REALIFE Conversations from the Porch

Living an intentional life includes the 3 R's–Rest, Renew, and Review! Creating space to get up on the balcony of your life to really pay attention to your head, heart, and gut wisdom can be so life-giving!  At the REALIFE Process®, step five of the process is a 90 Day RESET. While a daily or weekly review is a great practice, the 90 Day RESET is designed to guide you in taking a big-picture view...

Chad Jeffers is a professional musician, speaker, author, and more! He's traveled the globe with high profile acts including Keith Urban, Kenny Loggins, and is currently out on the Cry Pretty Tour 360 with Carrie Underwood! Being out on the road touring with a team of over 120 people, Chad knows that relationships matter! Beyond the excellence of the music, he values bringing his best REALSELF as...

"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!" Today is my birthday, so we're talking about all things celebration on the podcast!  We all have ways we naturally move in celebration–some of us check the box quickly and move on to the next thing, others get stuck in the details and memories, and some have a tendency to downplay and forget to experience the magnitude of the moment! On this episode, we'r...

These guys are crazy about their wives, love their children, and wanna kill it in business! Meet Chris, Jamie, Michael, and Chris–from the Entrepreneurial Family Man (EFM)!  At the REALIFE Process®, we talk about coming FULL CIRCLE and Episode 027 is definitely a full house with three 7's and two 3's engaging in lively conversation!  On this episode, the EFM guys share how the Harmony Enneagram mo...

With the change of seasons, schedules shift and busyness can creep in quickly if we're not intentional! While there's no one quick fix, we can be mindful to create sustainable rhythms for our REALSELF, REALIFE, and REALWORK relationships and activities.  This week's episode gets right down to the practical application of the REALIFE Enneagram as we focus on Practicing Simplicity. Using the FULL CI...

Who am I  really ? At one point or another, most all of us wrestle with this question!  As a Type 9, Enneagram author of "Self to Lose – Self to Find: A Biblical Approach to the 9 Enneagram Types", Marilyn Vancil says identifying her type was a relief initially! "At first, I was just glad to be 'somebody.'" As Marilyn has continued the deep work of discovering her not only her best authentic Type...

What would it make possible in your life or business if you could reframe taking some S.P.A.C.E. to “reset” not as a failure, but as an opportunity? The struggle is REAL–we all get stuck! Even with the most organized 90 day plans, holidays come, sickness happens, roadblocks appear and we get distracted and have a hard time moving forward with the projects we've set out to accomplish. The good news...

What does it mean to live FULL CIRCLE in your work? Dan Miller knows that a great majority of helping others comes from looking inward first! He believes that the way to have confidence about proper direction in your life comes 85% from looking inward first and the other 15% of it is application!  On this episode, we'll explore: Dan's wisdom and insight into his organization–48 Days Eagles Time Ma...

How do you naturally walk into a room? What does it look like for you to show up automatically without a script or off the cuff in relationships?  Whether we are aware of it or not, we all bring energy as we walk into a room and as we interact in relationships with others! It's the natural way we move! Enneagram professional and author, Suzanne Stabile refers to this movement as the "Stances." In...

What do you get when you blend two transforming tools together? The Enneagram + Essential Oils = Greater HARMONY for your head, heart, and body!  On this episode, you'll explore the Enneagram through a whole new sense! The REALIFE Process® is excited to be partnering with Kari Coody from a Natural Shift to bring the Enneagram and Essential Oils Experience!  The Enneagram Harmony Triad Model connec...

Personality profiles are amazing tools to help us know our best REALSELF in order to live our best REALIFE and do our best REALWORK! Ashley Logsdon is an expert in the DiSC Profile and works in her business, Mama Says Namaste to, "take families from surviving to thriving by helping them uncover how 'the uniqueness in each of us strengthens all of us'. As Ashley guides parents through identifying t...

What do you get when you bring Enneagram Types 1, 3, 4, and 9 together? Beautiful opportunities to practice HARMONY!  On this episode, Doug and Adele Calhoun and Scott and Clare Loughrige, the four authors of the brand new book, Spiritual Rhythms for the Enneagram: A Handbook for Harmony and Transformation come together to share insights from writing the book, practices to live out the Enneagram i...

What could a deeper discovery of your Enneagram type make possible? The Enneagram is an amazing tool to help you explore both your authentic and adaptive behaviors. Beyond the discovery of your type and triad, there are ways to live out the Enneagram in Your REALIFE in some really practical ways!  On this episode, you'll get a backstage pass to listen in to a LIVE Client Enneagram Assessment Revie...

