Enneagram in Real Life

There are about as many paths to becoming a coach as there are coaches. Today, I talk about my path in particular and give you some ideas on how to pursue becoming an Enneagram coach.

Here are the key takeaways:

1. Coaching vs. Therapy
2. My Road Map
3. Things you need to know if you want to go down this path

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• International Coach Federation (ICF) Credential - https://coachfederation.org/icf-credential
• Chestnut Paes Enneagram Academy - https://cpenneagram.com/professional 
• Enneagram Institute - https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/events
• The Narrative Enneagram Program - https://enneagramworldwide.com/
• Shift Network - https://theshiftnetwork.com/ 
• Integrative9 Accreditation - https://www.integrative9.com/events/calendar/
• Enneagram University with Kristi Rowles  * affiliate link * https://www.theenneagramuniversity.com
• Become an Enneagram Coach * affiliate link * https://www.yourenneagramcoach.com/a/21463/RhYsodeU
• International Enneagram Association (IEA) Accredited Training - https://www.internationalenneagram.org/find-a/accredited-training-program/#!directory/map/lbl=5693b3cf4f952e810d46781a

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On this week’s episode of Enneagram IRL we meet with Jackie Brewster, a certified Enneagram coach, experiential specialist, author, and speaker who consults with teams and people across the country. She shares daily, practical Enneagram content on her fast-growing Instagram page @enneagramwithjb. In her free time, Jackie loves to cook, work out, and spend time with friends, and is constantly on the hunt for growth and spiritual development in her own life. She and her husband, Stephen, have four amazing children and live in Franklin, Tennessee.

Order Jackie’s Workbook: The Enneagram and Your Marriage: A 7-Week Guide to Better Understanding and Loving Your Spouse

Follow Jackie on Instagram: @enneagramwithjb

Connect with Jackie online: Enneagramwithjb.com 

www.facebook.com/EnneagramWithJB

Here are the key takeaways:

• Jackie’s journey to finding her type
• A look inside Jackie’s relationship with her husband
• The writing process through Jackie’s lens
• Experiencing fear as a Type 7
• Recognizing our personality patterns
• “My partner is not interested in the Enneagram. How can we get on the same page of doing inner work using this tool?”
• How can the Enneagram be transformational as individuals and as partners in relationships?
• Jackie gives some helpful advice 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson
• Card Deck for Self-Awareness and Connection by Jackie Brewster

Want to keep the conversation going? Join me on Instagram @ninetypesco to keep learning and chatting about how our types show up in REAL LIFE! Connect with me here: https://www.instagram.com/ninetypesco/?hl=en

Learn more about subtypes! Download my free subtypes guide here.

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Want to keep learning about the Enneagram? Grab Steph’s new book, Enneagram in Real Life! Find the book, ebook, or audiobook wherever books are sold.

On this week’s episode of Enneagram IRL, we discuss the motivations of each Enneagram type while also touching on what each type avoids. As we explore each type, we provide real-life examples of the motivations and behaviors, highlighting how they can show up in everyday life. 

​​If you have any examples of how you've seen your own type's motivation show up in your day-to-day life, we want to hear them! DM us your stories @ninetypesco on Instagram!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Free Subtypes Guide by Nine Types Co.
• Free Typing Guide by Nine Types Co.

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On this week’s episode of Enneagram IRL, we meet with Chichi Agorom, a writer, a Certified Enneagram Teacher & Practitioner through the Narrative Tradition, adjunct faculty at The Narrative Enneagram and a former psychotherapist whose life’s work is to support people on their journeys towards wholeness and healing. Her greatest joy is learning how to belong to herself, and creating spaces—both physically and with her words––that help others feel less alone and more known. She is the author of The Enneagram for Black Liberation, available wherever books are sold.

Click here to order Chichi’s book

Follow Chichi on Instagram: @theenneagramforblackliberation

Or connect with her online: https://www.chichiagorom.com/

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Here are the key takeaways:

• Chichi’s Introduction to the Enneagram System
• Typing as a 4: Feeling common humanity & facing real transformation
• Learning how to “just be”
• Chichi explains the Armor of the types
• Exploring the roles of power: Power Over, Power Within, Power With
• The Enneagram for Black Liberation: “This work is everyone’s work”

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• The Narrative Enneagram
• The Enneagram for Black Liberation by Chichi Agorom
• At Ease Cohort with Chichi Agorom 
• From Armor to Ease Podcast with Chichi Agorom 
• The One You Feed Podcast

Other Enneagram Resources

Want to keep the conversation going? Join me on Instagram @ninetypesco to keep learning and chatting about how our types show up in REAL LIFE! Connect with me here: https://www.instagram.com/ninetypesco/?hl=en

Learn more about subtypes! Download my free subtypes guide here.

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Want to keep learning about the Enneagram? Grab Steph’s new book, Enneagram in Real Life! Find the book, ebook, or audiobook wherever books are sold.

On this week’s episode of Enneagram IRL, we are in full swing with season 3! As we introduce a new season, we are also introducing a new co-host, Heidi Alaniz Critz, who has been part of the Nine Types Co. team for almost three years. Get to know both of us in this episode as we do a deep dive into our personal Enneagram journeys, our types, subtypes, and more! 

