Enneagram vs. the 16 Types
Recently, I’ve gone on an Enneagram journey. In the past, I’ve made varying assumptions about Enneagram, which I was hesitant to state absolutely, knowing that personality systems tended to suffer from stereotyping and surface-level information. I’m glad I kept myself fairly neutral on the subject, because I have learned a thing or two. In this […]
By Mara on July 19, 2021Misusing Personality Systems
Myers-Briggs. Enneagram. Socionics. Big Five. You’ve likely heard of all of these personality theories, and I’m sure countless others. Once someone goes down the rabbit hole of typology, it’s usually not long before they start branching out into other theories on the subject. This has led to a pet peeve of mine: using one theory […]
By Mara on July 6, 2021Are Personality Types Born Or Made?
Back within the first year of the blog, I wrote an article on this subject, which I am returning to now. It’s not that our opinion has changed; I just feel I can do the subject a bit more justice. People tend to bicker back and forth as to how one obtains their personality. Are […]
By Mara on May 17, 2021Objectivity vs. Subjectivity
in Jungian Theory, Personality Theory 101
There seems to be some false notions floating around the type community that these two terms mean the difference between something that is true, verified and trusted versus something that is false, biased, and untrustworthy. There is a lot of extra meanings and assumptions being piled onto these terms that are not part of their […]
By Ryan and Mara on May 10, 2021Extraversion in Typology
One thing that you find a lot in typology circles is that people seem to automatically assume that those who lead with an extraverted function (Ne, Se, Te, Fe) will automatically be a social butterfly. They expect that the term ‘extraversion’, as it is traditionally is used, translates directly over to the extraverted functions. This, […]
By Ryan on March 8, 2021Be Wary of Type Descriptions
Type descriptions really trip people up. Seriously. People go off and take some personality test, grab their given result, and start reading type descriptions. They then base the accuracy of their result off of what they find. Unfortunately, this is not always an accurate way to determine things and I’m going to list off some […]
By Mara on February 22, 20214 Tiers of Typing Evidence
If you have been reading our blog for any amount of time, you may have heard us talk about different types of evidence when it comes to typing characters in shows and the people around us. We have mentioned how some evidence is more compelling than other pieces, but as of yet, we haven’t really […]
By Ryan on January 18, 2021Can You Type Yourself?
Today, we are going to be discussing the question of whether or not you can accurately and independently type yourself, or if it takes an official test or expert to get you accurate results. Some people think that only you can know yourself so only you can type yourself, while others think that it’s absolutely […]
By Ryan on October 8, 2020Perspective Is Everything
Ryan and I were in the midst of a discussion the other day, and the main focus somehow worked its way around to all of the many different perspectives of a certain personality type that there can be. This is something that I think a lot of people don’t give enough thought to, so I […]
By Mara on September 14, 2020The Most Telltale Sign Of Type
This article may make me sound a bit mean, or harsh, or negative… or something. (I’m not really sure where all it’s going to end up going.) However, I periodically get it in my head to share a thought process or perspective in relation to typology. That’s what this is: another perspective. This will probably […]
By Mara on September 7, 2020