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Hello there and Happy New Year! Today, I recorded an episode all about Change. Change is a necessary aspect of the self-discovery journey. While many seek self-development to find more security in themselves, you may find that that through the pursuit of stability — you will also find change. In fact, change is the only constant. True security comes from the full embrace of one’s creative potential, and learning to work with that energy. Listen here, on Spotify or iTunes, or wherever you get your podcast. Or, check out the conversation on YouTube. Change, The Nature of Self Discovery, & The Transcendent Function: Currently, I am in a state of flux. I began the year with a lot of endings, and am starting this new one with new beginnings. It has felt difficult to share as often as I’d like when I’m in-between worlds. The goalposts keep moving, as new values are solidified and priorities shift. Showing up as myself has felt awkward and clunky, as I’m still in the middle of shedding old skin. This episode discusses change as it relates to the self-discovery process as well as Jung’s transcendent function. But on a personal level, I am in the thick of it. Change in my personal life and inconsistent surroundings has made it feel nearly impossible to show up online consistently. It feels lame to feel the need to apologize for that, but here I am. The ideas in this episode may be universally applicable to many things, but they also describe how I have been feeling about the act of content creation itself.That being said, I am excited to breathe new life into my creative projects in 2023. In order to do that, some things may need to die first. A lot of that “death” involves pressure I have put on myself. It involves releasing aspects of my identity that my ego has become too attached to. On top of that, the media landscape is changing tremendously — as well as how we interact with digital tools It’s easy for last year’s goals, or even last month’s marketing tactics, to begin to feel stale. When you combine that with interpersonal change, the whole thing can get confusing. I’m in the process of building systems that are a bit more flexible, to prevent setting goals that end up making me feel trapped in the future. As I figure out how I’d like to communicate these things, I will continue to share them here. Thanks for tagging along, even though I feel like a bit of a mess. <3 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

