In reflection I process a pattern with my friendships around who gets to name an offence and whose emotions are valid.

Supporting themes:  Power; Soft dominance; Hard dominance; Social hierarchies; Communication; Self-advocacy; Holding two competing needs equally.

Typology:  INTJ, Enneagram 8; ISFJ

In this reflection I consider a spiritual calling from a neurological perspective, a psychological perspective, and an environmental experience. 

In this reflection I discover core truths that had been hidden within.

Supporting themes: Body intelligence; Emotions; Teaching; Leadership; consider the pull of the body as an intelligence center. 

Topology: INTJ8; Te; Fi

This reflection is Part II to last week's episode: "A Rock and a Hard Place."  In it, I discuss the dark side to a recent decision I made.

Supporting themes:  Love, pride and logic; Learning affect; Professional development; Culture, family and Black space; Race and Gender; Feminism; Authenticity and Autonomy; Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD); Teaching and Leading.

Typology:  INTJ8

In this reflection, I explore what feels like the necessity of an unfortunate decision. 

Supporting themes: The classroom; Authenticity within context; Accessible authenticity vs inaccessible authenticity vs entitled accessibility; Authenticity as an inner experience or an outer experience; Breakthroughs in my grief (clarity); Therapy; Black spaces; and much more.

Typology: INTJ8

In this reflection, I do a meta-reflection to last week's "Low Places" episode.

Supporting themes:  Juxtaposition between joy and optimism.  Garth Brook's lyrics to "Low Places."

In this reflection, I am in a low place and I introduce a strategy I am starting in route to my big (my mastermind).

Typology:  INTJ8; ESFP

In this reflection I revisit the idea of liking and/or not liking a person.

Typology:  Te linked to Se (INTJ) vs Te linked to Ne (ISTJ). 

In this reflection I talk about the moods that impact taking action.

Supporting themes:  Returning to employment (although it feels like I am selling myself into slavery); The Trump administration; Mood (or emotions) that causes action paralysis.

Typology: INTJ8