REALIFE stories matter. In this special edition of the podcast, I'll share some of my REALIFE story through the lens of the Enneagram. We’ll begin with the beloved Children’s Classic, The Velveteen Rabbit, and talk about how it weaves into my personal journey of becoming REAL, my family’s story through joy and sorrow, and even my business, The REALIFE Process®. Both the Velveteen Rabbit and the to...

Leadership, Teams, and Coaching Circles, oh my! Nancy Beach brings years of experience and invaluable wisdom through the tool of the Enneagram as a Leadership Coach, Pastor, Speaker and more.  Nancy has always been a passionate champion for artists and leaders in the local church. For over 20 years she served as the Programming Director for Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago, buildi...

What did you say? Communication is such a powerful tool! Through the lens of the Enneagram Harmony Triads, we can bring greater awareness of our head, heart, and gut to our verbal, nonverbal and written communication and respond with intention in a more FULL CIRCLE way.  This week we'll finish our three-part series as we focus through the 3,6,9 Harmony Triad. Each Enneagram type has incredible ski...

Let's keep talking! This episode continues the conversation as part two of a three-part series on Communication with the Tool of the Enneagram. Whether focusing on verbal, non-verbal, or even written communication, the Enneagram Harmony Triad Model offers us insight into how we can come FULL CIRCLE and access the most authentic parts of ourselves–head, heart, and gut–as we communicate in personal...

If we only communicate out of our Enneagram Type, then we're only using a third of the communication skills with which we've been created! We don't just want to know our type–we want to live it out in our everyday, ordinary REALIFE through our IQ, EQ, and GQ!  Join us on this episode as we begin a three-part series on Communication with the Tool of the Enneagram. This week we'll focus on the 8,5,2...

As an entrepreneur, business owner, or leader you live life a bit differently! You manage your time, work, family and more! How could having access to the tool of the Enneagram enrich your entrepreneurial lifestyle?  Jamie and Ruthie Slingerland were introduced to the Enneagram back in the first few years of their marriage and they are still using it today to bring harmony to their role as entrepr...

On this episode, we take a look at one of our most valuable resources: T-I-M-E! One of the five steps of the REALIFE Process™ is Time Blocking. As we explore Time Blocking and pay attention to the movement of our Enneagram Harmony Triad, we can live FULL CIRCLE!  Focusing on the 4 P's of Time Blocking:  Present Block Project Block People Block Prep Block plus looking through the lens of the Enneag...

We've come FULL CIRCLE! This is the final episode in the series Leadership with the Enneagram as we focus on the 7,4,1 triad!  We'll look through the Harmony Triad Model lens at each center of intelligence–IQ (Head), EQ (Heart), and GQ (Gut). Every Enneagram type has some great authentic traits to bring to the world but combined with FULL CIRCLE access to all three centers they become SUPERPOWERS!...

Take two! We're back with the second part of our Leadership with the Enneagram series!  On this episode, we'll shift just a bit as we look at the 8, 5, 2 triad through the lens of the Harmony Triad Model! This model offers each Enneagram type access to all three centers of intelligence–the IQ (Head), EQ (Heart), and GQ (Gut). Understanding the superpowers of your type and triad equips you to be a...

What type of leader are you? Enneagram Professional, Ginger Lapid-Bogda says, "If you have all three–a high EQ, a high IQ, and a relevant on the job experience from which you have learned and grown, your chances of success (as a leader) are even greater!" On this episode, as we explore the Harmony Triad Model we'll look at all three centers of intelligence–the IQ (Head), EQ (Heart), and GQ (Gut)....

Clare & Scott Loughrige have been singing great songs together for a lot of years as a married couple, co-pastors, and Enneagram Professionals. But as Clare shares, they didn't understand why they had some discord until they started to use the Enneagram as a tool for transformation. Clare's exposure to the Harmony Triad Model through the work of David Daniels, helped to bring life to her own t...

People that call the Head Center home are prone to get distracted and stuck in their thoughts...the spin can be intense, so it's helpful to be able to identify the obstacles, stop the crazy cycle of swirling thoughts, check in with your heart and body, and move forward in freedom as your best whole REALSELF! On this final episode of the series on Distractions Zones, we'll take a closer look at the...