Early Access | An Enneagram Podcast

In this episode, Katie talks with a local friend about all things 6. We discuss why some 6s might mistype as 4s or 8s, what rebellion looks like and why 6s do it, procrastination, and much more! Find Ava's interior design account here: https://www.instagram.com/rose_junction_/

In this Early Access episode, Katie Whitlock welcomes Imogen, a 24-year-old from Shanghai, China. Imogen shares how she found the Enneagram through a friend, why she identifies as a Five without tests, and how “avarice” shows up as a fierce protection of time, energy, space, and purpose. Together they explore the Five’s impulse to offer information as a form of connection, the tension between deep...

Katie talks to Rob, a musician friend of Lucas from the last episode! We talk about the different ways that 4s can show up in the world, including the effect of wings and family dynamics.

Continuing the 4 journey, Katie talks to Lucas, a 28-year old musician. They talk acceptance, growing up, and what it feels like to be a male who lives so much of life deep in the feeling center. Find Lucas on Instagram at ofthoughtandfeeling Find Lucas' music on Spotify

Katie Whitlock welcomes Jeremy back to Early Access to give him space to tell the fuller story of his life—one shaped by adoption, poverty, faith, creativity, grief, and extraordinary loss. With care and honesty, Jeremy shares the long arc of his journey, including the trauma of surviving a violent attack that took the life of his closest friend, and the slow, difficult work of carrying grief with...

In this Early Access conversation, Katie sits down with Jeremy (“Remy”), an Enneagram Four from Texas whose life has moved through music, church work, divorce, and the long aftershocks of abandonment. Together they get underneath the classic Four questions—wanting to be “not misunderstood,” protecting a kind of mystery, and carrying a quiet fear that people will leave once they’ve seen too much. J...

Katie talks to Emi, a local friend who is also a 3! We talk about what it feels like to present only your best self, slowing down, and the benefits of joining enneagram spaces.

Connect with Katie : HERE In this Early Access episode, Katie Whitlock sits down with Meg—32, a Type Three, newly certified as an Enneagram teacher through the Narrative Enneagram, and also a practicing therapist who integrates the Enneagram into her counseling work. Meg and Katie explore what it actually takes to become certified in the Narrative tradition (typing interviews, guided questions, ho...

Katie talks to BJ about 2ness! We discuss why being a male 2 can make you feel different from your friends, the deep wish to be invited into someone's life, and how pride can worm its way into a 2's life without warning. Find BJ on Instagram at @monty_queso Find BJ on Blue Sky at @montyqueso.bsky.social

Katie wraps up her conversations with 1s in this final episode. Marguerite discusses what it feels like to owe people the best version of yourself, her search for a structured life, and the pull that 1s feel to fix what they see going wrong. Check out Marguerite's Doula services here: https://lyrehcdoulatherapy.com/

Continuing our journey through 1ness, Katie talks to Olivia this week. We discuss anxiety (and why it doesn’t always apply to all reactive types), trusting yourself, and what it means to experience true intuition. If you are interested in applying to be guest : GO HERE

I get to talk to my cousin Sara about being a 1 and everything that comes with it. We talk about being the eldest daughter/cousin, feeling responsible for others and their choices, and meeting our problems with action. We also get into the different ways that we deal with grief.

Katie talks to her friend Kayci about what it feels like to be a reactive doer. We talk obligation, anger, and the struggle of juggling what you want vs the expectations of others.

Apply to be interviewed on Early Access : HERE See our other work at : www.aroundthecircle.org In this Early Access episode, Katie introduces the next chapter of the series: additional interviews with each Enneagram number, beginning with a rich Type One conversation featuring Natasha. Natasha shares her journey into the Enneagram, her experience of body-centered intuition, and how Ones navigate a...

In this episode of  Early Access , Katie sits down with  Joleen Nguyen , a 32-year-old counterphobic Enneagram Six and new mom to explore the rich inner world of Sixes from the inside. Joleen shares how she first met the Enneagram through a flimsy one-paragraph description of Sixes, why it didn’t stick at first, and how returning to the Enneagram years later (after a deep love affair wit...

Sara from Utah joins Katie to open a window into life as an Enneagram Five. Sara unpacks the difference between physical retreat (car, corner, time-out) and an emotional shutdown that feels like a cloud rolling over the mind. She explains why Fives can be read as “cold,” how she “thinks her feelings,” and the quiet cost of borrowing energy in crisis (the post-help crash and “overdraft fees”). They...

Katie sits down with Cincinnati musician and producer  Timothy Edward Carpenter  to explore the inner landscape of a Four: the pull toward the unattainable, the ache of “not enough,” and why connection only feels real in the deep end. Timothy speaks openly about chasing music dreams, choosing others’ projects over his own, rebuilding marriage, and learning to trust therapy without lettin...

This week, Katie talks to Sara, a local friend she met at one of her weekly Enneagram classes. We discuss medical school, DOING vs BEING, and what it feels like to subject yourself to constant comparison against other people (and maybe how to get out of it). There is some scratchy audio in the first five minutes of this podcast, but I promise that it quickly gets fixed!

Our Workshop on Excess| HERE Up next, 2s!  Rebecca Dollard, founder of  The Motherhood Mentor , is a somatic healing practitioner that helps high-achieving women and mothers who “have it all together” but feel disconnected inside. Through somatic healing, nervous-system-based coaching, and enneagram she guides them to expand their capacity, soften their edges, and lead with power and pre...

“I don’t want to be right—I want to know what is right.” Katie sits down with Veronica, a 32-year-old Enneagram One and R&D scientist in Chicago, to trace how Ones learn to trust their gut, make room for gray, and respond to what’s needed. Veronica shares her path into the Enneagram, the “responsive stance” in a family with no assertive types, and why Ones often look “negative” when they’re ac...

Up next: 9s! In this week’s episode, Katie talks to Rev. Andrew Bowles (he/him), a Certified  Narrative Enneagram  Teacher, professional member of the  International Enneagram Association , ordained minister, and experienced healthcare chaplain. We talk about why 5s and 9s look so similar, what it really feels like to feel like your presence doesn’t matter, and we also get into the...

Continuing her journey around the Enneagram, Katie talks to Meaghan, a freelance American Sign Language interpreter who loves traveling, new restaurants, and advocating for the deaf community. We talk about the difference between anger and rage, how your childhood environment sticks with you, and get into some differences between 6 and 8.

Our inaugural Episode! In this discussion on  Early Access , host Katie Whitlock sits down with her close friend Michael —an Ironman-in-training, soon-to-be husband, and a reluctant but curious student of the Enneagram. Together they explore what it’s like to be “typed” when you’re not sure of your number, walking through hallmark traits of Enneagram Sevens and how they show up in Michael’s l...

RELEASING | OCTOBER 7 A new podcast for the Enneagram Channel.