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The Power of Personality Type: Understanding Psychological Dynamics for Inner Work

Dec 5, 2025
Explore the fascinating world of personality types and their role in personal development. Delve into Carl Jung's psychological theories and the eight cognitive functions that shape our minds. Discover how individuation and shadow work can lead to genuine transformation. The discussion highlights the importance of understanding one’s psychological type for integrating life’s imbalances and enhancing self-awareness. Learn about the unique naming system for functions, practical exercises for active imagination, and the connection to deeper emotional understanding.
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ADVICE

Start With The Free PDA Test

  • Take the Personality Dynamics Assessment at makeitconscious.com/PDA to discover your functional combination.
  • Use the free test first, then consider a paid report for deeper detail.
INSIGHT

Mind's Two Core Operations

  • Jung's model reduces mental activity to two core operations: perceiving and judging, each with two modes.
  • This creates four functions (sensing, intuition, thinking, feeling) that map a psychic compass for development.
INSIGHT

Functions As A Psychic Compass

  • The four functions act like the four points of a compass to locate psychic orientation.
  • Jung framed sensation, thinking, feeling and intuition as irreducible, indispensable mental coordinates.
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