Another episode, fresh out of the oven! This one is about the unknown, and it’s a rambly one. I have the transcript below, if you prefer to read. But I’d recommend to sit back, relax, listen and reflect. Let me know how you have been handling the unknown lately by leaving a comment.Watch Psyche Design Season 2 Episode 3 on YouTube:Transcript:Hello. So today I'm going to be discussing the unknown. And one of the fun things about that topic is that I actually have no idea what I'm about to talk about. So, first of all, for those of you who follow the stars, Jupiter just went into Pisces this morning. So, I've been wanting to do this topic for a while, and I thought, why not right now? Because the energy of Pisces is a mutable water sign. So this energy now, in the collective is more focused on embracing the vastness in the chaoticness of every potential emotion that can ever be experienced is one way of putting it. When I think of Pisces, I often think about taking leaps of faith and marveling at the unknown, potentially.So my personality type pattern (most of you know this, because that's what my channel has been about) is my type preferences are ENFJ. And with that, J, the stereotype goes that, you know, the preference for judging can be a challenge for embracing the unknown, I have had such a hard time with the unknown, for as long as I can remember. In fact, I've been having some more discussions with my parents lately about what I was like, as a child, as I have been. I think it's been a year and a half ago, now that I have been diagnosed with ADHD. And I've been exploring my neurodivergent traits, reading things about that, and trying to connect some dots. Part of the reason why I've wanted to do that is because, you know, I discovered personality type theory, whatever I was 17, I'm now 28. This model of Personality Typing has been with me for over a decade now. And I definitely wouldn't be as confident as an adult and okay with myself if I didn't have it. Because so much of me even recognizing that I was an intuitive at a young age, validated a lot of the ways in which I felt outside the norm.And, anyway, I've been thinking about the ways in which I've always felt outside the norm in one of those ways. You guys are gonna just have to deal with me being rambly this time around, because I'm a little bit out of practice whenever it comes to talking to a camera. So um, for those of you who want to take the windy road with me, thank you so much. Anyway, um, what I was going to say with that is that I, my mom was, you know, sort of telling me how even as a young child, I would get into these outbursts. When things did not go according to plan. There was one time she told me about, that I was like five. And they, my mom, said that we had to leave the living room area, we were at my grandparents, because they were painting the walls and that it was going to be a different color, it was going to go from beige to peach. And apparently, whenever I got back, and I saw the colors, I freaked out and I was like, “They are not different colors! This is the same exact color as what it was before. You lied to me!” And I think that that is such a hilarious example of I think you could really see, like, the pitfalls of my psyche, even as a young child, it would be interesting to think about what things you used to have meltdowns about as a child in throw a fit about. And if you can notice any themes of how those things in a way, even if you aren't going to act out now, those things might still tell you something about your blind spots. Because in that as an example, not only was I not someone that was very aware of the differences between the colors, but I also had an idea in my mind of what I thought those colors would be. And whenever reality did not match up to what I had in my mind. It was very overwhelming for me and somy preference for Introverted Intuition as a function I think is sort of seen here. And that my default is to kind of envision an intuitive image or symbol or whatever, kind of envision something abstractly in my mind. That may or may not line up with reality. And I'm realizing that a big reason why I will try and spend the time to think about the future and envision it is because of how physically overwhelming it is, for me to make a decision on the spot, or to adjust to things not going according to plan.And I think that a lot of people who have a J in their type code, a lot of people who, who are that way, who are Js, you could say, we prefer to do that introverted perception ourselves beforehand — so that whenever life hits us in the face, it's not that much of a surprise. And I think that for the most part, doing that can save me some energy, but it also could be very draining. And so part of this has to do with having extroverted sensing as a valued but weaker function for me. Because it is very draining for me to use extroverted sensing, as much as I wish that I could use it.For me, in my type code, extroverted sensing is associated with the Forever child, the inner child as the tertiary third position, it's related to that archetype of almost like a Peter Pan-like kid who never wants to grow up. And I can very naively believe that I can just handle anything or push through anything to some extent, but I also could naively and almost childishly buckle under the pressure of a moment changing and me having to meet that moment. It could go one of two extremes. And this is kind of how it goes for a lot of people with their Tertiary function is that there's a childlike quality, both in the optimism and in the fear that you have around that thing.So for me, I can optimistically envision my life… if I want to make a video every single week, and I want to have a newsletter every single week. And I want to make an album this year, and I want to be in two improv classes. And I want to audition for this improv class and I want to be singing in this choir, and I want to work for myself. And I want to, you know, make new friends, move out, potentially move out of the state, and potentially start dating. So if you're overwhelmed listening to that, imagine I'm being inside my brain.So I, anyway, um, let's get back to the topic of unknown……and I will get back, I will connect all of these dots. So, this podcast Psyche Design has gone through many different renditions. This YouTube channel has gone through many different phases,seen me in many phases of growth. And part of what can be difficult is that once I get once you get into a routine of what works, and you follow these social scripts, of, okay, this is how I make my videos. This is how I use Twitter. This is how I, whatever… like I had everything all set up to where and what I need to do to conserve my energy is have everything all set up to where the moment I have an inspiration, the tools are there instantly — so that I don't have to make a big decision about it. So that kind of connects to what I was saying earlier, as I think as an NJ in the way that I use my introverted intuition is that I try and save energy for the in-the-moment, physical things by mapping it all out in my head before. SoI try and save energy because for example, let's say I want I feel like making music. If my MIDI keyboard is all in a box, and I don't know where the chord is, and I don't know where the speakers are. It's going to take me a lot of energy to actually get it set up. But if I've arranged my room where I have that station over there for making music and then this station over here for journaling, and then all of this that if …Another thing I did with this is that I now have this little wellness rack or I call it my wellness rack. It's just a rolling rack thing. But I, I was thinking like, whenever I'm triggered whenever I'm overstimulated or exhausted, what do I need? Sometimes, you know, the body will instinctively do what it has done in the past that might have made it feel more regulated… that could be tweet about your experience, tweet about your emotions, call a friend. And those things can work. But it could be taking an edible, it could be have a cup of tea.Anyway, I basically put together this little station in my room for everything that I know, for a fact, makes me feel more regulated whenever I'm overwhelmed.And I have only one place to reduce the amount of energy that it would take for me to make a decision in that exact moment of, what do I need to do to calm myself down? And so anyway, that's just one example of me deciding to do that took me about six months to probably even come to that conclusion. But now that I've made that one decision, it's like one decision that's kind of a one-and-done that it's going to work for me throughout many, hopefully, years.And a lot of the reason why NJ's are very slow whenever it comes to making decisions is because of how much energy it takes to engage with extroverted sensing Rome, of making a decision and responding to the moment in that moment. So anyway, I have been, I had my little systems for making YouTube and all of that to where my, my challenge in life has always been about figuring out how to channel my energy properly. Because I have a lot of it, I have a lot of inspiration. And there's nothing that makes me feel more frustrated than if I feel like doing something and then there's too much inertia or resistance between the idea and it actually being a reality. And so like I said, I try and set up systems to make it easy for me to enter that flow state because so much of my life is attempting to get into a flow state, and it taking longer than I thought and then I feel like I will just blow a fuse internally. And then I don't get anything done and there's no fruits of my labor and it's like I've literally just drained my energy. And I'm trying to avoid that so much.And one of my favorite ways of draining my energy in the past has been through relationships and through other people through prioritizing relation

