Big Hormone Enneagram

This week we’re roasting the worst parts of dating each type. Everything that sucks about dealing with each type romantically. But first, be sure to sign up for John’s session on the centers coming up at the Global Enneagram Summit using his link: https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/egs20/JohnL . We start off with the gut types. 8, 9 (18:50), 1 (25:20) and finish off with 2 (33:56) and 3 (42:...

Od's back in da house for a very hormonal episode on astrological compatibility and chemistry. Why he thinks the sign of your mars placement can determine sexual chemistry. The difference between the attraction compatibility of mars vs venus. How the north node and south nodes reveal how our life purposes intersect and what you might be learning from a partner. The Juno astroid and what we deeply...

Courtney’s back to finish off the pain thots who didn't feel the 6 and 9 Object Relations in our previous pods got the adequate TLC. We start off with a refresh on what attachment type object relations are. And each of the ‘misses’ and O.R. dynamics for 3, 6 (17:28), and 9 (50:42). Is ‘authority figure’ the best way to describe how 6s externally look for support? The 9 responses to #nota4 on the f...

Back at it with another juicy episode on attraction and sexual display from the point of view of the different instincts. What are the instinctual love languages? The role gender plays and other factors. The way each instinct is framing how an attraction is going. We each take a look at this for ourselves in the context of dating and all the games we play. The reciprocity and contextualizing of so...

We gotta vent about this damn election y’all. We talk about what might happen in the coming weeks. Riots and violence in the streets depending on who wins. How mercury retrograde might influence the election. Why Trump commands such a cult following. How Trump’s Michael Teachings King archetype plays a role in his ability to galvanize a following. And how things could still get worse even if Biden...

Courtney’s back with us to dive into the mind’s eye of the head center. How the mind is how we frame things and what generates the stories we tell ourselves. How each head type uses narratives to distort reality. What is it about 6s and head types that people identify with and like? How the center perspective of spiritual teachers influences their teachings. Gurdjieff’s gut center style vs that of...

This week we’re diving into the ocean of the heart center. How heart types frame things within an emotional landscape. Starting out with 3s and how, contrary to popular belief, they’re a very emotional type. Emeka falling in love with a 3. How heart types give emotional context. John and Nancy’s romantic heart-centered approach to the enneagram. Symbols representing an eternal beating heart. How t...

How do we learn the enneagram? This week the boys start off with modes of learning and motivations for getting into the enneagram. And from there, a freeform dive into the archetypal energy of the gut center. How David and Emeka learned the enneagram as gut types. Gut types channelling power and autonomy at the root level of existence. Channeling zeitgeist change and using the non-verbal energy of...

What is it about serial killers that gets us so hot? In this episode we dig into the enneagrammic psychology and cultural underpinnings of serial killers. The connection between serial killing, death, and the sexual instinct. Why the victims are usually objects of sexual desire. Why is serial killing primarily a male phenomenon? How repressed conservative culture plays a role in encouraging mascul...

At long last, a super thicc Part 2 of our deep dive into the inner lines of connection. For a refresher check out BHE 034 for Part 1. We get right back into it starting with 7 (10:08), 1 (40:16), 4 (58:53), and finally 2 (85:08). One last thing, fans of David’s delicious voice should let their appreciation spill forth into a review on the Apple podcast app. And check out John’s new site johnluckov...

Basking in the afterglow from a very hormonal heart-opening weekend with friends, we wanted to explore how we could access more of ‘the zone’ in our daily lives through meditation. (The zone was so intense David passed away and is no longer with us). But first, we talk about what it feels like to be more centered and in touch with ourselves from the perspective of our types. What is meditation and...

Cutting deeper and twisting the knife again with Courtney. We’re back with more O.R. insights and stabbings. We look into how to capture trifix essential qualities. The difficulty of attachment types feeling their types and essential qualities. What is essence? How each O.R. affect is an attempt to return to an experience of essence. And how personality tries to do and achieve essence through inst...

Oh does it hurt so good. Continuing where we left off with Courtney bringing the object relations pain, starting with type 5. Then the attachment types 3 (17:05), 6 (37:43), and 9 (60:25). We get into an interesting theory on why attachment types are more common. Why attachment types have a disconnected use of their home center. And how attachment O.R. is a false individuation.  Eat up pain piggie...

