Fourward Bound with the Enneagram

Get to know Type 1 (The Perfectionist) through a conversation with Krista, who leads with this type. Together, we discuss the type's sense of responsibility to make all the things right! We look at the role of the inner-critic and what it means to have a "slow-burn" in response to all the things that need to be addressed but that are often times out of our control. Krista sheds light...

Get to know Type 8 (The Protector) through a conversation with Ann, who leads with this type. Together, we discuss the type's drive to control and protect in an effort to get things done and get them done right! We look at the confidence and directness that Type 8 naturally carries and how this is both a gift and can sometimes get in the way. Ann helps us understand what folks might be misunde...

Get to know Type 2 (The Giver) through a conversation with Dee, who leads with this type. Together, we discuss the type's tendency to focus on meeting the needs of others. We look at how this operates at a level beyond maternal or general helpful instincts in ways that feel deeply personal for the Type - with the tendency to over-help and move into an aggressive stance under stress or when hel...

Get to know Type 5 (The Observer) through a conversation with Bernie, who leads with this type. Together, we discuss the type's tendency to privilege thinking and to focus on preserving internal resources - paying close attention to personal boundaries along with soaking and storing up information for future use. We talk about the relationship Type 5 has with feeling separate and apart from ot...

Get to know Type 7 (The Epicure) through a conversation with Eboni, who leads with this type. Together, we discuss the type's tendency to focus on keeping things up, adventerous, and positive - moving from project to project, growing bored easily, and doing about anything they can to avoid the painful or negative. We talk about the relationship Type 7 has with limits and the importance of cons...

Get to know Type 6 (The Loyal Skeptic) through a conversation with Olivia, who leads with this type. Together, we discuss how the type's tendency to focus on worry and doubt plays out as a gift at times and can stand in the way at other times. We also explore the importance of loyalty for the type, including its limits, and touch on how the notion of courage represents a growth opportunity. Al...

Get to know Type 4 (The Romantic) through a conversation with Ashley, who leads with this type. Together, we discuss the rich inner emotional life of Type 4 and the tendency to withdraw and focus on what is missing. We talk a bit about what it means and looks like to turn these tendencies outward, offering the gift of self to the world. Ashley also drops a few tips for how to make most of the rela...

Get to know Type 2 (The Giver) through a conversation with Susan, who leads with this type. Together, we discuss the type’s natural tendency to focus on others by tending to their needs - including how, left unchecked, this operates as a means of finding self worth. We explore what it requires to connect with self and self-needs and what movement toward the virtue for the type, which we refer to a...

Get to know Type 3 (The Performer) through a conversation with Amy, who leads with this type. Together, we discuss the importance of accomplishment and recognition, the gift of gab (which does not necessarily mean one is an extrovert!) and the type's preference to stay active. Amy demystifies some common misunderstandings about Type 3 and offers some advice on how to support the Type 3 in your...

Get to know Type 1 (The Perfectionist) through a conversation with Luke, who leads with this type. Together, we discuss the seemingly never ending pursuit of self improvement including ways to reframe this narrative. We explore what happens when attempts at reform turn into resentment and how an awareness of the pattern can lead to a loosening of the tight grip on perfectionism and a comfort with...

Get to know Enneagram Type 8 (The Protector) through a conversation with Maile, who leads with this type. Together, we discuss what it means to show up as a protector through strength and compassion - with an almost never ending source of energy for action - and what happens when commitments and responsibilities reach a boiling point.

Get to know Enneagram Type 9 (The Mediator) through a conversation with Liz, who leads with this type. Together, we discuss what it means to lead by listening and to organicslly seek harmony as well as ways the type structure avoids conflict, falls into self-forgetting, and moves toward right action.