What is True Friendship?
What does it mean to be a friend, to have a friend? Is friendship merely social, having someone to have fun with, to avoid loneliness? Or is it deeper?
When two people interact on a regular basis, what quality is … Read more
What Does it Mean to be Honest and Live with Integrity?
We all know the textbook definition of honesty: the quality of being fair and truthful. But what does it mean in everyday life?
Honesty is not a behavior or way of speaking – it is a way of being, a … Read more
Attachments: Disorganized Attachment
I hope you’ve been learning from this series on Attachment styles, which we will conclude with this post on the Disorganized Attachment Style. This most extreme behavioral style stems from the most dysfunctional upbringing.
Parents who generate a Disorganized … Read more
Attachments: The Ambivalent Style
If you have been following this series of posts on personality attachment styles, you will have a basic understanding of the theory that relationship patterns learned in infancy carry over into adult relationships. We have explored the Secure style … Read more
Attachments: the Avoidant Style
I’ve been discussing how psychological attachment styles affect our development and our adult relationships. This post covers The Avoidant style, the child who learns early in life that her needs will usually not be met by a caregiver, and she … Read more
Attachments: The Secure Style
In my last post I provided a basic understanding of Attachment Styles. Now I will cover the healthiest of the relationships: the Secure Attachment Style, in which the majority of adults are classified.
An infant who has a steady, secure … Read more
Attachment Styles and Relationships
In mental health care, the term “attachment” refers to how you relate to other people in your life. In infancy and early youth you formed an attachment style which stays with you and affects your most intimate relationships – and … Read more
16 Ways to Describe Your Personality
In the conclusion of our study on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), I will summarize what you’ve learned about the various pairings described by the MBTI by explaining the 4-letter coding the Indicator uses to describe our unique personality … Read more
How Does Your World See You?
In this fourth in the series on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), I will cover what the MBTI describes as your “outer life,” or how you prefer to interact with the world around you, your demeanor.
The MBTI says, … Read more
Do You Make Snap Decisions?
I hope you have been enjoying this series of posts on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).
Think about how you make decisions. Is it easy for you? Do you make snap judgments or take time to consider the possibilities? … Read more