Family Personalities

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  • 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 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 Escaping NXIVM

    Links and references:

    Find Your Child’s Myers-Briggs Type
    Myers-Briggs Basics
    Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet

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    @Sandraeth on Venmo

    Check out my podcast page for episodes broken down by topic.

    Enlist Sandra's services to create a more peaceful dynamic in your family!

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    41 min
  • 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. 

    Full show notes

    Links and references:

    Find Your Child’s Myers-Briggs Type
    Myers-Briggs Basics
    Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet

    Donate!

    Email us at [email protected]
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    55 min
  • 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 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 her

    -A listener’s ESTP son has one million requests for his birthday party at the very last minute

    -Is “giving people the benefit of the doubt” personality type related??

    -Em’s ISFJ 8 year old daughter has the same “fear of failure” as Enneagram 3 INFJ 39 year old Sandra !

    -Are people with a preference for Intuition in Myers-Briggs more likely to obsessively google their symptoms?

    Links and references:

    Find Your Child’s Myers-Briggs Type
    Myers-Briggs Basics
    Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet

    Donate!
    @Sandraeth on Venmo

    Email us at [email protected]
    Follow us on Instagram @FamilyPersonalities
    Follow us on Facebook @FamilyPersonalities
    Leave us a review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts

    44 min
  • 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 and references:

    PeopleStripes Thanksgiving Article: “Gratitude Through Type” by Sandra Etherington

    Alyssa’s Website
    Alyssa’s Podcast: The Unbusy Mom
    Alyssa’s Instagram: @UnBusyYourBestLifeNow

    Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies

    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 more peaceful dynamic in your family!

    Email us at [email protected]
    Follow us on Instagram @FamilyPersonalities
    Follow us on Facebook @FamilyPersonalities
    Leave us a review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts

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    24 min
  • 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. 

    Links and references:

    People Stripes Article: “Navigating Sibling Conflict” by Sandra Etherington

    Elena Nola is an Integration Mentor working to help her clients to optimize their lives and break old patterns of thinking, being, and relating that are keeping them trapped in fear, disconnection, and exhaustion. You can find Elena on her Website  or her Instagram

    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 more peaceful dynamic in your family!


    Email us at [email protected]
    Follow us on Instagram @FamilyPersonalities
    Follow us on Facebook @FamilyPersonalities
    Leave us a review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts


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    55 min
  • 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:

    Grace on Linkedin
    @GracesCommLab on Instagram
    [email protected]

    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 more peaceful dynamic in your family!

    Email us at [email protected]
    Follow us on Instagram @FamilyPersonalities
    Follow us on Facebook @FamilyPersonalities
    Leave us a review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts

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    57 min
  • 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 model. 

    Full show notes

    Links and references:

    Personality Hacker Episode 408 – Neuroscience – Genetics – and Personality Types (with Dr. Denise Cook)

    Find Your Child’s Myers-Briggs Type
    Myers-Briggs Basics
    Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet

    Donate!

    Check out my podcast page for episodes broken down by topic.

    Enlist Sandra's services to create a more peaceful dynamic in your family!

    Email us at [email protected]
    Follow us on Instagram @FamilyPersonalities
    Follow us on Facebook @FamilyPersonalities
    Leave us a review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts

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    54 min
  • 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
    -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 change?
    -Em’s ISFJ daughter kills it at her morning routine and thinks Em’s family needs to DO BETTER

    Find pictures of Sandra’s new puppy in the show notes!

    Links and references:

    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 more peaceful dynamic in your family!

    Email us at [email protected]
    Follow us on Instagram @FamilyPersonalities
    Follow us on Facebook @FamilyPersonalities
    Leave us a review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts

    Rate, Review, Subscribe, Share


    26 min
  • 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
    -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 change?
    -Is Sandra’s discomfort around her kids attending a private school personality type related or just privilege based?
    -Em’s ISFJ daughter kills it at her morning routine and thinks Em’s family needs to DO BETTER

    Find pictures of Sandra’s new puppy in the show notes!

    Links and references:

    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 more peaceful dynamic in your family!

    Email us at [email protected]
    Follow us on Instagram @FamilyPersonalities
    Follow us on Facebook @FamilyPersonalities
    Leave us a review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts

    Rate, Review, Subscribe, Share


    34 min
  • 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 “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 ISFP friend's Extraverted Sensing function 
    • Sandra teases a topic for the fall having to do with changing Myers-Briggs personality types

    Check out old episodes that you missed in the meantime and we’ll catch you back here soon.

    Links and references:

    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 more peaceful dynamic in your family!

    Email us at [email protected]
    Follow us on Instagram @FamilyPersonalities
    Follow us on Facebook @FamilyPersonalities
    Leave us a review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts

    Rate, Review, Subscribe, Share



    43 min

About Family Personalities

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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,…