Interested in a workshop all about dancing with your shadow functions? Join me on October 8: https://www.meetup.com/baaptsf/events/288338568/(I realize that this is last minute. I plan to offer similar workshops at a later date. Let me know if you’d be interested in attending something like this by leaving a comment). Watch Psyche Design Season 2 Episode 2 on YouTube: Transcript: Hello there. So today I'm going to be discussing Turning a Friendly Face Toward the Shadow. And what kind of lifestyle would that be if you were someone that genuinely had, or generally had, a friendly attitude toward your shadow. So this is a huge topic. And I'm actually going to be doing a workshop on a very similar topic that's called Dancing with the Shadow: Embracing Your Inner Paradox next Saturday, the eighth, I believe. I'll have a link for that below, if you're interested. And if you can't make it, I understand that this is last minute I want to be doing, I will be hosting similar workshops in the future on this subject. So a lot of you listening to this probably are familiar with Carl Jung's concept of the shadow. This episode is not going to be really focused on defining the shadow, I might make another episode on that, but I'm going to assume that you have a general understanding whenever I say the word shadow— which is essentially all the parts of our psyche that we're not conscious of, they might make our ego uncomfortable, we might be in denial of these things, it's a pretty general term for those contents of your psyche that you cannot see. So, um, we also want to bring up the question of — Now that you know, your personality type (assuming that you do know your personality type), now, what? How does that knowledge of your personality type shift your perception? So, I've been circling around these sorts of topics for several years now. But what I'm, what I'm coming to... like, this main point, I guess, that I feel like I'm coming to is this idea of — what is your ego's attitude toward the shadow? And I think that ,if you are familiar with your Jungian personality type pattern, that will tell you a lot about how your ego naturally functions, and your tendencies, your preferences, but it doesn't tell you what your attitude is toward the shadow. Um, there's a lot of talk out there within the personality type community, like... let's say you're not really you don't have as much background on Jung, but you have been studying personality type for a while. There's a lot of different ways of talking about things such as ...developing your shadow functions, or tapping into your Inferior Function. All of the all of that regarding developing the shadow functions is a portion of "shadow work" in a more general way, because your personality is only going to be your... your personality type is just going to be sort of a sliver of your psyche.It can kind of tell you this hero's journey that your ego might be going through. Now, one of my biggest criticisms of how people discuss personality type is, I think that the ego trap that we can get into is that once we, once we know what our personality type is, then what again, like I said, — Now, what what do we do with that information? The ego can approach this in different ways. The ego can double down on its own self-understanding and be like "yes, I am that, I am an ENFJ, I am a feeling type, I am an intuitive type, I am an extrovert." The ego could be like, yes, that is me. Now, what are the shadow sides of that?So, using myself, my ENFJ best fit type as an example. The shadow of that would be introversion. It would be sensing, it would be thinking (more specifically with my cognitive functions, Extroverted Sensing and Introverted Thinking would be the exact shadow flip side of my Dominant and Auxiliary functions). Not to mention the shadow functions that you don't prefer. All of these are parts of the shadow. And we can take the attitude of, "I'm a feeler. Therefore, none of that thinking stuff matters to me. None of that sensing stuff matters to me." Or you can take a different attitude, where you approach the shadow with curiosity with humility, with interest with openness.So that is I guess my number one reflection question for all of you is what is your attitude toward the shadow? And then, I'm going to be talking pretty generally about the attitude, and how to potentially develop an attitude toward the shadow that might be more embracing it. Because the thing is, is that...It's normal for the ego to separate things between, "that's me, and that's not me." And that can be very helpful. And, in fact, even whenever you are discovering your personality type, it can be very helpful to be able to separate me from what's not me. If you realize you're an extrovert, it might help you figure out what kind of career to go into. Knowing that I have preference for intuition and feeling, for example, can help me figure out what what sort of careers to go into, it can help me understand maybe some of my relationship patterns, people I tend to gravitate toward. Um, so, knowledge of type really is just the first step. And how you approach that knowledge of type is absolutely crucial for how much value type actually could bring your life. And I think that we don't talk enough about the *how* we talk a lot about the *what.* We talk about the difference between ENFJ and INFJ, we talk about the difference between intuition and sensing. And Ne and Ni, (if you're into the cognitive functions) we talk a lot about these differences.And I think that if we don't talk enough about the *how* of how we are approaching that information... if we don't intentionally talk about the how, what will happen is that our ego will naturally without even thinking, do the separation game, where we double down on our identity. And we identify with these functions that are our preferences, or we identify with this personality type. So there's nothing wrong with seeing yourself in a personality type. However, each of the 16 personality types, they are assigned essentially, they're... they're kind of like social roles that you play. They're not the Self with a capital S. Now, in Carl Jung's idea of individuation, it's all about this journey to find the Self. And the Self is separate from our egos. And so knowing your personality type can very well be a hindrance to finding your Self. Even though it tells you a lot about how your ego works. So that's why this attitude thing in this "how" is very important. Because if we're just taking in the information of "I'm an ENFJ, these are my tendencies, these are my shortcomings, and this is how I might manage stress, and these are the things that might trip me up." If I just take in that information without reflecting on that. And without thinking about, "what my attitude is going to be toward that?" It's so easy to just fall into a trap of "okay, well, I guess that means I need to avoid all of these things that are my weaknesses... or else I'm going to make a fool of myself, or else I'm going to fail, or else I'm going to experience pain."It's the ego.. it's naturally you know, going to try and do that. So um, you know, knowing your personality type can be very beneficial for improving your relationships with friends and family who are a different personality type than you however, you also can choose to take in that information and discriminate against different types. You might say, "I don't know... that type is quite different from me. So I do not understand, I don't care to get to know those people."Some... it's way too common in the type community for people to say things like, "I don't get along with this sort of type, or I would never date this sort of type." And, again, it's normal for ego to have preferences... like especially when it's coming to picking a job. For example, like, like I said before, the 16 personality types, they kind of play the social roles. You might think of it as a kinda a caricature, to be to be honest. It's not your Self. It's not who you really are deep down, it might even be similar to a mask you wear in order to perform a sort of social function.You know, the ego is there for a reason. Your preferences are there for a reason, there's likely lots of potential and talent there. So for example, for me as an ENFJ, I'm going to attempt to use my extroverted feeling and introverted intuition to give back to society in some way, because those are the functions that I naturally use. And so you know, there's got to be an outlet for your your dominant functions, I'm not saying to like, not focus on them at all. But I think that there's this, there's this wall between what we're conscious of, and what we cannot see. And I think that, so ... Jung suggested that having this attitude toward the shadow was a moral ... was actually an ethical thing. And he described it as a moral feat to be able to embrace the shadow. So "Shadow Work" is a whole other topic that I could do another video on, but I'm sure you've heard about it, it's become quite a buzzword these days. But the whole idea of doing Shadow Work is a lifelong journey. So what I'm talking about, though, today is the first step, I'm talking about the attitude that your ego has. And this is something that we can shift, shift to just a small thing, and it can make a huge difference. And I think that regarding the attitude we had toward the shadow, there's always going to be a wall between what we're conscious of and what we're not, however, um, how thick is that wall? And so it can go the wall between your shadow and your, your conscious and your unconscious, could be a big thick brick wall, or it could be a piece of glass, you know, very thick glass could be very thick glass, but you can potentially see a little bit through so anyway, and another thing, when it comes to the ego attitude is yes, your ego is always going to have this need for control, potentially. But what kind of control? Is your ego a tyr

