Blog Posts
Read award-winning author Jean Kummerow’s blog posts.
All posts originally copyrighted and posted in "Type for Life" by the Center for the Applications of Psychological Type, Gainesville, FL. Used with permission.
- Another interpretation of "gifts differing" — June 2011
Read about an ESTJ Australian friend’s birthday party - Eulogies — August 2011
Read about how this ESTJ writes eulogies - Experiencing art — September 2011
Read about experiencing art from an ESTJ perspective - Getting to know you, getting to know someone like (or different from) you — October 2011
Read about how different types date - Morning routines and rituals — February 2012
Read about type differences, especially J-P differences in routines - Career Stereotyping — March 2012
Read about the limitations of using type exclusively with career counseling - Synchronicity and Kemp’s Ridley turtles — April 2012
Read about teaching about turtles and my INTP uncle - Perpetual issues — May 2012
Read about type differences in couples - Revising the story — June 2012
Read about using type to reconsider the meaning of events - What is a "risk?" — June 2012
Read about type differences in taking risks - Being lost — July 2012
Read about type differences in what is "being lost" and the type of directions desired - The best laid plans — September 2012
Read about type differences in what is a "plan" - Creativity — October 2012
Read about S-N differences in creativity - Time management for Perceiving types — October 2012
Read about how perceiving types manage their time - Which type do you like best? — January 2013
Read about recognizing the good side of every type - Theories - I don’t understand them — April 2013
Read about forming patterns and theories - Movies, books and empathy — April 2013
Read about using them to develop empathy - Lessons learned from my INTJ father — July 2013
Read about an INTJ chemist’s vision and persistence - Hitting the nail on the head — August 2013
Read about T-F differences in approaching a problem - Surprises (or not!!) — November 2013
Read about type reactions to surprises - Experiencing another perspective — January 2014
Read about how this ESTJ experiences her opposite preferences - The Olympics and Judging — February 2014
Read about how one judges performance - Arugula and communication — March 2014
Read about type differences in listening and action - Moving — July 2014
Read about what helps different types in making a move - The anarchy zone — July 2014
Read about differences in SJ and NP play - Alfred Adler and the Crucial Cs — November 2014
Read about applying type to Adlerian principles - Watching feeling in action — February 2015
Read about a nurse using Feeling (in both senses of the word) to help out - Different or difficult? — April 2015
Read about cautions in using type - Caregiving — September 2015
Read about an ESFJ's experiences - Reunions — October 2015
Read about type reactions to reunions - The plight of the condiments — January 2016
Read about what to do with too much - Writing my way — March 2016
Read about how this ESTJ writes - Reading type into reading — June 2016
Read about guessing the types of fictional characters - Preparing for the Rio Olympics — August 2016
Read about how this ESTJ plans a trip - At the Olympics in Rio! — August 2016
Read about my ESTJ perspective on Rio - Memorials/Denkmals that work — October 2016
Read about type differences in viewing memorials - An accident and its aftermath — February 2017
Read about an ENFJ's reaction to a serious accident - My TEDx talk — March 2017
Read about how I gave a TEDx talk on type - Citizenship — August 2017
Read about the typology of citizenship - Dealing with loss... with death — August 2017
Read about a guide to the grieving process - Type in the Galapagos — February 2019
Read about some sensing details and more - Five factors of effective training — April 2019
Read about ways to include type differences in training - Covid 19 and us — April 2020
Read about type reactions to covid sheltering - Wedding vows — June 2020
Read about type differences in wedding vows - Minneapolis, George Floyd, and me — August 2020
Read about an ESTJ's reaction - Jigsaw puzzles — November 2020
Read about type differences in putting together jigsaw puzzles