Big Hormone Enneagram

This week we’re talking about the Black Lives Matter protests. How to confront racism and its parallels to inner work and the enneagram. How actively working to undo unconscious racism is inner work. Race and Class as personality types and unconscious biases that have to be uncovered and faced the same way we do our enneagram types. Wanting to be healthy and good as a bypass to the finish line vs...

We finally wrangled a couple of 7s to join us to dive into the heart of 7. The dark side of 7 that people don’t get to see. The sudden whiplash when 7s get frustrated and critical. The unexpressed guilt of 7s, and how it’s expressed for 7w6 vs 7w8. What social and sexual 7s are like. How 7s experience the passage of time. And we wrap up with some shit talking.

Gurdjief’s discovery of the enneagram symbol in Egypt. What the symbol means and the cosmic laws it represents. The enneagram of process explained. The difference between essence vs personality. Personality as the unbalanced use of the three centers of intelligence. And how inner work is a practice to be more present through sensation in all three centers. John is teaching a weekly online enneagra...

We’re back where we left off in the M9GA series with more POTUS. Our 9s start off with their experience of fear of loss and separation. How the 9 connection to everything is in opposition with the over-specificity of 4. The slippery fish quality of 9s not wanting to be pinned down, and the 9’s need for space in relationships. We check in with how our 9s are dealing with corona anxiety and their li...

Two texan sexual 6s are with us this week to get into the guts of 6. We start out with their boldness and attraction to high pressure situations. Unpacking what Naranjo’s sexual 6 ‘Strength and Beauty’ means. The 6 line to 3 and the need to ‘earn it’ through hard work and prove they're deserving. 6 anti-narcissism vs 4’s ‘i’m the gift’. Why 6s anticipate criticism, put themselves down, and self-sa...

Two soc-last 1s are with us this week to dive into the heart of the loneliest number sexy librarian. We get into how Jamie’s critiques were the genesis of the collage exercise. And how Mary ruined John’s life. The differences between a 1w9 and a 1w2. How our 1s experience rigidity vs chaos and their orientation to aesthetics and creativity. What sexual 1s are like, and how soc-last 1s navigate the...

A social last 3 and a social 3 are with us to complete a threesome of 3s with Nancy. We start off with how our 3s are stuffing their feelings and anxiety during quarantine. How 3s reflexively adapt to others and what authenticity means to them. The hero’s journey of 3s becoming who they were meant to be. The sense of being a conduit of something greater. And finally, 3s and the sexual instinct.

We’re joined by a social 2 and social-last 2 to help us dig underneath the sugary sweet hearts of 2s. How they reject their own needs and only see themselves through serving others. The difficulty of 2s to own up to their own selfishness and potential to cause harm. Their intense love for connection. 2s and the sexual instinct. Wrapping up with our 2s lending their relational expertise to a touchy...

We’ve got a trifecta of sexual 8s with Paula and Siena joining us to discuss the soul and heart of 8. The body as a container of expansive energy. How 8s dissociate through action and immediacy. Why 8s feel no one has their back, and how they self-negate as rejection types. And finally, what it’s like being a sexual 8. Wrapping up with an epic sexual 8 story.

Two social 5s, Rio and Yamira, join us to discuss what it means for 5 to have an intellectual orientation. Their disconnect and alienation from the body. 5 vs 9 in conflict and stress. The detachment and not giving-ness of 5s. And how social 5s connect.

A prince and a princess are with us this week to discuss all things type 4. We take a look at the ‘churning’ frustration and reactivity of 4s. How hatred and rejection ties into the self-differentiation of 4. The artifice of crafting a self-image and why 4s aren’t authentic as you might think. The overt differences between 4w3 and 4w5. And what the type 4 perspective has to contribute during these...

We’re joined by Social types, Laura and Alexandra, to discuss the contrast between Social-first and Social-last, highlighting David’s taboo story in BHE 011 (13:44). How Social types frame around potential reactions and how Social-lasts view connection. And finally, Social types experiencing loneliness.

Farah, a 6 with the 693 tritype, joins us to discuss her experience being triple attachment. Why 369s find it difficult to find their inner voice. The struggle of comparing to others vs wanting to be unique. And finally, why 6s have a thing for punishment.

In Part 2 of the M9GA series we take a dive into the contrast between the wholeness of 9 vs the alienation of 4. How 9s can be individualistic but still feel connected to everything. And what’s really going on underneath 9s being vague and not being upfront.

Nancy solves the mystery of the appeal of incest porn and the term ‘Daddy’. John’s Magic Mike routine is the kind of intensity sexual types bring to a relationship. Emeka tells us what it’s like to date sexual types. David tells a story about his inappropriate relationship with a sexual 1.

David and special guests Tara and Alexandra take us deep into their experience of being 9s. Why it’s easy to mistype as 4 and 5. The sensitivity of 9s. Feelings vs sensing through the body. The need to be seen of 9 vs image types. And so much more.

How sexual types view sexual interest in comparison to sexual blinds. What are sexual types like? Sexual 8s, Sexual 2s, and Sexual 4/5.

We discuss current presidential candidates, their types, and the political landscape. Why Trump is so often mistyped. Why Bloomberg is an asshole and would be worse than Trump and so much more.

“Ok Boomer” and the generational divide in the enneagram. Why don’t enneagram conferences appeal to young people? Potential changes to make and our ideas for an Enneachella/Enneagram Fyre Festival. We discuss what sexual 3s are like and 3’s ability to see potential and value. We then wrap up with 8s and negativity.

The inner dynamics of 6 and Japan as a 6 culture. The ethics of typing and the blindspot of ’only you can know yourself’. Type 4 object relations and the differences between 4 and 6. How to describe the flavor of sexual 6.

How diversity in the enneagram is limited by the prevailing middle class white culture. #NotA4 and the widespread issue of mistyping at 4. Integrating authentic ‘savage’ expression with spirituality and sensitivity. The approach of curiosity vs being overly certain in learning the enneagram. We discuss counter-intuitive insights we’ve discovered with types 8, 5, and 3. Nancy shares what ‘deceit’ r...

After obligatory dirty jokes and Emeka riffing on Sexual type woes, John starts us off with Gurdjieff’s views on sex, “the three shits”, and sexual stagnancy. How sexual energy leaks into the other centers. What is Kundalini? David touches on the sexual instinct as an archetypal serpent. Nancy gets into her experience with the sexual instinct and the instinct sensation exercises we did at John’s I...

The crew takes a dive into the instinctual drives. The evolution of instinct teaching and our own personal experiences uncovering a deeper understanding of our relationships to the instincts. John gets into the instinctual drives as a modality of inner work and presence. David briefly gets into his discovery of the elemental link between the instinctual drives and the wheel of life buddhist symbol...

Welcome to the genesis of Big Hormone Enneagram. Your hosts with the mostest are John Luckovich, Nancy Walter, David Gray, and Emeka Okorafor. In this episode you'll get to know us and hear how these 4 odd insurgents found their way to a thing called the Enneagram.

Emeka fills in important BHE character and background missing in Ep 1 intros that underscore our collective approach to the enneagram. We take a look at the overlay of spirituality, religion, and christian culture on how people are approaching enneagram, and how that weaves together with generational and class differences. Why it's important to integrate light and dark in enneagram inner work.