Why Traditional Writing Methods Don’t Work for INFJ and INFP Writers
Over the past seven years I’ve coached and taught hundreds of INFJ and INFP writers and I can say one thing with certainty: most traditional writing methods just don’t work for us. The sad thing is, most INFJ and INFP writers think that the problem is with them, not with the approach they’re using. So, […]
The Two Biggest Problems INFP Writers Face with the Creative Process
Last week I did an interview for the Art Stuff podcast with Jessica Johannesen. Jessica originally contacted me because she’d read The INFJ Writer and was curious to learn more about how intuitive personality types have their own unique struggles when it comes to creativity. However, as we started talking, the conversation focused on one […]
Neuroscience, Jungian Type, and INFJ Writers
One of my writer friends sent me a video yesterday that made me drop everything and think about INFJ writers, creativity, and problem-solving for the rest of the day. The video was a TEDx talk from a woman named Jane Kise who is an expert in Jungian type and works with kids who are having […]
The Hardest Part of Being a Writer? Being an Odd-Shaped Person in a Regular Sort of World.
I was one of those kids that just never really fit in. It wasn’t any one thing that separated me from the herd, it was more like a collection of things. I wasn’t competitive and I didn’t like sports. The latest trends tended to escape me and I usually gave weird answers whenever anyone asked […]
Why the Creative Life Can Be So Hard for INFJs and INFPs
In all my years of coaching, I’ve run into a definite pattern with INFJ and INFP artists and writers. It seems that most of us don’t decide to pursue our true calling until later in life. Usually, it’s after 40. Now, this doesn’t mean that we don’t feel the stirrings of inspiration or the pull […]