The Blindspot An Enneagram Podcast

The Self-Preservation instinct is the fundamental drive for physical survival, well-being, and aliveness, operating primarily across three practical zones: self-care, resource maintenance, and domesticity. Although naturally designed to help human beings thrive and evolve, this instinct frequently becomes distorted by early childhood trauma, emotional wounding, and unconscious autonomy conflicts,...

Damian Russel, author of Enneagram Through the Ages, and Krista Hand join Dr. Kara Nance in a discussion abut the Enneagram's three instinctual drives—Self-Preservation, Sexual (or attraction), and Social—and their profound impact on our psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being. Rooted deeply in our neurobiology and evolutionary survival, these instincts dictate how we meet our basic huma...

Marlene is back to hear the reflections that Denzel and I have about her typology session. Enneagram type and instinctual stack are clarified.

Denzel Mensah is back on the show with me for a series on how typology can be a powerful tool for finding your romantic relationship blindspots. Meet Marlene, an INFP on the journey towards finding her Enneagram type and instinctual stack. Marlene vulnerably shares her experience of infidelity and the unraveling of her long term relationship. Please visit my website at KaraNanceMD.com and contact...

Meet Karl Hebenstreit, Author, International Speaker, Executive Coach, and Human Resources and Organization Development Leader with 25+ years of experience in the biotechnology, healthcare, telecommunications, high-tech, pharmaceutical, and real estate services industries. . Karl has just released the third edition of his book "The How and Why: Taking Care of Business with the Enneagram". Karl and...

This episode we welcome long time teacher Tom Condon to share some of his favorite tips on working with your Enneastyle. Register for Tom's online conference with Russ Hudson this weekend to learn more. https://russhudson.com/event/what-we-have-learned-and-how-we-apply-it/#tribe-tickets__tickets-form  

I'm very excited to introduce you to my colleague Denzel Mensah https://denzelmensah.com/ that I met on my Meyers Briggs Typology training journey. Denzel also received his MBTI Training from Personality Hackers six years ago and has a well established typology and coaching practice. You can also check out Denzel's very fun and wise You Tube channel at https://denzelmensah.com/ Denzel and I are ex...

I'm pleased to introduce my community to Simon Goland, founder of Simon Says Consulting, Inc. Simon has a new program launching in October called Awakened Living that you can register for here https://simongoland.com/application-tuition-details/ In this episode Simon and I explore what the divine masculine energy is, and what it is not. We also discuss the importance of shadow work, our own egoic...

Catherine Bell from the Awakened Company is back to discuss her new offering with Dr. Debra Egerton, The Power of Relationships. In this episode Catherine and I discuss our relationship to fierce compassion, how the law of three presents in interpersonal relationships, and the importance of honoring each other's experiences because they all contain wisdom. Catherine and I also share our experience...

Stephanie Jaie is back for a final episode in our three part series on sexual empowerment. In this episode Kara and Stephanie discuss their experience of erotic energy and how it has supported their own emergence.  What is the role of pleasure and how do we connect with it? Why do people fear sexual instinctual energy? And for our typology friends, further exploration of Stephanie's Enneagram Type...

Stephanie Jaie is back again to discuss sexuality and the ways its been distorted in a way that blocks us from our power. We touch on the topics of generational trauma, the ways a trauma response can present in different Enneagram types, privilege, and how to respond to some of the more common responses.  I will be offering a four week Enneagram Overview starting Wednesday July 26th from 6:30-8:30...

The Blindspot An Enneagram Podcast is back for Season 2!  Loyal listeners will know that Season 1 morphed from focusing solely on the Enneagram and Instinctual Drives into welcoming in other forms of typology to help us make sense of our experience. In this interview with @StephanieJaie we hear about how my use of typology leads to a deeper understanding of her life's journey. Stephanie is also wi...

This week I am releasing a very tender episode in which Annie from Episode 41 is back to show me and all of us how a repair process works. My initial interview and promotion of it two weeks ago lacked the sincerity, care, and consideration around trauma that are so important to me. Please listen so that we can all become more trauma informed and learn how to "reclaim your no" if you've lost it and...