Transcription: Hello, my name is Meghan LeVota, and you are listening to the Psyche Design podcast. This is the first episode of season two. And, I'm not fully sure everything that I'm going to talk about in this episode. But for myself, I'm treating it as almost like a personal manifesto of "How I Intend to Talk About Personality Type Moving Forward," and just some general ideas to set the stage.So, I'm calling this episode a Call For Complexity. Because that is partially what I'm calling for, is a way in which to talk about Carl Jung's theory of Psychological Types — as well as the 16-type model that was popularized by the MBTI (Myers and Briggs), and all of the other systems that have followed.And I guess what I want to bring up right off the bat, is that Carl Jung himself was pretty long-winded and convoluted, one could say. And in the book, Psychological Types, he talks a lot about the problem of opposites, and how opposites interact with one another, and what to do about it, and what problems that gives society dealing with those opposites. And then at the end of the book, he goes into the eight cognitive functions, which I'm not going to go into what those are just yet. So if you're new to personality type theory, and you want to know what these functions are, you might want to check out another episode.But for those of us who have been in this personality bubble for a while, basically, the way I see it is, Carl Jung talked about the psyche, in quite a complex way, too. And, you know, interestingly enough, he wanted his theory of Psychological Types to be something that the layperson can pick up and use. However, in the way in which he explained things, it was not very easy for a lay person to pick up and use, what did people do, they jumped right to the section about the categories. And they just read about the categories and skipped over the beginning part, I've been guilty. I'm guilty of this literally when it comes to reading that reading his book. And I think that, you know, based on how the ego works, according to Jung and psychology, this shouldn't be that surprising that our ego is automatically going to go toward the information in which we, our ego feels like we can use something from it. Whether this is our self-concept, we're going to understand ourselves better. Or other people, maybe we want to get along with other people better. And so even though Carl Jung had hopes that his book Psychological Types would be able to be used for the layperson to be able to figure out how they are dealing with their problem of opposites, in instead went over a lot of people's heads. And I'd like to argue that it's going over our heads right now. I'm not even trying to claim that it hasn't gone over mine, I just want to bring out right off the bat, that the guy is pretty dense when he writes and not all of us have read all of it through.And I'm not even a Jungian purist here. However, I am someone that philosophically aligns more with Jung than Freud. And I tend to agree with his philosophy on the psyche in the shadow a little bit more so than, like mainstream modern psychology. And so, whenever the Myers Briggs came to be, it was inspired by Psychological Types. And it went with the categories that Carl Jung proposed with the eight cognitive functions and it uses his theory about how we have a dominant and we also have an auxiliary function and then we have an inferior function that is opposite to our Dominant function. The MBTI was able to put those categories and use his theory and turn it into 16 types Next. And there are there are some debates and whether or not Carl Jung agreed with the MBTI. And there's some debate and whether or not the two systems even can work well together. But for most of us in 2022, for learning about personality, we're probably first learning about it through the lens of the 16 types. And then if you get more interested in the background, then you go back and look at some of the depths and the complexity behind it. And I guess what I want to bring up is that. So the MBTI definitely succeeded at reaching the layperson, way more than Carl Jung did. I think we can agree on that. However, right now, in 2022, if you're familiar with the site, 16 Personalities — that is a very popular online quiz that a lot of people will go and take to figure out what their personality type is. While the 16 Personalities is not actually Jungian-based typology theory — it's actually trait-based, it has nothing to do with the MBTI. And so it's a fundamentally different theory, than the, you know, the 16 Jungian types, the type patterns. And so you also could argue that 16 Personalities did a better job at reaching the layperson. But at what cost?Well, I'm not even saying that there's anything wrong with it, necessarily. The cost, some could argue that the cost that there might be, you know, that it's not factually as true or holistic, maybe they see some ethical problems with a pressure to stereotype