The Wholehearted Enneagram Podcast

Send us Fan Mail You’re  at the height of summer and also at the edge of what comes next. Vacations and dorm room plans. Celebrations and back-to-school lists. Football practices in the morning, fireflies in the evening. If you feel the tension of being in two seasons at once, this episode is for you. In this short, grounding episode, Amy offers a contemplative breath prayer for each of the nine E...

Send us Fan Mail Who can I trust? Is this community safe? Is this the leader they say they are? Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type 6 | Episode 4 of 4 These aren't just anxious questions for the Enneagram Six; they're the constant, exhausting background hum of how a Six moves through the world. And nowhere does that hum get louder than in the church. In this closing e...

Send us Fan Mail What does the VVHG journey look like for a Six who has spent her career holding space for other people’s fear? Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type 6 | Episode 3 of 4 In this episode, Amy talks with Gwen Sledge, a Wholehearted Coach, former nurse, and Type Six who knows from the inside what it’s like to be the steady, reliable, vigilant one... and what it costs....

Send us Fan Mail What does a Six do when everything she’s built her security on starts to shift at once? Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type 6 | Episode 2 of 4 In this episode Amy talks with Samantha Compton; a Type Six financial wealth advisor, entrepreneur, and former client whose story is one of the most honest portraits of Six courage you’ll hear. Samantha shares what it ac...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type 6 | Episode 1 of 4 What does it look like to be the most loyal person in the room... and the most afraid? Amy opens Type Six month with her co-teacher and spiritual director Deanna Sudom, exploring a type that is deeply misunderstood; often seen as anxious or suspicious when they are actually among the most courageous, commit...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types Bonus Episode 6-7 Two years ago, Payge Wicks sat down with her mom right after graduating high school, a 17-year-old still figuring out who she was. Today, she's just finished her junior year in college, studying psychology in Phoenix, 18 hours from home, and she has something real to say about what it actually looks like to be...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Enneagram Seven | BONUS When most people picture an Enneagram Seven, they think confetti cannons and perpetual motion. They do not picture a serious, introverted giraffe who goes a full seven days without leaving the house and runs three coaching calls a day by phone. And yet! That's exactly who Alli Worthington is. In this b...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Enneagram Seven | Episode 4 of 4 The Enneagram Seven's longing for satisfaction, fullness, and aliveness is real and God-given. But what happens when that longing drives a relationship instead of enriching it? And what does it look like when a Seven finally learns to receive what's already in front of them rather than pl...

Send us Fan Mail The Enneagram Seven's instinct is to keep moving. More plans, more options, more yes. Yet underneath it all is a quiet, exhausting belief that if they slow down long enough, something painful will catch up with them. In this episode, Amy sits down with Heather Berg, a Wholehearted Enneagram Coach, trauma-informed practitioner, and Type Seven, to walk the Victim, Villain, Hero...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type Seven | Episode 2 of 4 What happens when the Enneagram Seven's greatest superpower becomes the very thing keeping her from healing? In this episode, Amy Wicks moves from host to guest, sitting in the heartseat as her spiritual director and friend, Deanna Sudom, leads the conversation. It's one of the most personal e...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type Seven | Episode 1 of 4 The Enneagram Seven's joy is real. It isn't performed or manufactured; it's a genuine gift, a way of seeing possibility when others feel stuck in what is. But underneath the enthusiasm, the packed calendar, and the endless yes is something worth paying attention to: a deep fear of being t...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type Eight  | Episode 4 of 4 What if the very thing you were told was too much is exactly what God made you for? Alli Patterson is a teaching pastor, seminary-trained Bible teacher, and Enneagram Eight who spent years believing a lie: that her directness was harsh. That the way she communicated was a problem to be managed rather t...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type Eight  | Episode 3 of 4 Every Eight starts out protecting something. A wound, a person they love, or a standard of justice no one else seems to care about enough. But protection has a shadow side (and when it tips into control), the armor that was meant to keep people safe starts to push them away instead. In this episode, Am...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type 8  | Episode 2 of 4 What does transformation actually look like for an Enneagram Eight? Not softer. Not smaller. Not less. In this episode, Amy talks with Melodie, a Type Eight, certified Wholehearted Enneagram Coach, and someone who has done the kind of honest, courageous inner work that changes everything. Melodie shares wh...

