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Personality Type and COVID

December 28, 2020
Personality Type and COVID
Those familiar with the MBTI® (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) will recognize that, of the various preferences that make up personality typing, Sensing and iNtuiting are probably having the most influence on how people are dealing with the COVID virus. To quickly find out if you have Sensing or iNtuiting...Read more

The Art of Simplifying Your Resources

October 16, 2019
The Art of Simplifying Your Resources
Talk to any carpenter or building contractor and they’ll tell you that there’s always another tool they feel they could have in their tool box.  If they just had a particular blade or sander, their job would go much more smoothly and quickly.  So they get another toy.  But, one day they’ll...Read more

The Secret to Personal Change

March 16, 2015
The Secret to Personal Change
Deepak Chopra is definitely on target in his article, The Secret to Personal Change.  And it’s so in keeping with personality typing.  As a practitioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) and a weight-loss expert, I couldn’t agree more when he says, “The secret to personal...Read more

How to Jump Start Your Summer with a Few Weight-Loss Ideas

June 9, 2013
How to Jump Start Your Summer with a Few Weight-Loss Ideas
Some parts of the country are already into bathing suits while others are just starting to see it get warm enough for bathing suits. Wherever you live, here are a few tips on making sure you still fit into that bathing suit. While exercise is great for burning calories, it’s your general physical...Read more

A Buddhist Perspective on Eating According to Type

July 18, 2011
A Buddhist Perspective on Eating According to Type
Carl Jung, a Swiss psychologist, developed psychological type in the 1920s.  He was very interested in the Tao and the concept of yin and yang. He understood the idea of opposites; that they can only exist in relation to each other.  When I say “black”, what is the first thing that comes to your...Read more

What did you see in the mirror this morning?

July 12, 2010
What did you see in the mirror this morning?
Did you check yourself out in the mirror this morning? If so, did you like what you saw? Or did you tell yourself that today is the day you’re seriously going to start losing the weight?  That you’re tired of looking and feeling the way you do. What if I were to suggest to you that a good...Read more

My Personality Made Me Eat It

March 1, 2010
My Personality Made Me Eat It
Actually, it is possible that your personality made you eat it. People who live in the moment and are spontaneous tend to live by the “instant gratification” rule: “When I want it, I will have it”. They don’t stop and think of the consequences of eating foods that are high...Read more

Are you an Extrovert or Introvert? – It may influence how you eat.

April 28, 2009
Are you an Extrovert or Introvert? - It may influence how you eat.
Are you an Extrovert – someone who seems to be energized by others? Or are you an Introvert – who finds the energy from within? It’s been studied and proven that people tend to eat more, the more people that are in the group. Extroverts will find every reason to go out and socialize,...Read more