Family Personalities
A podcast that brings personality type models into parenting! Sandra is a Family Type Practitioner, certified in Myers-Briggs personality type for both adults and children. Em is a mom, lawyer, "accidental politician" and personality type enthusiast. Together, they explore how MBTI, Enneagram and other personality type models can help you parent more peacefully and compassionately.
If you are wondering why your kids, teens, your spouse and your parenting partner do the things they do and how you can understand them on a deeper level, then this is the podcast for you. This podcast takes it beyond generic personality type quizzes and assessments and will help you figure out your child’s or teenager’s personality type and everyone in your family. Knowing your kids’ personality type can help you better communicate with them, understand how they are best motivated and really help you change the way your see your family. Sandra and Em are not only into personality type models but also believe in gentle, empathetic and positive discipline approaches with their own children, and find that personality type helps them accomplish a healthy attachment style for their kids. Join us to discuss Introversion, Extraversion, Sensing, Intuition, Thinking, Feeling, Judging and Perceiving and all of the cognitive functions in Myers-Briggs. The podcast will sometimes mix in other models like love languages, the Kolbe Index, DISC, true colors and HSP, to name a few! Anything that can help us better understand our kids and our whole family is welcome. If you’re looking for self growth, self understanding and a way to improve your parenting - come join the family! Personality type is especially great for homeschoolers because it helps you understand how your homeschool child best learns. It’s great for unschoolers because unschooling parents understand that true learning comes from intrinsic motivation and they want their kids to build a life that really honors their individuality instead of trying to fit them into the traditional school box. It’s great for stay home moms and dads and working moms and dads alike. The show also helps you in your adult relationships, whether it’s your marriage you’re looking to improve or the relationship with your co-parent. You can understand how to best communicate with one another and understand whether the other person is coming from, leading to a more cooperative and peaceful partnership. This show is a great fit for: introverts, extraverts, INTJ ENTJ INFJ ENFJ INTP ENTP INFP ENFP ISTJ ESTJ ISFJ ESFJ ISTP ESTP ISFP ISTP And of course for Enneagram type 1, Enneagram type 2, Enneagram type 3, Enneagram type 4, Enneagram type 5, Enneagram type 6, Enneagram type 7, Enneagram type 8, Enneagram type 9 Come join The Family!
Episodes
113 episodes
105 Sandra's Chronic Illnesses - POTS IIH EDS
Sandra talks about her experience with the chronic illnesses that have kept her from this podcast the last couple of years. Links and references:
104 ISFP Child Lilly - Introverted Feeling - Extraverted Sensing - MBTI in Kids
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...
103 Kate Mason ESFP Parent and Fellow Personality Type Podcaster - Extraverted Sensing Myers Briggs MBTI Kids Children
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:<...
102 Resonant Feeling (Fi) in Kids - ISFP INFP ESFP ENFP - Introverted Feeling - MBTI Myers Briggs Children
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.&n...
101 Persuasive Children, Countertype Moments and Purposeful Careers - MBTI Myers Briggs Kids Parenting
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 pr...
100 Japan Personalities with Harumi Gondo - MBTI Myers Briggs Moms Parents Social Culture
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:
99 The Gift of Personality Type in Parenting with Sue Blair ESTJ - Myers Briggs MBTI
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...
98 ISFP Parent Megan Chen - MBTI Myers Briggs Introverted Feeling Fi
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:
97 Resonant Feeling (Fi) in Parents - ISFP INFP ESFP ENFP Introverted Feeling Myers-Briggs MBTI
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 mod...
96 Dog Abuse, Helpful Sisters and Cults! - Myers-Briggs and Kids
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 ki...
95 Relational Feeling (Fe) in Kids - ESFJ ENFJ ISFJ INFJ - Extraverted Feeling Myers-Briggs MBTI Parenting
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....
94 Canceling on Friends, Kids' Fear of Failure and Googling Symptoms - Myers Briggs MBTI Parenting Kids
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 pref...
93 Using Personality to Simplify Your Life with Alyssa Wolff - Gretchen Rubin Four Tendencies - Introversion - Myers-Briggs WAHM
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 ...
92 Thinking Kids and Social Rules with Elena Nola - Myers Briggs Typology MBTI Personality Type
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.&nbs...
91 ENFJ Parent Grace Lager - Myers-Briggs MBTI Parenting
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:
90 Relational Feeling (Fe) in Parents - ESFJ ENFJ ISFJ INFJ Extraverted Feeling MBTI Myers-Briggs
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 m...
89 Fall Welcome Back
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-Sand...
88 Summer Send-off Smorgasbord
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 ...
87 Type and Temperament in Kids with Wendy Gossett - Myers-Briggs MBTI Parenting
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 ov...
86 ENFP ISTP Relationship with Kyle and Laura Friesen - Myers Briggs MBTI Parenting
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 rela...
85 Enneagram Subtypes with Samantha Mackay - Instincts
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
84 ISTP Teen Isabelle - Enneagram 9 - Myers-Briggs - Introverted Thinking - MBTI - Kids - Children
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:
83 Precise Thinking (Ti) in Kids - Myers-Briggs Introverted Thinking Children
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.&...
82 Scribbled Gifts, Uplifting Children and Inner Opposite Moments - Myers-Briggs in Kids and Children
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 ...
81 INTP Christian Rivera Parents Using Personality Type - Enneagram 1 - Myers-Briggs - Introverted Thinking Ti
Sandra interviews Christian Rivera, freelance digital designer and host of the popular podcast Dopamine and Other Happy Chemicals, about what it’s like as a parent who uses Precise Thinking (Introverted Thinking) in the Myers-Briggs personality...