The Commander function – extraverted thinking – is one of the eight core functions of personality in Carl Jung's theory of psychological types. It's about organising the external world through systematic thinking and efficient implementation of logical solutions. This episode explores how this function manifests in ENTJs, ESTJs, INTJs, and ISTJs, and how it translates ideas into actionable plans.

Extraverted thinking makes decisions based on what works and what makes logical sense using external criteria. It excels at coordinating resources towards outcomes, spotting inefficiencies, and creating structured solutions. However, when untethered from deeper values, it can become misguided – optimising metrics without understanding what truly matters.

This episode covers the Commander's natural strengths, shadow dynamics, development pathways, and how this function shows up in the workplace.

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Playlists & Series:

The Power of Personality Type - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2MqJE8CE77T0pm_rRqUniverse

Active Imagination Exercises - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2MMxqoPMkk9eEbVIrbwq-7B&si=NgEZKF8F2ztgqEpb

Mapping the Shadow Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2PriUHnSAKpaf5eOpy27Nsw

Free Resources:

Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook - https://makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits/

The Cult Recovery Guide - https://makeitconscious.com/freeguide/

More from Make it Conscious:

MiC Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa?si=4153da0bb1a243a3

Inner Work Exercises Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs?si=72af3c85c97b4536

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The Seer function – introverted intuition – is one of the eight core functions of personality in Carl Jung's theory of psychological types. It's the ability to perceive underlying patterns and future possibilities, seeing beyond surface appearances to understand how situations will unfold. This episode explores how this function manifests in INFJs, INTJs, ENFJs, and ENTJs, and why it's often misunderstood even by those who use it naturally.

Introverted intuition operates through a permeable interaction with the unconscious, leading to that characteristic "just knowing" without knowing how. Jung described this as a form of unconscious perception, a legitimate way of engaging with the implicit realm that exists alongside the concrete world of sensation.

This episode covers the Seer's natural strengths, shadow dynamics, development pathways, and how this function shows up in the workplace.

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Free Personality Dynamics Assessment: https://makeitconscious.com/pda/

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Playlists & Series:

The Power of Personality Type - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2MqJE8CE77T0pm_rRqUniverse

Active Imagination Exercises - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2MMxqoPMkk9eEbVIrbwq-7B&si=NgEZKF8F2ztgqEpb

Mapping the Shadow Series - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2PriUHnSAKpaf5eOpy27Nsw

Free Resources:

Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook - https://makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits/

The Cult Recovery Guide - https://makeitconscious.com/freeguide/

More from Make it Conscious:

MiC Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa?si=4153da0bb1a243a3

Inner Work Exercises Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs?si=72af3c85c97b4536

Blog - https://makeitconscious.com/blog/

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Building on Episode 1, this episode explores how to use personality type as a development tool. Understanding your type reveals specific pathways for psychological growth through embracing your gifts, tempering your power, and reconciling with your shadow.

We'll explore how the Shadow Map model breaks down each of the eight functions, showing how every function has both light and dark manifestations. Each function requires facing its excesses and integrating its opposite.

This approach integrates Jung's personality type theory with shadow work, active imagination, and the Seven Habits of Individuation.

🔥 Take the free Personality Dynamics Assessment: https://makeitconscious.com/pda/

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Free Personality Dynamics Assessment: https://makeitconscious.com/pda/

Discover your psychological type and development pathway.

Hestia - The hearth of the Make it Conscious community: https://hestia.makeitconscious.com/

Premium courses, active imagination exercises, and community for Jungian depth work.

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Playlists & Series:

The Power of Personality Type - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2O8zXqF5gs_RzjvPQs-jo-t

Mapping the Shadow Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2PriUHnSAKpaf5eOpy27Nsw

Active Imagination Exercises - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2MMxqoPMkk9eEbVIrbwq-7B

Free Resources:

Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook - https://makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits/

The Cult Recovery Guide - https://makeitconscious.com/freeguide/

More from Make it Conscious:

MiC Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa?si=4153da0bb1a243a3

Inner Work Exercises Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs?si=72af3c85c97b4536

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Personality type isn't just about understanding differences between people—it's a development roadmap for individuation and shadow work. Episode 1 of this series explores Carl Jung's theory of Psychological Types, the eight cognitive functions, and how understanding your type supports genuine psychological transformation.

Jung identified four fundamental ways the mind operates: sensing and intuition (perceiving), thinking and feeling (judging). Each can be used in an introverted or extraverted orientation, giving us eight cognitive functions. Your particular combination of these functions forms your psychological type and reveals your specific pathway for development.

The Make it Conscious Method™ approaches type through the lens of shadow work and individuation, using character names for the eight functions to make them accessible and useful for active imagination work. This isn't about mere profiling and personal compatibility—it's about understanding how your mind works and what you need to integrate to become whole.

🔥 Take the free Personality Dynamics Assessment to discover your type: https://makeitconscious.com/pda/

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Playlists & Series:

Active Imagination Exercises - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2MMxqoPMkk9eEbVIrbwq-7B&si=NgEZKF8F2ztgqEpb

Mapping the Shadow Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeuFwuWK5O2PriUHnSAKpaf5eOpy27Nsw

Free Resources:

Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook - https://makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits/

The Cult Recovery Guide - https://makeitconscious.com/freeguide/

More from Make it Conscious:

MiC Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa?si=4153da0bb1a243a3

Inner Work Exercises Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs?si=72af3c85c97b4536

Blog - https://makeitconscious.com/blog/

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In this episode we discuss where work is headed over the next decade. Building on the previous episode about the current workplace crisis, we examine the demonstrable trends already in motion - from AI handling machine tasks to skills eclipsing credentials, flexible work evolving beyond current compromises, meaningful contribution becoming essential, and how all of this connects to the self-knowledge journey and the progression of freedom.