things or put people in boxes. Um, but it's not the way that Carl Jung described it, it's a completely different theory. But it's ... almost using his credit, credibility, or authority in order to, you know, make this site. And I'm not arguing that the MBTI did this with Jung, in theory. But I am saying that just because something is easier for a layperson to, in general, understand... and just because you're able to describe it in a more simple and engaging way, doesn't necessarily mean that it's more correct.And, in my opinion, the 16 Personalities quiz, it tries to mix... Well, this part isn't an opinion it's true. It's true that it uses the Big 5, which is a pretty popular trait-based model in psychology. It kind of uses that, but then uses some of the same verbiage that the MBTI uses such as thinking and feeling. Ya know, I'm pretty sure that the MBTI has said before that they regret not trademarking, their names like ENFJ, INFJ, and whatnot, because they're upset for the end, because basically, the 16 Personalities is using their credibility of those keywords.And the type code, however, like, I, personally am happy that the Myers Briggs did not trademark those names, because, you know, even Carl Jung himself, he was talking about things like thinking versus feeling, sensing versus intuition which these have existed as these concepts had. These concepts have existed as dichotomies, even before Carl Jung, he just identified them. And so I think it would be kind of silly for someone to trademark the idea that there's a dichotomy because anyone can perceive them. It would be like trademarking the idea of light versus dark. I mean, that's just one way of looking at it. And so I feel like everybody should have the right to talk about things such as feeling versus thinking, introversion versus extraversion, and any other dichotomy that might exist in the world. And as reflected in our psyches.Um, but I think that there has been almost like a feeling that in order to get this across, we have to be as simple as possible, or else people won't understand. So now I want to critique the idea of talking to a layperson in general. Because who even is a layperson? What does that mean?I guess you could say it means somebody that's not super into psychology. But think about where we're at right now. In 2022. With a computer at our fingertips, no matter where we go, most of the time, for most of us, we can Google anything we'd like. A lot of us become experts in things that we don't officially have a degree in.And we're exposed to so much information to where I'm a lay person in the 1920s is quite different than a layperson in the 2020s. Because what, when you also think of layperson, maybe you're thinking what would be like a commoners job, or like the most normal occupation? Well, at least in America, a lot of our manufacturing jobs have gone overseas. So the layperson in America is working in an information economy, in a knowledge economy. We're even things like customer service that involve working with people. And so a layperson when in Jung's time, would have more probably been someone that had a job in which they were told what to do. And they didn't have to think much more beyond that.However, I don't think that a lot of us in 2022 have the privilege to be able to do that. So bringing me back to all this, I've been sitting with the question of, maybe there's a reason why Carl Jung introduced the eight cognitive functions in the way in which he did and in the order in which he did, it seems like a lot of us and the MBTI included, they read, you know, Psychological Types and thought, you know, this is really interesting. However, you're losing me a bit Jung, like you're talking so much about all the stuff that I don't care about, get me to the categories. And so that's basically what a lot of these type models have done, is want to quickly get to why someone would want to hear about what they're saying, and explain it in a way where it's quick and snappy, and you're able to add value quickly.And we see the sentiment, this whole sentiment of trying to cut through the fat, and get right to like this point, that might be convincing for someone. We see this all the time in sales, and in marketing. And I think that with so much information in 2022 that we are all sifting through… I know a lot of us work from home, I work from home, I feel like I'm sitting behind a computer a lot. I read recently the other day, that apparently the average person sees, could see up to 10,000 advertisements per day, in 2022. So, and in contrast, in the 70s, that number was more like 500 to 1000. So there's a lot that we're trying to sort through, there's a lot of information that we're juggling all at once. We aren't like living on a farm and working in a factory doing the same thing over and over and over. And so imagine what that's done to our psyches. We aren't a lot of us are not just sitting and doing the same thing over and over

