Hey there! Welcome to my site. I hope you find something useful here.
This site is mostly a collection of my rambling thoughts -- it may look organized, but that's an illusion. It probably should have been a blog, but I started it before blogs became popular. I'm tacking on a blog so people can post comments, but it's an afterthought to the original site. Several of my blog entries feature visitor comments that add additional richness, and I'm grateful for contributions. (You do not have to join anything in order to comment. Just click "other" and give yourself a name.)
Several pages on this site are incomplete, and I add new ideas as the spirit moves me. It's evolving along with me and along with the current understanding of type as a whole in the type community. So bear with me, and remember -- it cost you nothing to visit.
There's quite a bit to read -- 100 pages or so -- you won't be able to blast through it in 8.7 seconds or whatever the going speed is for plowing through websites. There's a Highlights Tour if you're short on time. But I suggest you bookmark it for a return visit when you have more time to read and consider, and not just confirm pre-existing bias (now there's a waste!).
Some things to mention. One of the reasons I created this site was because many type experts I consulted simply could NOT give me easy ways to readily characterize the differences between INFJs and INFPs -- and yet this was clearly a burning question for many people. So it was obvious to me there was a knowledge gap around this question.
I also must mention that I have INFJ preferences. I don't pretend that I have universal preferences, that I "know" how INFPs tick, or that I'm type omniscient. I have INFJ preferences, and I see the world through INFJ eyes. That's my perspective, and I'm pretty straightforward about my limitations.
I'm not here to make INFJs "right" and INFPs "wrong," however. My intent is to try and capture ways to distinguish between these two patterns. It is not my aim to "prove" one is better than the other.
If you feel an urge to drop me an email and "expose" my bias toward INFJ, let me forestall you right now: I am completely biased toward INFJ! And I believe it would be inauthentic to pretend otherwise. Who would I be fooling? So if that element makes it too offensive to read my site, you're perfectly welcome to skip it and not waste your valuable time here. (I'm not interested in getting grief about who I am.)
Here's a quote by Rumi:
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there.
This seems to capture the ideal attitude I'd like everybody here to aspire to (me included). Sometimes I consciously make other types look "wrong" -- and I'm doing it to highlight differences for the sake of education. Other times I'm just being me, can't help myself. I confess my innately flawed humanity. It's part of the package of being Vicky Jo. Maybe sometimes I've got a blind spot and need a little education to become aware of it. When you see one of those, I'm interested in hearing about it. Those are the ones that do unintended harm.
If you want me to keep you apprised of significant updates, please add your name to a list on the very last page of the site. If you are interested in having me do a professional assessment and validation with you, please visit my other site, www.TypeInsights.com. I am a professional life coach, and I use the framework of type around the coaching I do. I have some satisfied clients who found their best-fit type pattern by working with me, and they are using that knowledge to make their lives more rewarding and satisfying. I invite you to contact me for a collaborative interview to see whether you would benefit from my supporting you too. (If you want to know what the process of coaching looks like, one of my Catalyst clients wrote a college paper on her experience that you may read.)
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