Here are the key takeaways:

• How did we get into the Enneagram & learn our type?
• What was the most glaring evidence for our type?
• Examples of passion-based personality patterns: Envy & Self-Deceit 
• The journey to finding our subtype: Sx3 & Sx4

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron, Suzanne Stabile
• The Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator
• The Passions and The Virtues of the Enneagram Blog Post
• IEQ9
• The Wisdom of the Enneagram by By Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson
• Passions & Virtues Free Download
• The Complete Enneagram by Beatrice Chestnut
• A Few Things to Know About Fours, Type Series by Nine Types Co.
• Midnight Library Series by Matt Haig

Want to keep the conversation going? Join me on Instagram @ninetypesco to keep learning and chatting about how our types show up in REAL LIFE! Connect with me here: https://www.instagram.com/ninetypesco/?hl=en

Learn more about subtypes! Download my free subtypes guide here.

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Want to keep learning about the Enneagram? Grab Steph’s new book, Enneagram in Real Life! Find the book, ebook, or audiobook wherever books are sold.

On this week’s episode of Enneagram IRL, we meet with Scott Allender.

Scott Allender is an expert in global leadership and organizational development. Along with cohosting The Evolving Leader podcast, Scott regularly teaches Enneagram workshops and conducts typing interviews and emotional intelligence assessments for individuals and teams who seek to become more radically self-aware and cognizant of the impact they have on the world. 

Click here to order Scott’s book

Follow Scott on Instagram: @EQEnneagram 

Or connect with Scott online: Scotteallender.com

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Twitter: @Evolving_Leader

LinkedIN: linkedin.com/in/scott-allender

Here are the key takeaways:

• The importance of Emotional Intelligence 
• Scott’s introduction to the Enneagram and finding his type
• Common unconscious patterns of Type 3
• Scott’s experience as a Self Preservation 3
• An act of courage: Confronting the ego
• Growth requires a bit of suffering
• Real inner work doesn’t come from quick “tips & tricks”

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• The Complete Enneagram by Beatrice Chestnut
• The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence  by Scott Allender
• Scott’s podcast: The Evolving Leader
  • How Movement Can Free Your Mind with Caroline Williams
  • The Power of Not Thinking with Simon Roberts
  • Thinking Outside the Brain with Annie Murphy Paul 

Want to keep the conversation going? Join me on Instagram @ninetypesco to keep learning and chatting about how our types show up in REAL LIFE! Connect with me here: https://www.instagram.com/ninetypesco/?hl=en

Learn more about subtypes! Download my free subtypes guide here.

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Want to keep learning about the Enneagram? Grab Steph’s new book, Enneagram in Real Life! Find the book, ebook, or audiobook wherever books are sold.

On this week’s episode of Enneagram IRL, we meet with Tori Dunlap, an internationally-recognized money and career expert, and podcast host. After saving $100,000 at age 25, Tori quit her corporate job in marketing and founded Her First $100K to fight financial inequality by giving women actionable resources to better their money. She has helped over three million women negotiate salary, pay off debt, build savings, and invest. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Tori now travels the world writing and speaking about personal finance, online businesses, and confidence for women.

We discuss Tori’s journey with her business, the Enneagram, and everything in between. Tori also gives us a little sneak peek into her new book, Financial Feminist.

Click here to order Tori’s book, Financial Feminist! 

Follow Her First 100k on Instagram: @herfirst100k 

Or connect with Tori & Her First 100k online: ​​http://herfirst100k.com/

Here are the key takeaways:

• What's Tori's type & journey with the Enneagram?
• How does Tori use the Enneagram in her personal & professional life?
• Discussing playing big and financial inequality
• Our first financial memory & dissecting financial trauma
• 3 practical financial steps you can begin right now

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Financial Feminist Podcast with Tori Dunlap
• Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love by Tori Dunlap
• Big Magic: ​​Creative Living Beyond Fear By Elizabeth Gilbert ·
• Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message by Tara Mohr
• We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers
• You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero

Want to keep the conversation going? Join me on Instagram @ninetypesco to keep learning and chatting about how our types show up in REAL LIFE! Connect with me here: https://www.instagram.com/ninetypesco/?hl=en

Learn more about subtypes! Download my free subtypes guide here.

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Want to keep learning about the Enneagram? Grab Steph’s new book, Enneagram in Real Life! Find the book, ebook, or audiobook wherever books are sold.

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On this week’s episode of Enneagram IRL, we are sharing a fun conversation I had with Nikki Meyers as I joined her Live Talk Radio Show, The Traveling Enneagram. Nikki Meyers is a certified Enneagram Practitioner with a serious passion for helping people be the very best version of themselves each and every day by cultivating self-awareness and a space for growth. She works one-on-one with individuals, with couples, and professionally with teams and leaders. She's spent almost 20 years working in leadership development, incorporating the teachings of the Enneagram and Emotional Intelligence to create high-performing teams and leaders. Nikki owns her own practice, Pura Vida Coaching & Development, with the name coming from the Costa Rican term meaning "pure life," a saying she deeply believes in and lives by. 

