Family Personalities

I'm back to give some life updates and talk about how neurodivergence has changed how I see myself and my family. 

Sandra talks about her experience with the chronic illnesses that have kept her from this podcast the last couple of years.  Links and references: About POTS About IIH POTS Clinic - POTS Care Concentric Circles of Grief Myers-Briggs Basics Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet Check out my new podcast From the Bleachers that covers Real Housewives as a sport. Email us at familypersonalitiespod@gmail.com...

Sandra interviews Lilly, her 8 year old daughter, about what it’s like being a child with ISFP preferences in Myers-Briggs. Links and references: Myers-Briggs Basics Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet Check out my new podcast From the Bleachers that covers Real Housewives as a sport. Email us at familypersonalitiespod@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @FamilyPersonalities Follow us on Facebook @FamilyP...

Sandra interviews Kate Mason, a parenting and personality type podcaster, about what it’s like being a parent who uses the cognitive function of Extraverted Sensing, nicknamed Responsive Sensing, in Myers-Briggs. Links and references: AusAPT Personality & Parenting Course Kate Mason Myers-Briggs Basics Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet Donate! Check out my podcast page for episodes broken down by...

Sandra and Em talk about how the cognitive function of Introverted Feeling (nicknamed Resonant Feeling) shows up in kids. This function is used by kids who have ISFP, INFP, ESFP and ENFP preferences in the Myers-Briggs personality type model.  Full show notes Links and references: Find Your Child’s Myers-Briggs Type Myers-Briggs Basics Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet Donate! Check out my podcast pa...

Sandra & Em briefly catch up and then analyze some Why Do They Do That Moments including: -One INFP listener’s thoughts on the recent Resonant Feeling (Introverted Feeling) episode -A listener’s ENFP child who gave her parents a presentation on why she should have a pet hamster -A couple of days where Sandra’s ISFP daughter looked a little bit more like someone who uses Imaginative Intuition (...

Sandra chats with Harumi Gondo about what Myers Briggs type represents Japanese culture and expectations and what it’s like working with moms and personality type in Japan. Links and references: 16type.org Harumi on LinkedIn Myers-Briggs Basics Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet Donate! @Sandraeth on Venmo Check out my podcast page for episodes broken down by topic. Enlist Sandra's services to cr...

Sandra interviews Sue Blair, a personality-based speaker, author and coach. They chat about: -Being a mother with ESTJ preferences -Parenting her two vastly different children with ISTJ and ENTP preferences, respectively -Sue’s main Do’s and Don’t’s when using type with parenting -Being someone with ESTJ preferences in the Intuition dominated personality type community -The gift of using type with...

Sandra interviews Megan Chen, an occupational therapist, wife and mother with ISFP preferences on what it’s like to use the cognitive function of Introverted Feeling, nicknamed Resonant Feeling, in Myers-Briggs. Links and references: Myers-Briggs Basics Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet Donate! @Sandraeth on Venmo Check out my podcast page for episodes broken down by topic. Email us at familypersonal...

Sandra and Em talk about how the cognitive function of Introverted Feeling (nicknamed Resonant Feeling) shows up in parents. This function is used by people who have ISFP, INFP, ESFP and ENFP preferences in the Myers-Briggs personality type model.  Full show notes Links and references: Myers-Briggs Basics Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet Donate! Check out my podcast page for episodes broken down by...

Sandra & Em  share their New Years hopes and goals and then they analyze some Why Do They Do That Moments including: -How an ISFP listener approaches “symptom googling”  -Sandra tries to use personality type to get her kids to treat the dog better -Em is able to reframe an E-mail from her sister that at first felt like criticism -They speculate about the personality types in the podcast Escapi...

Sandra and Em talk about how the cognitive function of Extraverted Feeling (nicknamed Relational Feeling) shows up in kids. This function is used by kids who have ESFJ, ENFJ, ISFJ and INFJ preferences in the Myers-Briggs personality type model.  Full show notes Links and references: Find Your Child’s Myers-Briggs Type Myers-Briggs Basics Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet Donate! Email us at familyper...

Sandra & Em chat about how Em’s election for state legislature went and then they analyze some listener and personal Why Do They Do That moments including: -One INTJ listener shares his experience of being someone with a Thinking preference as having “the volume turned down” on his feelings -An ENFJ listener can’t bring herself to cancel on her friend but is grateful when her friend cancels on...