Prepare to have your minds blown this week as we’ve been graced by the object relations pain queen Courtney Smith. She joins us to share clear new insights on object relations that will rearrange your perspective on why each type is the way they are. We examine the core wound as interpreted by each type in early childhood. What are ‘misses’ in the nurturing and protecting functions and how each ty...

This week we dug up an unreleased but relevant early episode on how the cultural tyranny of positivity gets in the way of inner work and people accurately viewing the types and themselves. #Nota4 vs the self-help compulsion to view type 4 as a positive type. What the gap between 4 and 5 on the symbol represents. How health is not about having positive attitudes or outcomes. How people often use th...

This week we dive into the often misunderstood lines of connection and why it’s important as a path for growth. What does it mean when your type goes to the line of integration or disintegration? And why it’s more accurate that we’re drawing on both types in our lines of connection positively and negatively. Starting with the triangle types we go into how each type goes to the types in their lines...

This week we’re finishing up our trifix series by exploring some of David’s magical trifix concepts. What is a fix and a stem. How stems form a sub-theme to the core type. The difference between fixes and the lines of connection (integration/disintegration lines). What health means in the enneagram, and how the lines of connection work. How trifix has impacted our growth and self-awareness. How de...

Before we get back to our tri-fixation how-to series we made a pit stop to discuss mistyping and the drama that ensues when people aren’t seen as the type they think they are. The essential role curiosity plays in deeply understanding the enneagram. Why it’s important to separate your ego from your self-typing. The emptiness and disappointment of all the types. What it’s like to realize you’ve mis...

In case you didn’t know, ya boyz (Nancy❤️RIP) got your back on how to figure out trifix once and for all. In this episode we lay out a guide for landing on your trifix by going into each center and discussing what it’s like to have each fix. We start out with the body/gut center and how each fix is maintaining ego boundaries and distance. Then the heart/image center (26:41) and how each fix is cre...

Making your wishes come true with the 3rd round of our BHE Enneagram Universe Syndicate trifix roasts. In this episode we’ll be roasting the following trifixes: 379 DJ (extra dose of abuse as requested), 147 Princess and the Pea, 146 Big Pain, 145 Insectoid, 137 Welcome To My Ted Talk, 136 Middle Manager, 135 Robocelibate, 127 Cool Teacher, 126 Ballbuster/Ok Boomer, 125 Friend Zone.

In our first ever bonus episode, John and Emeka explore the enneagrammic and inner work insights from the Netflix show Dark Season 3. SPOILER ALERT: Don’t listen if you haven’t seen the show. We focus on on the inescapable cycle of the knot and Adam’s futile attempts to free himself. The parallels to inner work and the law of 3. The need for a 3rd force to free ourselves from perpetuating the same...

Throwin’it back with another thicc episode of our BHE executive council certified trifix roasts. In this episode we’ll be exploring and roasting the following trifixes: 368 Kyle/Kylie, 359 Flatlined, 358 American Psycho, 279 Hippie Burnout, 278 Smothering Jazz Hands, 268 I Wouldn’t Hurt a Fly, 269 Stockholm Syndrome, 259 Spineless Saint, 258 Cult Classic.

Are you a Bermuda or a Huh? This week we dive into trifix. What is it and why does it matter? How enneagram triads help us make use of it. We dive into our list of trifix roast names, developed by the BHE Enneagram Universe Chief Executive Council Internal Committee. We’ll be exploring each of the following trifixes in this episode: 479 Huh?, 478 Revolving Door Rehab, 469 Whiny Tears, 468 Public D...

We need to talk about astrology y’all. Od, a comedian and astrologer, is with us this week to help us explore what insights astrology has for inner work. First, we address skepticism of astrology. What astrology is looking at vs the enneagram. What is astrology and how does it work? What are the 3 most important aspects of a natal chart? Collective astrology and the coronavirus. Racism and America...

This week we’re recapping what we've learned from our series of type interviews. We start out on the nature of type wings. The introspective inner beam of 4 and the ‘in the dark’ quality of types fully in the gap. The parallels between 9s and 3s absorbing and taking in outside perspectives as their own. The universal quality of the 369 Bermuda types and their connection to people. The self-orienta...