Around the Circle | An Enneagram Channel

What if heroism isn't about saving the world, but about stepping into chaos, creating something beautiful, and helping others become their best selves? In this episode of Movie Typing , Jeff Cook and TJ Wilson explore Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto from The Bear as an Enneagram One—a brilliant, deeply wounded chef whose relentless pursuit of excellence conceals a complicated inner life. Through the first...

What if your stress move isn't always unhealthy? And what if moving into security can sometimes bring out your worst self? In this episode of The Reading Room, Jeff explores one of the most important ideas in Helen Palmer's The Enneagram in Love and Work: the high side and low side of our stress and security moves. Moving around the Enneagram, we look at how all nine types respond to pressure, wha...

Register for Year One : HERE Work with Mandy Capehart : HERE Talk with TJ WIlson : HERE ____ What does it mean to be seen, known, and loved? How do our Enneagram patterns sometimes prevent us from experiencing the very connection we desire? In this episode of Around the Circle , Jeff is joined by three Enneagram coaches—Jackie Contessa (Type Two), Stephanie Barron Hall (Type Three), and Chrystal H...

Register for Year One : HERE Work with Mandy Capehart : HERE Talk with TJ WIlson : HERE ____ Two quick things before we jump in! First, I'd love to invite you to watch the video version of this episode on YouTube. We're working to grow our presence there, and if you haven't already, I'd really appreciate you subscribing to our channel. It makes a difference! Subscribe : HERE Second, come join the...

Register for Year One : HERE Work with Mandy Capehart : HERE Talk with TJ WIlson : HERE Are Enneagram Sevens really avoiding pain? Or is something deeper driving their relentless pursuit of possibility, experience, and connection? In this episode of Around the Circle , Jeff is joined by Lindsay Davis Marx and Marianne Biglin for a revealing conversation about the inner world of Enneagram Sevens. T...

Join our Tuesday night Reading Room discussions : HERE What happens when we combine the nine Enneagram types with the three human instincts? We get 27 subtypes—and a whole new layer of complexity in understanding personality, motivation, and relationships. In this episode of The Reading Room , Jeff continues exploring Helen Palmer’s The Enneagram in Love and Work , examining the history of the ins...

What happens when an Enneagram Eight loses control? And what does it look like when their strength gives way to tenderness? In this episode of Around the Circle , Jeff sits down with three Enneagram Eights—Kyle, Deena, and Grace—to explore their experiences of stress and security, particularly their movement toward Five and Two. Together, they discuss the Eight's relationship with anger, anxiety,...

Join us on Tuesdays : HERE In this episode of the Reading Room , Jeff begins exploring the nine Enneagram types through Helen Palmer's The Enneagram in Love and Work . Moving through the first pages of each type's chapter, Jeff examines four central themes: worldview, spiritual path, concerns, and personality bias. What does each type believe about the world, where does its attention go, and what...

What happens when Enneagram Nines begin taking up space in their own life? In this episode of Around the Circle , Jeff sits down with five Enneagram Nines—Sara, Theresa, Sue, Lynsie, and Andrew—to explore their relationships with their body, head, and heart. Together, they discuss the challenge of listening to their physical self, the mental energy spent considering everyone else's perspective, an...

Join us on Tuesdays : HERE ____________ What if the greatest obstacle to becoming who we want to be is settling for something less than what we truly desire? In this episode of the Reading Room , Jeff continues his study of Helen Palmer’s The Enneagram in Love and Work , exploring the relationship between our deepest fears, what we avoid, and the passions traditionally associated with each Enneagr...

In this episode of Around the Circle , Jeff welcomes Sherry Danner, former marriage and family therapist, boundaries coach, and Enneagram Five, for a conversation about boundaries as the art of relationship. Rather than simply protecting our peace or learning to say no, they explore how boundaries shape our identity, commitments, and ability to connect with others. This time, Jeff and Sheri discus...

What do Enneagram Eights, Nines, and Ones really have in common? In this Enneagram panel, Jeff is joined by coaches representing the three Body Types to explore the inner worlds of Eights (Stacey Wynn), Nines (TJ Wilson), and Ones (Dani Cooper). They talk about agency, autonomy, control, anger, energy, and what it actually feels like to move through the world from the Body Center. Along the way, t...

