The Comprehensive INFP Survival Guide

Have a read a lot of self-help books and this is one of the few I feel genuinely inspired to write a review about. For those not familiar with MBTI it provides a good overview. There is plenty else for those who are familiar with their type. I found the first few chapters about INFP uniqueness and struggles very comforting, uplifting and affirming. Worth the book just for that. It was interesting to read about the different INFP Enneagram 'types' - even within the INFP type there are many different variations, I've been different ones of these at various times and helps me to understand other INFP friends. The most interesting section for me was the Unhealthy INFP Behaviours. It went into detail about behaviours which I've had a broad awareness of doing, and not been able to see a way through, which it explained as going directly from Introverted Feeling to Introverted Sensing without drawing on Extraverted Intuition. In INFP style it gave one 'broad brush' solution from Te for getting back on track and one more 'in the moment' for responding when things crop up and push your buttons, all oriented towards simple action and ultimately for me restoring that sweet spot of happy balance for an INFP, when you feel grounded, alive and anything feels possible. I'm not going to explain them here as you should definitely buy the book - Heidi Priebe's books are excellent. More personality types please!

Such an amazing book, I felt compelled to submit a review. Heidi Priebe goes much further than the usual Introversion, Intuition, Feeling, and Perception definitions, and fairly quickly introduces the four cognitive functions. I had never heard of these before, but this book made them easy to understand. The cognitive functions really opened my mind to understanding many INFP behaviours, challenges, and strengths. Heidi describes unhealthy behaviours that an INFP can fall into, sometimes due to stressful situations, and provides the theory and practical examples of how to recognise warning signs and how to grow as an INFP. This book gave me an insight into the INFP far beyond the normal definitions, and enabled me to understand much of the theory. A really wonderful book that I return to time and time again. The chapters discussing how an INFP relates to each of the sixteen MBTIs were also particularly fascinating.

Brings together all the ideas about the INFP type in one place. Mapping to the enneagram is new to me, and an interesting aspect to consider.

I really enjoyed this book, I felt like I learned a lot about myself and some traits I have struggled with for as long as I can remember. My only criticism is that it didn't really explore the 'turbulent' or 'assertive' elements of the MBTI, which I think is rather relevant. I would wholeheartedly recommend this book and will likely re-read it when I next feel lost and in need of direction.

It's fantastic that it's written by someone who is INFP and it gives both detailed information of the functions and how these often manifest themselves, and also provides wonderful real life examples and stories from INFPs and from other personality types about INFPs. The book also goes into the development of an INFP over their life; into parenting an INFP and parenting as an INFP; INFP relationships with different types; into the workplace too, lots of great advice that I will keep coming back to.

Every INFP has to read this. It helped me make sense of my feelings and a lot of issues I was having at the time. It's helped me change my career and my life to be better suited for me and my ambitions. It's been the best therapy I have ever had.

Assumes quite a bit of knowledge about the MBTI system. Could have been half the length.

There's some useful information in here about how we react under stress, and why our thinking improves with age. Maybe I'm expecting more answers from Myers-Briggs than it can provide but it wasn't as comprehensive as I would have liked.