If you're new to type, you may be wondering: which test should I take?In this episode of Psyche Design, I'm joined by type experts Sterling Bates and Katherine Hirsch to discuss some of the problems with online personality tests and tips for finding your best fit type. There are many ways to discover your type— but there are some things to keep in mind to help you get the most value out of this tool.Want help finding your best fit psychological type? This (free) online personal exploration engine will walk you through the self-discovery process in about 20 minutes: https://app.personalitywizard.com/register?Code=personalitywizard-meghanlevota Listen to Psyche Design on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQ Like my content? Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/meghanlevota DISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/ Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contacto This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

Isn't personality type just astrology for business people? Let's talk about the difference between astrology and type.There's a good chance you've heard this one before. A lot of people like to compare personality type and astrology, but as someone interested in both I can tell you: the two are very different.A lot of psychologists interested in type want to stay away from comparing type to astrology, understandably so. From a scientific perspective, there is actual research (including some neuroscience) that can improve the existence of 16 type patterns. Because type is harder to measure than other aspects of psychology, it is considered fuzzy. Comparing it to something even fuzzier (like astrology, which is nearly 100% rejected by science) is not a great way to get people to believe that there is validity to the theory of personality types.A lot of astrologers are skeptical of personality type because they see it as too corporate, or they perceive it to lack nuance. They believe that their natal chart can already describe what personality type is getting at, but better. This is not the case, as Jungian personality type offers a more specific look at your cognitive wiring and your psyche's tendencies. Type is more grounded in something you can observe and use regarding how you operate. Astrology on the other hand, is much more than just personality or your mental functions. Your natal chart expands to cover other people in your life, situations you might face, karma, destiny, and other highly conceptual topics that are difficult to pin down. It's also worth knowing that psychologist Carl Jung was inspired by astrology when he originally discovered the theory of psychological types.I believe that both of these tools have very different purposes and can aid your self-discovery journey in different ways. It's unfair to dismiss the validity of the theory of psychological type by comparing it to astrology, as the tools are not the same. For those who do believe in astrology, it's also worth knowing that type can offer something that astrology cannot explain.Scientific studies on personality type (database): https://www.capt.org/MILO/ Center for Applications of Psychological Type: https://www.capt.org/ Listen to Psyche Design on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQ Like my content? Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/meghanlevota Want help finding your best fit psychological type? This (free) online personal exploration engine will walk you through the self-discovery process in about 20 minutes: https://app.personalitywizard.com/register?Code=personalitywizard-meghanlevota A bunch of really smart people in the type world came together to make this online self-discovery experience possible, and it's highly recommended by me. View my profile to get an idea of what your report might look like: https://app.personalitywizard.com/profile/IBKFLIafbMIZDZ9 DISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/ Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

Your cognitive type pattern will tell you a lot about how you see the world and how you make decisions. But you are much more than that. In this episode, I discuss some of the factors that might influence how you express your personality and show up in the world.Reminder, Jungian psychological type is not a trait-based or behavioral system. Since we are talking about your core cognitive lens, these patterns exist in the mind and describe what motivates our behavior — not the behavior itself.Listen to Psyche Design on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQ Like my content? Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/meghanlevota Want help finding your best fit psychological type? This (free) online personal exploration engine will walk you through the self-discovery process in about 20 minutes: https://app.personalitywizard.com/register?Code=personalitywizard-meghanlevota A bunch of really smart people in the type world came together to make this online self-discovery experience possible, and it's highly recommended by me. View my profile to get an idea of what your report might look like: https://app.personalitywizard.com/profile/IBKFLIafbMIZDZ9 DISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/ Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

In this episode, I'm going to talk a bit about the state of intuition and feeling in today's culture — and some of its problematic manifestations.In my opinion, most of western society has suffered from sensing and thinking "one-sidedness" for many years. Right now, a lot of the divisiveness we are seeing in culture is due to backlash from feeling and intuition. While feeling and intuition are beginning to take up more space, things are wobbling a bit. Some people are doubling down on feeling and intuition in an egoic way, to match the energy of egoic thinking and feeling that are clinging to their one-sided power.While these function polarities don't explain the full picture of what is going on, I think that it can be a helpful frame of reference for understanding so we can aim to restore balance. My goal is to move toward a world that makes space for all function attitudes — without the need to dismiss anyone's reality.Listen to Psyche Design on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQ Want help finding your best fit psychological type? This (free) online personal exploration engine will walk you through the self-discovery process in about 20 minutes: https://app.personalitywizard.com/register?Code=personalitywizard-meghanlevota A bunch of really smart people in the type world came together to make this online self-discovery experience possible, and it's highly recommended by me.View my profile to get an idea of what your report might look like: https://app.personalitywizard.com/profile/IBKFLIafbMIZDZ9 DISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/ Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

In this episode, I want to talk about the judging functions — specifically, the difference between how introverted and extroverted judging functions operate. While feeling and thinking are both ways of assessing the information you pick up on and coming to a conclusion, introverted judging (Fi and Ti) is going to approach that decision through the subjective viewpoint; considering all internal factors. Extroverted judging (Fe and Ti) is approaching the problem more so through the objective, considering the external objects.You can think of Fi and Ti as how we purify and discern our unique identity, whereas Fe and Te are focused on aligning their decisions with the universal laws of how things operate in our shared reality. No matter what your personality type pattern is, we all struggle with this tension between considering internal vs external factors when problem-solving.I wanted to discuss this because I have been spending a lot of time working with shadow Fi and Ti lately and I am amazed by how grounding and deep this kind of consciousness can go. I wanted to reflect on how this tension between my judging processes has impacted my life.The next discussion group will be July 22! Support Psyche Design on Patreon (discussion group + Q&A): https://www.patreon.com/meghanlevota Want help finding your best fit psychological type? This (free) online personal exploration engine will walk you through the self-discovery process in about 20 minutes: https://app.personalitywizard.com/register?Code=personalitywizard-meghanlevota A bunch of really smart people in the type world came together to make this online self-discovery experience possible, and it's highly recommended by me. View my profile to get an idea of what your report might look like: https://app.personalitywizard.com/profile/IBKFLIafbMIZDZ9 Listen to Psyche Design on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQ DISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/ Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project?Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

