The Wholehearted Enneagram Podcast

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...

Send us Fan Mail You've had insight before. The clarity, conviction, and even real momentum. And yet, somehow, it didn't last. If you've ever wondered why meaningful change feels so hard to sustain, this episode is for you. In this conversation, Amy explores why insight alone—no matter how true or powerful—rarely leads to lasting transformation. Not because you failed, but because i...

Send us Fan Mail My confession and an invitation to release … As a faithful woman, you aren’t burned out because you lack discipline; you’re exhausted because you’ve been carrying a responsibility God never asked you to bear. In this episode, Amy explores the difference between responding to God and taking responsibility for outcomes and how easily faith can slip from love into pressure, control,...

Send us Fan Mail If faith has started to feel heavier than life-giving, you’re not alone AND you’re not doing it wrong. In this foundational episode, Amy defines what Wholehearted living really means and, just as importantly, what it does not mean. This conversation is for the faithful, disciplined woman who has kept showing up… but is quietly tired of spiritual intensity that burns her out instea...

Send us Fan Mail When the future feels foggy, and the next step isn’t clear, what does it look like to move forward with wisdom, not just grit and tenacity? In this final episode of the Wholehearted Rhythms mini-series, Amy shares a grounded reflection on discernment, drawn from James 1, personal story, and the wholehearted lens of spiritual formation. Rather than forcing answers, this conversatio...

Send us Fan Mail Part 3 of Wholehearted Rhythms for 2026 Writing doesn’t have to be productive or even preserved to be meaningful. In this episode of The Wholehearted Enneagram Podcast, Amy Wicks reframes writing not as a habit to keep up with, but as a wholehearted rhythm of listening, a way to make space for honesty, gratitude, and discernment while your story is still unfolding. Drawing from he...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 of Wholehearted Rhythms for 2026 When life feels unfinished, worship can feel complicated. In this episode of The Wholehearted Enneagram Podcast, Amy Wicks explores worship as a rhythm, not a mood, a performance, or a response to good outcomes, but a way of anchoring your heart in who God is when the story isn’t resolved yet. Drawing from her own journey through joy, disapp...

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 of Wholehearted Rhythms for 2026 What if the new year didn’t begin with pressure, but with looking for light? In this Epiphany episode, Amy Wicks invites you to begin the year not with goals or resolutions, but with revelation, a light appearing in the dark. Drawing from the Christian calendar, the story of the Magi, and James 1, Amy shares how a dark night of the soul and...

Send us Fan Mail This Christmas tale isn’t just a story; it’s a mirror. In The Redemption of Mrs. Scrooge , you’ll meet Jade, a mom quietly shaped by fear, control, and scarcity, doing her best to manage life, relationships, and expectations… until grace gently interrupts her story with unexpected generosity and hope. This modern retelling explores what happens when our patterns are exposed, not t...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is written to gift you a little extra joy amidst the holiday noise.  It features a fictional Christmas story, read aloud by my sister, Annaliese Hinkin, that speaks to the parts of us feeling weary from constantly doing, stretching, pleasing, and trying to hold it all together.  “To Grandmother’s House We Go” follows Etta, a warm-hearted, overextended mom, as she navi...

Send us Fan Mail This guided Advent Examen is a calm, soul-settling space to pause before a new story begins. Amy leads you through releasing what you’ve been carrying, remembering the threads of grace in your year, and receiving the hope God is writing into your next chapter. Consider listening once while multitasking, and again with a pen and paper in hand. This reflection gently prepares your h...

Send us Fan Mail What do Buddy the Elf and Lucy from While You Were Sleeping teach us about personality, hope, and holiday dynamics? In this cozy, joy-filled episode, Christa Hardin and I bring our Enneagram Seven energy to a conversation that blends movie magic with meaningful insight. We unpack beloved Christmas films through the lens of the Enneagram. We're talking character types, relatio...

Send us Fan Mail In this special re-release, I sit down with actress, producer, songwriter, and creative powerhouse Nikki Anders for a beautiful, Spirit-led conversation on creating art that honors God, no matter the outcome. From her journey co-writing Journey to Bethlehem to navigating motherhood and music, Nikki shares what it means to persevere in the entertainment industry while staying roote...