In this episode of Best in Fest, host Leslie LaPage sits down with Lauren Reins — director, producer, choreographer, and Enneagram coach — to explore how self-awareness fuels creativity and why understanding your inner motivations may be the key to creating meaningful, sustainable work.

Lauren shares her journey from professional dancer to educator and filmmaker, and how a life-altering accident led her to psychology, coaching, and ultimately the Enneagram, a nine-type personality framework now central to her new dance-driven docuseries.

In this episode, we discuss:

• 🧠 What the Enneagram is and how the nine personality types work
• 🎭 How creatives can use the Enneagram to build better characters
• 💃 Why dance is the perfect medium to express personality and psychology
• 🎬 Turning personal growth into a docuseries concept
• 🧩 Using self-knowledge to overcome creative blocks
• 🏢 How companies like Nike, Amazon, and State Farm use the Enneagram
• 🎥 Why self-awareness matters more than talent alone
• 🌱 Balancing creativity, leadership, and life as a working artist
• 🏆 Premiering an Enneagram-based series at Dances With Films New York

Lauren explains how creatives often struggle not because of the industry — but because they haven’t fully understood their own fears, motivations, and strengths. By using the Enneagram as a framework, artists can move forward with clarity, compassion, and confidence.