3 Questions With An INFP is a short interview designed to share the unique voices of individual INFPs and see how similar, and different, we all are.
And now I present:
Ritu Kaushal
- How did you find out you were INFP?
I’ve always been interested in understanding both myself and the people around me better. I first came across Myers Briggs in an online article. Over the years, I gradually learned about the different personality types through my own research. I was almost 100% sure that I was an INFP even before I took the official test many years later. The test only confirmed what I already felt.
Understanding that I am an INFP personality type has helped me get a lot more comfortable in my skin. Now, I can see how valid it is to “feel my way through something” because that’s the way I naturally approach the world.
- What do you create?
I am a writer. So, the primary way in which I create is through words. My book The Empath’s Journey talks about my own experiments with living life as a sensitive person. I also blog about sensitivity on my website Walking through Transitions. As someone who grew up being called “too sensitive,” writing about the fact that 1 in 5 people in the world have a biological trait that makes them more sensitive to stimulation has felt like coming full circle.
I am also deeply interested in dreamwork. I have been working with my dreams based on principles from depth psychology for years now. One of my more recent creations is a workshop on how working with our dreams connects sensitives to our intuition.
Like other artistic people (I think of myself as an artiste on a bigger level), I also have a love for many different art forms. I like to paint and do mixed media. I also enjoy photography. But my first love is dance, and I trained as an Odissi dancer (a classical Indian form) for many years when I lived in India.
- What do you enjoy?
I enjoy anything to do with creativity. I love music, dance, and movies. I also have a deep interest in history. This year, I watched Ken Burns’ 10-part Jazz docuseries. It combines the history of jazz as an art form with the history of America, so it checked off both my love for music and my love of history.
Lately, I have been watching a lot of documentaries. While some were sad, it’s felt so good to watch some that felt even more inspiring than any feel-good movie you could ever watch. It’s amazing to see how much real progress has been made, even say, in the last 50 years, such as with women’s rights.
At a time when the outer world seems to be going crazy, it’s been very helpful to find hope and meaning in the past. It’s also been good to understand a little more that ALL progress comes with pushbacks. That helps put things into perspective.
Tell us a little about yourself.
I write about sensitivity, creativity and dreamwork. So, if you’re interested in any of those topics, you might enjoy my work. And here’s my “Official Bio:”
Ritu Kaushal is the author of the book The Empath’s Journey, which TEDx Speaker
Andy Mort calls “a fascinating insight into the life of a highly sensitive person.” Ritu is a
silver medal awardee at the Rex Karamveer Chakra Awards, co-presented by the United
Nations in India and given to people creating social impact through their work. She blogs
about sensitivity on her website, Walking through Transitions, where she publishes the
popular The Highly Sensitive Creative newsletter. Ritu has been a featured speaker at
global forums like The Shift Network and her writing has been featured on Sensitive
Evolution, Tiny Buddha, and Elephant Journal, amongst others.
Connect with Ritu on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
That wraps up this edition of 3 Questions With An INFP. Stay tuned for more!
Amanda Linehan is the author of Productivity For INFPs. She is a multi-genre fiction writer, indie author and INFP, who has published five novels and has been read in 113 countries. Amanda was a speaker at the INF Summit in February 2020. Get her free Productivity For INFPs Mini-Course when you sign up for the For INFPs newsletter.
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