In this episode we cover:

- How AI integration clarifies human versus machine tasks and what that means for your livelihood

- The shift from credentials to skills-based economy and what you can actually demonstrate

- Current trends in flexible work - hybrid models, remote work, and the digital nomad possibility

- Why meaningful contribution and purpose are becoming central to work decisions

- The irreplaceable human role and the crucial distinction with machine tasks

- Why organisations must choose between human development or demographic crisis

- How self-knowledge and shadow work becomes a necessary differentiator

- How this connects to Habit 4: Contribute Your Unique and Specific Value

🎓 Go Deeper:

- Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook: makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits

- Shadow Mapping Sessions: makeitconscious.com/step/shadow-mapping

- Know Yourself Programme: knowyourself.makeitconscious.com

- How to Talk to Yourself Course: knowyourself.makeitconscious.com/course/activeimagination

📚 Additional Resources:

- The Dialectics of Shadow (Article): makeitconscious.com/the-dialectics-of-shadow/

- Tarot Birth Chart Reports: makeitconscious.com/step/tarot-birth-chart-reports

- Why Divination is Real article series: makeitconscious.com/why-divination-is-real

🎧 Podcasts:

- MiC Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa

- Inner Work Exercises: open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs

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In this live talk and workshop I break down modern shadow work and Carl Jung's concept of the shadow, exploring why this psychological approach matters for genuine human development. This talk serves as a high-level overview and introduction to shadow work concepts alongside the deeper content I cover elsewhere.

We explore:

- A definition of the shadow and why it exists

- How cultural conditioning shapes what we accept and reject about ourselves

- The persona-shadow dynamic and how our "masks" create blind spots

- How 'good' becomes corrupted when acted out to extremes

- Why people-pleasing becomes manipulative

- The difference between integration and suppression

- The five ways shadow manifests in daily life

- Why shadow work is never truly "finished"

- Why suffering is irreducible in meaningful growth

- The role of good and evil

Recorded live at the Open Door Centre in Tbilisi with real questions and pushback from participants.

🎓 Go Deeper:

- Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook: makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits

- Shadow Mapping Sessions: makeitconscious.com/step/shadow-mapping

- Know Yourself Programme: knowyourself.makeitconscious.com

📚 Additional Resources:

- The Dialectics of Shadow (Article): makeitconscious.com/the-dialectics-of-shadow/

- Tarot Birth Chart Reports: makeitconscious.com/step/tarot-birth-chart-reports

- Why Divination is Real article series: makeitconscious.com/why-divination-is-real

🎧 Podcasts:

- MiC Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa

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The current workplace crisis isn't just about economics or technology - it's about the evolution of consciousness itself. From quiet quitting to the Great Resignation, we're witnessing the inevitable breakdown of outdated work systems that no longer serve human development.

In this episode, we explore:

- Why Hegel's 200-year-old insights explain today's workplace upheaval

- How work patterns have evolved from survival to systemisation to information processing

- The real psychology behind quiet quitting and remote work resistance

- Why AI is forcing us to confront what makes humans irreducibly human

- The deeper meaning behind generational value conflicts at work

- Signs that we're reaching a tipping point in 2029

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- Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook: makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits

- Shadow Mapping Sessions: makeitconscious.com/step/shadow-mapping

- Know Yourself Programme: knowyourself.makeitconscious.com

📚 Additional Resources:

- The Dialectics of Shadow (Article): makeitconscious.com/the-dialectics-of-shadow/

- Tarot Birth Chart Reports: makeitconscious.com/step/tarot-birth-chart-reports

- Why Divination is Real article series: makeitconscious.com/why-divination-is-real

🎧 Podcasts:

- MiC Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa

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This episode explores how commercial deception has become pervasive and normalised in modern business culture, reaching what appears to be a crescendo. Building on the previous episode about the Post-Moral Scammer, we examine the dark patterns and manipulative practices that have become increasingly common in business, and why this approach to commerce is ultimately unsustainable.

Key themes explored:

- How deception has moved from individual bad actors to systemic business practice

- The psychological cost of normalising commercial dishonesty in your work life

- Why "dark patterns" and false scarcity tactics are common online

- The relationship between metrics obsession (like GDP) and ethical decay

- How hybrid working mandates reveal power dynamics over win-win collaboration

- Why organisations should want employees doing their inner work, not resisting it

- How your encounters with commercial deception reveal your own contradictions

This episode sits within the broader Future of Work series, examining how individual self-knowledge connects to organisational transformation. When you encounter these systemic issues, they point to aspects of yourself that need integration.

The future of work isn't the same as the future of you - but both require facing uncomfortable truths about how we've organised our economic systems and our participation in them.

Read the companion essay: The Post-Moral Scammer at makeitconscious.com/the-post-moral-scammer/

Marie Louise Von Franz - Women Who Play Up The Anima, on Individuation Portal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZhFt7TNBAw&ab_channel=IndividuationPortal

🎓 Go Deeper:

- Seven Habits of Individuation Ebook: makeitconscious.com/sevenhabits

- Shadow Mapping Sessions: makeitconscious.com/step/shadow-mapping

- Know Yourself Programme: knowyourself.makeitconscious.com

📚 Additional Resources:

- The Dialectics of Shadow (Article): makeitconscious.com/the-dialectics-of-shadow/

- Tarot Birth Chart Reports: makeitconscious.com/step/tarot-birth-chart-reports

- Why Divination is Real article series: makeitconscious.com/why-divination-is-real

🎧 Podcasts:

- MiC Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/6AxGzV3sa6kK2NKSKDyuJa

- Inner Work Exercises: open.spotify.com/show/4OMC4T1PNsA951dvvHhYMs

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