To meet with us on Tuesday Nights : GO HERE ___ What if the deepest motivation of each type begins not with something broken, but with something good? In this episode of the Reading Room , Jeff continues working through the introduction to Helen Palmer’s The Enneagram in Love and Work , focusing on a foundational question: Where does our Enneagram type actually come from? Palmer describes the pass...

Spiral Dynamics Podcast Feed : HERE In this episode of Around the Circle, Jeff continues our series on Spiral Dynamics, exploring the high and low sides of Orange, Green, Yellow, and beyond. As the spiral expands, our values become more complex: Orange elevates reason and achievement, Green turns our attention toward empathy and inclusion, and Yellow begins asking how we discern what is actually w...

Connect with Melissa and her work : HERE How does the Enneagram shape our creativity? In this episode of Around the Circle, Jeff sits down with author, artist, and Enneagram coach Melissa Kircher to explore creativity through the head, heart, and body. We talk about finding the right physical space for creative work, the importance of routine and “shitty first drafts,” eureka moments, curiosity, t...

To join us this Tuesday : GO HERE In this episode of the Reading Room, we begin our journey through Helen Palmer’s The Enneagram in Love and Work , one of the foundational texts of the modern Enneagram. We introduce Palmer and the narrative tradition, explore her emphasis on learning from people speaking from inside their own type, and consider why attention, relationships, and lived experience ar...

For more Panel discussions go : HERE In this episode, we sit down with Enneagram Fours, Sixes, and Eights to explore what happens when something goes wrong. We’ve been calling 4-6-8 the emotional response triad —three types that often look for some kind of response from the people around them before they can move through a problem. Along the way, we explore what that response looks like for each t...

Join the Reading Room : HERE ____ In this episode of the Reading Room, we finish our journey through Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart , turning to pride, hubris, humility, and the complicated work of seeing ourselves clearly. We explore the difference between healthy self-regard and self-obsession, and ask how wisdom might help us find an honest assessment of both our value and our limitations. Al...

Connect with us at : www.aroundthecircle.org Subscribe to the Spiral Dynamics feed : HERE __ In this episode of Around the Circle, Jeff continues his introduction to Spiral Dynamics by looking at the high side and low side of each stage—and what each color can teach us about human growth. This time, we move through Beige, Purple, Red, and Blue, exploring survival, belonging, individual power, and...

In this episode of Around the Circle, Jeff sits down with a panel of Enneagram Ones to explore their relationships with the head, heart, and body—and what those relationships reveal about stress, security, and growth. This time, the panel talks about thinking repression, the inner critic, the need to fix what has gone wrong, and the grief Ones experience when relationships or ideals fall apart. Th...

To Join us Tuesday : GO HERE In this episode of The Reading Room, Jeff continues through Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart with Chapter 12, “Places We Go When We Feel Wronged.” We begin with anger: Is it a primary emotion, or is it often an indicator pointing toward something deeper—grief, betrayal, fear, shame, disappointment, or pain? This time, we follow Brown through contempt, disgust, dehumani...

In this episode of Around the Circle, Jeff sits down with a panel of Enneagram Twos—Amy, Sarah, and Jennifer—for a candid conversation about how Twos experience the Head, Heart, and Body Centers. They talk about thinking through relationships, the deep drive toward connection, and the challenge of knowing when helping becomes overstepping: “Is this mine to do?” This time, the conversation moves in...

In this episode of Around the Circle, Jeff continues through Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart , looking at the places we go when life is good: joy, happiness, calm, contentment, gratitude, relief, and tranquility. Along the way, he asks a bigger philosophical question: What if these emotions don’t simply describe how we feel, but offer clues about what human beings are made for? This time, Jeff br...

To Subscribe to The Scientific Enneagram ITUNES : HERE SPOTIFY : HERE Ep 3 | What Do We Actually Mean by Scientific Evidence? What does it actually mean when someone says the Enneagram is “scientifically validated” - or, on the flip side, that there’s “no evidence” for it at all? In this episode, we break down some of the basic building blocks of scientific evidence - observation, correlation, rel...

To be on a panel, sign up for a membership for opportunities : HERE Jilian's Enneagram work is at : jilianbrown.com Matilda and Rob Zombie is a much watch : HERE In this episode of Around the Circle, Jeff sits down with a panel of Enneagram Threes to explore what really happens in stress and security—and how Threes experience their head, heart, and body along the way. The conversation moves throug...