Meet Adam Molyneux-Berry, the founder of the Integral Impact Institute, a social enterprise founded on more than 20 years of experience building that has lead award winning social enterprises, SMEs, and nonprofits in Europe, the US and the MENA region. Adam supports leaders, changemakers and high-impact organizations to thrive in the midst of complexity. He enjoys operating at the nexus of systems...

Annie O'Shaughnessy is a trauma informed Enneagram coach that's working in schools to create spaces for feedback through cultivating respect, belonging, and feeling like you have a voice.  Annie very openly shares her trauma history and how she experienced the emergence of her sexuality. She helps us to see the deep shame that women experience as they try to cultivate a healthy sexual instinct. We...

Meet Flemming Christensen, SP3w4 with INTJ cognitive preferences. Flemming talks about his new concept of the Blind Type. Flemming has a new book out that you can buy at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Flemming-Christensen/author/B07VPBCCWQ?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Flemming takes us through how we can use the Blind Type to find our life theme or na...

Meet Kristin Messegee, a trauma informed Enneagram coach that specializes in working with Enneagram Point Sixes. Kristin identifies as an SP blind 6 with a 683 trifix and ENFP cognitive preferences. Kristin shares how she came to identify her instinctual stack and we compare experiences of living with extraverted intuition as our hero function. We also explore the way introverted sensing provides...

Here's the second part of my conversation with Frederik Coene, our sexuality and the enneagram expert! Here Frederik and I take on conversations about porn addiction, monogamy and polyamory and how to transcend the usual state of craving and self soothing behaviors that we find ourselves working with every day. Want to schedule a call to address your own sexual issues within yourself or your relat...

Meet Frederik Coene SP/SO/SX 6w5 that is an EU diplomat turned Enneagram sex researcher and content creator. In this episode Frederik talks about his vision for increasing accessibility to high quality Enneagram teachings that can have a global reach. Frederik describes his interest around the Enneagram and sexuality and reveals how 3’s, 5’s, 6’s, and 4’s are likely to talk about sex. Frederick de...

Sarah McMahill is back after her latest Diamond Heart retreat to share some new insights regarding how the instincts influence sexual behaviors. We also talk about some of the Meyer's Briggs cognitive functions and how introverted intuition powers Sarah's work as a massage therapist. We also learn the difference between introverted feeling and introverted thinking.  You can find more information a...

Join Kara and Katherine, two ENTP ladies, as we take you on a whirlwind tour of how we use the Instinctual Drives, the Enneagram, and the Meyer's Briggs Cognitive Functions to support individuals that want to understand their programming. Katherine, a SX/SP/SO 874 has been a certified Enneagram teacher for almost 30 years and has made major contributions to the research and discoveries in this fie...

Meet Ingrid Hurwitz, the director of Takdir Transformation and the lead of the Facebook Group Enneagram Community of Practice. Ingrid is a trauma informed Enneagram professional that offers a wide variety of coaching and educational experiences through her school. Join us for a beautiful conversation about the inner workings of a SX/SO/SP Seven and how she uses the Enneagram to help individuals he...

Sarah McMahill steps forward to intimately talk with me about her journey of sexual emergence. If this episode wakes anything up inside of you that you'd like to share in a future episode or discuss working with me on privately around your own sexuality circuit or instinctual drive please request a 30 minute free consultation at https://www.karanancemd.com/ You can find more information about how...

Meet Tre! A colleague of mine from my Meyer's Briggs profiler community that wanted to learn more about his Enneagram Type. Watch my typing skills in action and I would love to hear what you think if you're willing to email me at contact@enneagramblindspots.com And I'm also offering FREE classes for the month of March! Please visit KaraNanceMD.com to register for the zoom link. I'd love to see you...

Wild Enneagram founder Ben Campbell is back to tell us about how he engages with nature to support his Enneagram journey. Ben is offering a foundational course starting this March to people interested in learning more about this unique approach. You can register here https://wildenneagram.com/ We also talk about our experience of privilege as white people and I encourage you to check out Jessica D...