Without conscious awareness, we are all in danger of becoming a caricature of ourselves. The 16 types are the cast of characters the ego could latch onto. You are more than that.In this episode, I discuss the power of projection. Projection is an automatic mechanism of the psyche that we all participate in. This is when the unconscious contents of our psyche (what we cannot see in ourselves) are seen through other people/objects. Common examples of projection are seen in personal and collective quarrels. As Carl Jung explains, "All the contents of our unconscious are constantly being projected into our surroundings, and it is only by recognizing certain properties of the objects as projections or imagos that we are able to distinguish them from the real properties of the objects."It is important to keep in mind that there is a reason for this process: the unconscious always seeks expression. This is the same motivation that fuels our individuation process. With that in mind, how can we become more conscious of our projections? Is it possible to move with the creative energy of conflict and allow it to transform our conscious perspective?The next discussion group will be July 22! Support Psyche Design on Patreon (discussion group + Q&A): https://www.patreon.com/meghanlevotaAPTI keynote event series signup: https://www.aptinternational.org/Projection and Personality Development via the Eight-Function Model by Carol Shumate: https://www.amazon.com/Projection-Personality-Development-Eight-Function-Model/dp/0367341387Want help finding your best fit psychological type? This (free) online personal exploration engine will walk you through the self-discovery process in about 20 minutes: https://app.personalitywizard.com/register?Code=personalitywizard-meghanlevota A bunch of really smart people in the type world came together to make this online self-discovery experience possible, and it's highly recommended by me. View my profile to get an idea of what your report might look like: https://app.personalitywizard.com/profile/IBKFLIafbMIZDZ9 Listen to Psyche Design on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQ DISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance. For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/ Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

In this episode, I talk about a bunch of different things. Mainly, I am discussing the process of transformation in the psyche that we all go through while using myself as an example. I reflect on the past, look to the future, and share some lessons I've learned about integrating the shadow along the way. I talk quite a bit about the experience of inferior introverted thinking, so if you're interested in learning more about that, take a listen! Also, the next discussion group meets on June 24 (link below).Type + Academia Symposium (From BAPT): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm6GEpIyTRH62TAV4eFT7V46IUVzVVgfb Support Psyche Design on Patreon (membership + other perks): https://www.patreon.com/meghanlevota Want help finding your best fit psychological type? This (free) online personal exploration engine will walk you through the self-discovery process in about 20 minutes: https://app.personalitywizard.com/register?Code=personalitywizard-meghanlevota A bunch of really smart people in the type world came together to make this online self-discovery experience possible, and it's highly recommended by me. View my profile to get an idea of what your report might look like: https://app.personalitywizard.com/profile/IBKFLIafbMIZDZ9 Listen to Psyche Design on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQ DISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY. Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/ Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

Join me and INTP Aud in a candid discussion about the trickster function. We reflect on quotes from Carl Jung, Mark Hunziker, John Beebe, and share our own experiences.The trickster function is an area of the psyche that is so submerged by the shadow, that it can come out in very primitive ways. To the individual, this area feels like a mental blindspot. As Carl Jung says, “although he is not really evil, [the Trickster] does the most atrocious things from sheer unconsciousness and unrelatedness."Find your trickster function:ENFJ & ENTJ - SiENFP & ESFP - TiESTP & ENTP - Fi ESFJ & ESTJ - Ni INFJ & ISFJ - Te ISTJ & INTJ - Fe INFP & INTP - Se ISFP & ISTP - Ne Support Psyche Design on Patreon (membership + other perks): https://www.patreon.com/meghanlevota Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQ DISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/ Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

Join me and INTP Aud in a candid discussion about the inferior function. We reflect on quotes from Jung, Marie Louise Von Franz, John Beebe, and share our own experiences. The inferior function is considered the key to the unconscious. It is both vulnerable and aspirational in nature.As an ENFJ, my inferior function is introverted thinking, while Aud's inferior is extroverted feeling. That means we are both approaching the shadow from opposite sides of the same coin. In this episode, we explore how the inferior function manifests within us as we journey toward unlocking the key to the shadow.Support Psyche Design on Patreon (membership + other perks): https://www.patreon.com/meghanlevota Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQ DISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/ Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project?Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

Bouncing back and forth between the polarities of the psyche is like dancing with the shadow. You've got to let go of the tight grip your ego has on your preferences and surrender in order to truly be free.In this episode, I discuss the attitude to take when you approach obstacles, allowing the shadow to come to light.Next group discussion May 20. Support Psyche Design on Patreon (membership + other perks): https://www.patreon.com/meghanlevota Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQ DISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

In this episode, I discuss how Jung's original intention with type was to solve the "problem of opposites" or the "type problem." 100 years later, we are feeling more divided than ever — culturally, politically, economically, etc. How do we solve this problem? And how can type help us heal? Next group discussion May 20. Support Psyche Design on Patreon (membership + other perks): https://www.patreon.com/meghanlevotaListen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQDISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