We discuss what the Enneagram is, what it is not, and some of the best ways to use this system. We also answer a few questions from listeners, as this show was recorded live! 

Click here to listen to this show and more of The Traveling Enneagram. You can find Nikki’s Talk Radio Show on any podcast app!

Follow Nikki on Instagram: @nikkipuravidacd

Or connect with her online: ​​https://www.puravidacd.com/

Here are the key takeaways:

• A breakdown of the Enneagram System — and what it’s not
• How does the Enneagram differ from other systems?
• Using the Enneagram as a tool for curiosity
• Steph and Nikki discuss personal “Aha” moments as a Type 3 and Type 7.
• Different approaches to the Enneagram: Levels of Health
• The importance of subtypes
• How to narrow down on your Enneagram type
• Advice for a type Six jumping into a new professional role

Want to keep the conversation going? Join me on Instagram @ninetypesco to keep learning and chatting about how our types show up in REAL LIFE! Connect with me here: https://www.instagram.com/ninetypesco/?hl=en

Learn more about subtypes! Download my free subtypes guide here.

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Want to keep learning about the Enneagram? Grab Steph’s new book, Enneagram in Real Life! Find the book, ebook, or audiobook wherever books are sold.

On this week’s episode of Enneagram IRL, we meet with Samantha Mackay, an Enneagram coach, trainer, and educator who specializes in using the Enneagram to amplify personal growth and healing. Samantha was a litigation lawyer until chronic stress and burnout lead her to evaluate what she really wanted in her life and to find the source of her pain. As a Self-Preservation Seven, she was good at ignoring her pain until her body made it clear that was no longer an option. She found the path to recovering from chronic stress and managing an autoimmune condition was to heal not just her physical body, but also her emotional, intellectual, and spiritual bodies. Her recovery journey started 15 years ago and she now supports others on their journey.

We discuss how Samantha found the Enneagram, her core type, and subtype, and how it now all plays a role in her life of personal healing, as well as coaching others to do the same. Such a fascinating episode that helps give great insight into the experience of a Self-Pres Seven.

Follow Samantha on Instagram: @individuo_coaching

Or connect with her online: www.individuo.co.nz

Here are the key takeaways:

• Samantha’s Self-Pres Seven experience
• Using the Enneagram in healing work
• The importance of recognizing the need for deep inner work 
• Giving ourselves permission to heal, what this looks like, and being patient through the process
• Concision vs. Speed
• How can you connect and work with Samantha?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• iEQ9 Test
• Giving Yourself Permission to Heal Course
• Outsmarting Procrastination Course
• Clearing Overlooked Grief Course
• The Flight from Intimacy: Healing Your Relationship of Counter-Dependency - The Other Side of Co-Dependency by Barry K Weinhold and Janae B. Weinhold

Want to keep the conversation going? Join me on Instagram @ninetypesco to keep learning and chatting about how our types show up in REAL LIFE! Connect with me here: https://www.instagram.com/ninetypesco/?hl=en

Learn more about subtypes! Download my free subtypes guide here.

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Want to keep learning about the Enneagram? Grab Steph’s new book, Enneagram in Real Life! Find the book, ebook, or audiobook wherever books are sold.

On this week’s episode of Enneagram IRL, we meet with Stephanie Woodward, a whole-life and leadership coach, facilitator, and author of The Big Scale Back: Success and balance by your own design (which was just released this week). She is the founder of Agency to Change, a boutique firm specializing in custom coaching programs to help individuals and teams redefine their relationship with work. 

We discuss Stephanie’s journey of reevaluating her approach to work and productivity as a One-to-One Nine. She offers so much insight into team dynamics, Type Nine strengths & shadows, burnout, & more!

Grab a copy of The Big Scale Back right here!

Follow Stephanie on LinkedIn & Instagram: @agencytochange

Or connect with her online: 

https://stephaniewoodward.com

https://www.agencytochange.com

Here are the key takeaways:

• Chronic workaholism as part of the Type Nine defense mechanism, narcotization
• Discovering one’s wants and “ruffling feathers” as a Type Nine
• The Big Scale Back & Stephanie’s experience with hyper-productivity and unsustainable hours
• Underlying issues behind difficult workplace dynamics
• Type Nine strength of being the pace setter & Stephanie’s encouragement to fellow Type Nines
• Signs of burnout and unfulfillment
• How can you connect with Stephanie and her work?

✨A special resource from Stephanie Woodward ONLY for our listeners:

https://stephaniewoodward.com/enneagram-in-real-life/

Want to keep the conversation going? Join me on Instagram @ninetypesco to keep learning and chatting about how our types show up in REAL LIFE! Connect with me here: https://www.instagram.com/ninetypesco/?hl=en

Learn more about subtypes! Download my free subtypes guide here.

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Want to keep learning about the Enneagram? Grab Steph’s new book, Enneagram in Real Life! Find the book, ebook, or audiobook wherever books are sold.