about the danger of familial enmeshment as relating to selfhood. Topology: INTJ8
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Hysteresis
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...
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Friction
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...
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Protector
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
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A Boulder to a Pebble
In this reflection I consider my gut needs (Type 8) compared to my current mastermind strategies (INTJ). I end the reflection considering the way I project the boulder onto my boss when I simply need her to sit inside the pebble. Special note: A significant part of this reflection was dedicated…
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Autonomic Arousal
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…
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Cognitive Omnipresence
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...
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Reclaiming
Special note: This audio has background noise for the first 30 minutes.
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Social Disorganization
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;...
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Automaticity
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
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The Car and Two Windows
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...
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The Purge
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)…
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Labor
In this reflection I contend with INTJ blues around labor and giftedness.
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Push Pull
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.
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Scale
In this reflection, I explore deep psychological truths that impact lifestyle by design. Typology: INTJ8; INTJ; Enneagram 8
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Paradigms, Perceptions and Pursuits
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...
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Pearls to Swine
In this reflection I explore the deployment of my talents. Special note:This is the start of Season 12. Topology: INTJ8
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Dysfunction
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…
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Epistemic Grief and Disconfirming Recognition
In this reflection I discuss epistemic grief and disconfirming recognition. Typology: INTJ8
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A Radio
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...
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The Hidden Denominator
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;...
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Enmeshment and Epistemic Equality
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.
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Epistemic Power
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
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A Spiritual Calling
In this reflection I consider a spiritual calling from a neurological perspective, a psychological perspective, and an environmental experience.
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Mind Over Matter
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
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Learning, Affect and ZPD
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…
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A Rock and a Hard Place
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;...
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Low Places- Part 2
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."
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Low Places-Part 1
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
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An Amendment
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).
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Taking Action
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
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Leadership Orientation
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...
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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).
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