Enneagram Type 4: Unconscious Childhood Message

The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso & Russ Hudson

"It's not okay to be too functional or too happy."

Take time to meditate on this unconscious message and bring awareness to where it rings true. Think about where it controls parts of our lives, or where it allows life to be easier. How can we remove our sense of self from this message and how it has shaped our interactions with others? Sometimes we are reinforced to repeat these roles and it helps maintain a type of homeostasis within our interpersonal relationships or systems we belong to. I pair Enneagram and Bowen Family Systems to share on how to dissect our socialization as well as increase awareness of these patterns of being so we can grow into our true essence.

Bowen Family Systems Theory https://thebowencenter.org/theory/

The Enneagram Institute https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/ty...

If you're looking for a life coach to improve self-understanding and identifying one's strengths through typology and archetypal systems, I'd love to help! Please email me at organizedmesses@gmail.com :)

Our Collective Archetypal Journeys - What Will We Do After COVID-19?

THE SOUND IS LOW. Don't forget to lower your volume after watching. I am still figuring out how close to have the mic when speaking. Thoughts on what it means to be a human being before, during, and after COVID-19. As humanity has seen and gone through its shadow, I have hope we can look ourselves in the mirror to embrace all parts of our nature. We can become a Pheonix rising through the ashes, collectively. We can discard the violence, greed, apathy that we've experienced for so long. We can look for light emerging amongst our shadow selves. We can nurture growth and life!

Jung https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZSbf...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2M8x...

Joseph Campbell https://www.jcf.org/about-joseph-camp...

Caroline Myss https://www.myss.com/

D.O.E.S. Model for the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)

The Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) DOES model by Elaine Aron, PhD.

Brief overview of Elaine Aron's D.O.E.S. model for describing the experiences of having the Highly Sensitive Trait. I note that about 20% of the population has this trait, so it is not rare. It is also mentioned how High Sensitivity may be an umbrella trait or term that encompasses other states of being, like ADHD, Sensory Processing, Autism, and others.

• D - depth of processing

• O - overstimulation

• E - empathy

• S - Sensitivity to Subtleties

Guilt for Not Being Productive During Social Distancing

You don't have to be super productive and have a perfect schedule as we are forced to socially distance. As context changes, so much how we see things. Value as a person is not reflected in how productive you are, and yet it can be ingrained is us as a culture. Please take a listen and know you are allowed to feel worried, relieved, scared, frustrated, angry, and all the other complex emotions human beings experience. We are navigating unknown territories together!

Thoughts on Stimming & ABA (Autism Acceptance)

Sharing some ways I stim, responding to the video of "What is Stimming?" by the YouTube channel Ask an Autistic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WexCW... (this video is more detailed)

BLOCKING BAD INPUT WITH GOOD INPUT!

I didn't mention stimming is also used for sensation seeking.

Some ways of stimming mentioned:

• hand flapping

• visual & tactile (stones, dice, glitter, squishy)

• essential oils

• scents

• weighted blankets

A note on ABA: I can see that ABA is changing for the better. I am commenting on my experiences and hearing stories of those who have suffered through terrible ABA practices in the past. If you practice ABA now, please feel free to share what it is like.

ASAN: https://autisticadvocacy.org/

Re: Signs of ADHD in Women & Girls (ADDitudemag.com)

Responding to a list of criteria describing potential ADHD in women. Article: https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-symp...

The Global Giftedness Myth

Book: Gifted Children by Ellen Winner

The Global Giftedness Myth may permeate the culture's misperceptions of gifted people as high-achievers and not needing support (services) in education or life because things came easily. For the population of gifted people where this does not apply, it creates a possible negative experience where they don't feel allowed to share their invisible struggles (sensory overload, processing differences, heightened emotional experiences, cognitive differences, etc.) and pressure to perform at a higher level to be "worthy" or receive approval. This may not be the case for all, yet it is a personal observation to share. There may be this misunderstanding that a gifted person's seeking of approval and knowledge is a personal attack or a way or being elitist. This video is to highlight differences as merely that, difference. Nothing good or bad, just different and needing space for understanding.

Thoughts on (Auditory) Processing Differences

Do you or someone you know pause often when speaking, or ask for clarification in conversations or when given directions? It might be a processing difference! Here are some thoughts and observations:

Neurodiversity: Female Presentation, Wearing Masks, & Living Authentically

Some words on being different, thinking differently, and the journey in relation to "looking" disabled or different, how it may affect a person where they mask or question their authentic selves. Neurodiversity Affirming Therapists: https://www.facebook.com/groups/22198...