Types Five, Six, and Seven – Navigating Fear, Trust, and Inner Freedom

Podcast Series: The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: A Book Club Series

Host: Alicia Divers | Somatic Practitioner & Enneagram Teacher

Guest Author: Sandra Smith

In This Episode:

This week, we step into the Head Center—Types Five, Six, and Seven—and explore how each of these types navigates fear through thought, planning, and imagination.

Alicia guides us through Sandra Smith's reflections on the deeper strategies Head Types use to seek safety—and how those strategies can soften when met with presence. Rather than pathologizing fear, this episode invites listeners to see it as a sacred doorway: one that, when tended gently, opens into groundedness, trust, and joy.

From the Five's quiet withdrawal to the Six's loyal vigilance to the Seven's search for stimulation—we explore how each type can return to inner steadiness, not by thinking more, but by staying with what's already here.

You'll learn:

• Why fear is central to the Head Center—and how it lives in the body

• How Fives can move from withholding to engaging

• How Sixes can return to self-trust, even in uncertainty

• How Sevens can abide with the moment rather than chase the next thing

• Why clarity comes not from control—but from grounded presence

Whether you lead with a Head Type or love someone who does, this episode offers a compassionate lens on anxiety, thinking patterns, and the somatic pathways back to enoughness.

Reflection Question:

What does fear feel like in your body—and how might you practice trust, even in uncertainty?

Resources Mentioned:

📖 The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: Living Beyond Your Type by Sandra Smith

Buy the book here

Learn more about Sandra Smith at www.sandrasmith.com

Explore somatic work and Enneagram coaching with Alicia at www.somatic-spirituality.com

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