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Do you like puzzles? Did you know that certain puzzles reflect specific personality traits? Find out what your puzzle personality is below. I use puzzles as a way to slow my mind and gently organize what’s happening on the inside.

Puzzles aren’t just about finding solutions; they help the nervous system settle into a pattern, rhythm, and focus. They offer just enough concentration to quiet the noise and create space for awareness. In that stillness, we often notice things we couldn’t before. Puzzles can be a form of meditation for you, meditating is not always about posture, mantras, or mudras, sometimes it’s simply about discovering what truly relaxes you.

Puzzles show us something important: we all have different ways of settling ourselves, making sense of what’s inside, and finding clarity. And just like we each have a “puzzle personality,” we also have different needs when it comes to support. That’s why I often share a simple metaphor to help people understand the different roles of therapy, psychiatry, social work, and coaching and how they each support us in their own way read about it in know the difference.

Word Search Puzzles

People who enjoy word searches often enjoy:

Gentle focus without pressure
Scanning, noticing, and recognizing patterns
Letting the mind soften into repetition
A sense of ease rather than challenge

This often reflects someone who:

Likes to be present without needing to solve something
Enjoys light structure but not heavy complexity
Uses attention as a calming tool
Finds safety in recognition rather than uncertainty

Word searches often soothe the nervous system rather than stimulate it.

Crossword Puzzles

People who enjoy crosswords often enjoy:

Language, meaning, and connections between ideas
Remembering, recalling, and making mental links
Feeling mentally stimulated and engaged
The satisfaction of insight and “aha” moments

This often reflects someone who:

Enjoys mental challenge and learning
Likes to stretch their mind
Feels energized by problem-solving
Finds meaning through words and knowledge

Crosswords often stimulate and organize the mind at the same time.

Jigsaw Puzzles

People who enjoy jigsaw puzzles often enjoy:

Seeing how pieces fit into a whole
Slow, tactile, visual engagement
Trusting that things will come together over time
Being with process rather than rushing outcome

This often reflects someone who:

Is patient and process-oriented
Likes to build things slowly
Finds comfort in wholeness and integration
Tends to see life as a series of unfolding parts

Jigsaws often calm the mind through visible integration.

Sudoku

People who enjoy Sudoku often enjoy:

Clear rules and logical structure
Clean problem spaces with defined boundaries
Using reasoning rather than intuition
Finding satisfaction in precision and order

This often reflects someone who:

Likes clarity and clean mental spaces
Enjoys logical thinking and pattern recognition
Feels soothed by structure and certainty
Finds peace in things having a “right” place

Sudoku often regulates the mind through logic and structure.

If you don’t like puzzles

Not enjoying puzzles doesn’t mean you lack focus or depth, it simply means your system finds regulation and meaning elsewhere.

You may prefer:

Movement instead of stillness
Conversation instead of introspection
Feeling instead of thinking
Flow instead of structure

These are not boxes. They are reflections and designed to get you curious about you!

You may enjoy different puzzles at different times in your life especially as your nervous system changes. What you’re drawn to often reflects what your system is needing.

And that’s worth noticing. Contact me and let me know what's your puzzle personality!

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ARE YOU IN THE COLLARD GREEN PART OF YOUR LIFE 😏

Lately I’ve been feeling restless… bored… out of balance.

Not in a bad way but more like my soul is shifting under the surface.

Last night, I was saying that living here in the south has a way of forcing a person to be intentional about their life. I did not have living in any part of the South on my bingo card at ALL, but life redirected me. I felt it a few years ago when life was stripping me down and reshaping me.

I told my wife how I feel like I’m being cooked down like collard greens.

When you first put collard greens in a pot, they’re tough, sturdy, bitter, structured.

They need heat, time, and patience before they soften. Before they become nourishing. Before the flavor settles in.

The South is the pot.

The heat is the discomfort, the boredom, the stillness, the routine.

And I am the greens, being reduced down until all excess falls away, all distractions fall away, all noise falls away and only my true essence remains.

That’s exactly where I am

I'm not burning or stuck, I'm just simmering.

I’m in my slow cooker season a spiritual refining. A season where routines feel too tight, the old ways don’t fit, and my soul feels like something new is coming.

I don’t know exactly what’s forming yet, but I can feel it!

I’m softer

I’m wiser

I’m being seasoned

I’m becoming

So if you’re feeling restless, bored, or “off”… maybe you’re not falling apart.

Maybe you’re just being cooked down too.

Let it cook!

The fact that you're reading this is proof that the flavor is starting to tell my story.

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