Sandra interviews Alyssa Wolff, a productivity coach for WAHM, about how to use personality type to help simplify your life. They chat about parenting confidence, goal setting and Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies. Links and references: PeopleStripes Thanksgiving Article: “Gratitude Through Type” by Sandra Etherington Alyssa’s Website Alyssa’s Podcast: The Unbusy Mom Alyssa’s Instagram: @UnBusyYour...

Sandra has an important conversation with Elena Nola, about how  to help our children with a Thinking preference in Myers-Briggs navigate a world full of social rules, while still honoring and accepting them for who they are naturally.  Links and references: People Stripes Article: “Navigating Sibling Conflict” by Sandra Etherington Elena Nola is an Integration Mentor working to help her clients t...

Sandra interviews Grace Lager, a mother and communications professor with ENFJ preferences, on what it’s like to use the cognitive function of Extraverted Feeling, nicknamed Relational Feeling, in Myers-Briggs. Links and references: Grace on Linkedin @GracesCommLab on Instagram lagergrace@gmail.com Find Your Child’s Myers-Briggs Type Myers-Briggs Basics Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet Donate! @Sand...

Sandra and Em talk about how the cognitive function of Extraverted Feeling (nicknamed Relational Feeling) shows up in parents. This function is used by people who have ESFJ, ENFJ, ISFJ and INFJ preferences in the Myers-Briggs personality type model.  Full show notes Links and references: Personality Hacker Episode 408 – Neuroscience – Genetics – and Personality Types (with Dr. Denise Cook) Find Yo...

Sandra & Em welcome the podcast back after the summer break with some emotional news and some Why Do They Do That’s: -Em reveals a scary health diagnosis and talks about leaning on her ISTJ husband and others during this time -Sandra’s shares updates including a new puppy and a new school for her kids -Does Resonant Feeling (Introverted Feeling) have a lot to do with Sandra’s daughter’s name c...

Family Personalities is off for the rest summer and will continue in OCTOBER!! Sandra & Em close out the podcast before taking a break for the summer with a variety of topics including:  Sandra hiked up a hill on her “refined” hip! Em made a startling health discovery Em manages to tie personality type into the Mormon Mom Talk drama ISFJ June stands up for herself Sandra feels jealous of an IS...

Sandra interviews Wendy Gossett, author of the best-selling parenting book, Your Child’s Inner Drive, about type and temperament in kids. Wendy helps parents understand their children by using temperament psychology and neuroscience. She has over twenty years of experience in education, working in the classroom and corporate sector. Because Wendy herself has struggled as a helicopter parent, an ex...

Sandra interviews Kyle (ENFP) and Laura (ISTP), a couple that has been married for 20 years with 4 kids. They talk about their personality similarities and well - mostly differences - and how they navigate those together in their parenting relationship. Links and references: Friesenwellness.com Friesenholisticwellness on Instagram Find Your Child’s Myers-Briggs Type Myers-Briggs Basics Cognitive F...

Sandra interviews Samantha Mackay to understand what the Instincts (aka the Subtypes) are in the Enneagram personality type model. Links and references: Individuo.co.nz Truity.com Find Your Child’s Myers-Briggs Type Myers-Briggs Basics Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet Donate! @Sandraeth on Venmo Check out my podcast page for episodes broken down by topic. Enlist Sandra's services to create a mo...

Sandra interviews Isabelle, an 18-year-old with ISTP preferences, about what it’s like as a teenager who uses the Precise Thinking (Introverted Thinking) function in Myers-Briggs.  Links and references: Isabelle's Website Isabelle's Free Enneagram Cheatsheets Isabelle's Coaching Isabelle's Free Birth Chart Workbook Isabelle's YouTube Find Your Child’s Myers-Briggs Type Mye...

Sandra and Em talk about how the cognitive function of Introverted Thinking (nicknamed Precise Thinking) shows up in kids. This function is used by kids who have ISTP, INTP, ESTP and ENTP preferences in the Myers-Briggs personality type model.  Full show notes Links and references: Find Your Child’s Myers-Briggs Type Myers-Briggs Basics Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet Donate! Check out my podcast p...

It's a "Why Do They Do That Episode" where we analyze  the strange, annoying or confusing things we or or family members do, using personality type. Today, we talk about: -A listener's ISFJ daughter who normally spends a lot of careful time on her artwork, but for some reason gives careless scribbled artwork as gifts to family and friends -Em's ISFJ daughter who uplifts ot...