One of the best ways to understand how a personality type pattern operates in the psyche is with an example. Using my own experience and an example from John Beebe's book, I illustrate the story of the ENFJ journey.How does this pattern unfold? It begins with the dominant extroverted feeling (Fe), then the supportive introverted intuition (Ni), then the childlike extroverted sensing (Se), then the wounded introverted thinking (Ti) in the inferior position. Lying in the shadow is the ENFJ's oppositional "evil twin" introverted feeling (Fi), followed by the critical parent extroverted intuition (Ne), the trickster introverted sensing (Si), and the antagonistic extroverted thinking (Te). Book reference: Energies and Patterns in Psychological Type: The reservoir of consciousness by John Beebe (Pg 22, Figure 5.9, Figure 5.10)Support Psyche Design on Patreon (membership + other perks): https://www.patreon.com/meghanlevotaListen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQ DISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY. Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious. This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance. For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/ Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

What is your default mode of functioning?Each personality type pattern has an aspect of consciousness that they hold onto a little bit too tightly. In this episode, I explore the dominant function's hero archetype and how it might manifest in each of the types.The Dominant Functions: Extroverted Feeling (Fe)- ENFJ- ESFJExtroverted Thinking (Te)- ENTJ- ESTJIntroverted Feeling (Fi)- INFP- ISFPIntroverted Thinking (Ti)- INTP- ISTPExtroverted Intuition (Ne)- ENFP- ENTPExtroverted Sensing (Se)- ESFP- ESTPIntroverted Intuition (Ni)- INFJ- INTJIntroverted Sensing (Si)- ISFJ- ISTJAmanda Flaker's Aggressor/Victim/Savior Paradigm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6vVrlAClRc&t=103sSupport Psyche Design on Patreon (membership + other perks): https://www.patreon.com/meghanlevotaListen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQDISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/ Got a fresh idea you wanna share?Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

In episode 3, we talked about the two orientations of the psyche: introversion and extroversion. This dichotomy is one way of dividing consciousness in two, grouping it by the psyche's attitude toward the outer and inner universe.Irrational and rational consciousness is another way in which we can divide the psyche in two. Jung refers to both feeling and thinking functions as rational, while the intuition and sensing functions are irrational. Rational and rational functions behave in very different ways. While rational functions find fulfillment by accurately reflecting on right vs wrong or good vs bad, irrational functions exist beyond reason. Irrational functions live in flux and are keenly aware of their experience.“Both intuition and sensation are functions that find fulfillment in the absolute perception of the flux of events. Hence, by their very nature, they will react to every possible occurrence and be attuned to the absolutely contingent, and must therefore lack all rational direction. For this reason, I call them irrational functions, as opposed to thinking and feeling, which find fulfillment only when they are in complete harmony with the laws of reason.” — Jung.In this episode, I introduce why I refer to thinking and feeling as "creative functions" and sensing and intuition as "experiential functions." My understanding is that creative functions lead to knowing, and that experiential functions lead to being. No matter what your type, both are equally important to the human experience.Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQDISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

What’s the difference between ego and Self development?Self development is the state of allowing unconscious contents of the psyche to emerge. This means integrating the unity of the collective consciousness. It is a transformational process that can occur within the individual, as Jung calls “the individuation process.” This is the process of becoming the Self.Ego development, on the other hand, is when we allow our dominant way of processing to become tyrannical. Our ego attaches to its way of being and builds walls between it and anything that doesn’t validate its perspective. This process of fragmentation happens both internally and externally. The ego seeks validation so that it can continue to feel strong, big, and tough — when in reality, it is weak.Ego development is often confused with Self development because it can make us feel like we’re getting better in the short term, but it ultimately keeps us stuck in the long term.With Self development, we learn to bravely and freely navigate our psychic components. We learn to ride the wave of life, manage our projections, and ultimately develop a solid foundation for self trust and love. The consciousness of the Self becomes more expansive, which makes us stronger in the long run. By holding our grip on the ego a little lighter, we become freer and more able to handle whatever life throws with us.Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQDISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious. This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance.For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com

In this episode, I discuss the nature of a personality type pattern and introduce John Beebe's 8 function model of the psyche.Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyche-design/id1548227570Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EkdgUj7DY2EBuM6uxb3q3?si=BJwVdtY_SdGrcNnslzP-QQDISCOVER THE UNIQUE MENTAL MATRIX OF YOUR PERSONALITY.Hi, I'm Meghan LeVota — here to help you integrate your mind. I'm interested in cracking the code for how individuals can transform their relationships — with themselves and others — by integrating the psyche. This means illuminating the shadow, healing limiting beliefs, and navigating the collective unconscious.This integration process becomes more manageable when one understands how their psyche functions. That’s where personality type comes in. By growing your conscious awareness of how your mind works, you gain conscious control over life. In other words, you’re getting your Ego on board with enlightenment, rather than forever feeling internal resistance. For my current 1:1 offerings, available courses, and upcoming events: https://www.meghanlevota.com/Got a fresh idea you wanna share? Do you have a media request? Interested in collaborating on a project? Contact me: https://www.meghanlevota.com/contact This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit psychedesign.substack.com