Send us Fan Mail When Eights Finally Trust: Power, Vulnerability & Faith with Deanna Sudom Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type Eight | Episode 1 of 4 What if the most powerful person in the room is also the most guarded, and for very good reason? Enneagram Eights are often misread as bulldozers. The memes paint them as intense, controlling, and hard to be around. But undern...

Send us Fan Mail The Nine's Sacred Desire | Why Your Wants Matter to God with Marilyn Vancil Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type Nine | Episode 4 of 4 Do your desires actually matter to God, or are you supposed to keep setting them aside? For Enneagram Nines, that question cuts deep. When your default is to merge, accommodate, and keep the peace, knowing what you even want...

Send us Fan Mail Where do Type 9s get stuck, and how do they move forward? Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type Nine | Episode 3 of 4 In this episode, Amy and Jilann (a Type 9 and Wholehearted Coach for quiet leaders) walk through the four roles that show up in the Nine's journey: Victim, Villain, Hero, and Guide. You'll discover:  Where Nines get stuck in Victim energ...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type 9  | Episode 2 of 4 What does transformation actually look like for an Enneagram Nine? In this episode, Amy talks with Meredith Davis, an Enneagram 9 who's been walking the Wholehearted Transformation Journey. Meredith shares honestly about the moment she stopped using the Enneagram as an excuse ("this is just how I...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Enneagram: A Year Through the Types | Type Nine, Episode 1 of 4 What if the most peaceful person in the room is also the one most in need of courage? This month, we begin with Enneagram Type Nine, and Amy kicks off the conversation with her co-teacher and spiritual director, Deanna Sudom. Together, they explore what makes Nines so uniquely gifted (that rare ability to...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Storywork BONUS Episode (part 5) Before we move into our Type-specific series, there's one more pattern we need to talk about, a place where many women get stuck BEFORE they ever step into their Hero moment. In this bonus episode of the Wholehearted Storywork series, Amy explores the Sidekick stuck point, not as a lesser role, but as a protective pattern in which...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Storywork Part 4  After you've named the pain, let go of control, and stepped into agency, a question emerges: How do I sustain this? In this final episode of the Wholehearted Storywork series, Amy explores the Guide role, not as someone who has arrived or finished their own story, but as someone who has stayed with their healing long enough to walk alongside oth...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Storywork Part 3 When you've named the pain and released the need to control, something powerful awakens. A choice. In this third episode of the Wholehearted Storywork series, Amy explores the Hero role, not as hustle or self-reliance, but as the moment you realize you have agency in your own story. This conversation honors the courage it takes to step forward wh...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Storywork – Part 2 When pain goes unhealed, it doesn’t disappear. It often turns into protection. In this second episode of the Wholehearted Storywork series, Amy explores the Villain role, not as a label for bad people, but as a pattern that forms when fear, self-protection, or unresolved hurt begins to shape our choices. This conversation gently reframes villain ene...

Send us Fan Mail Wholehearted Storywork Part 1 Pain changes you. Loss, disappointment, betrayal, or suffering can quietly shape how you see yourself, God, and the world. In this first episode of the Wholehearted Storywork series, Amy introduces the Victim role, not as an identity to reject or a mentality to shame, but as a place in the story where real pain is named and honored. This conversation...

Send us Fan Mail What story are you living right now? Not the one you wish you were in. Not the polished version you post about. The real one. The one where you feel stuck, tired, or uncertain about what comes next. In this series introduction, Amy invites you into a new way of understanding your spiritual formation journey through four key roles we all move through: the Victim, the Villain, the H...