In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore briefly preview the upcoming IEA Global Conference on July 20-23 in San Francisco. In their talk, “Clear Thinking About the Enneagram” at the conference, Mario and María José will discuss the importance of critical thinking when teaching the Enneagram.

“I see people fall into this all the time about themselves, about other people. They look for confirmation of their assessments of people, rather than disconfirmation, because disconfirmation is not natural.” - Mario [10:01]

“This is how we think. We don’t think clearly naturally. We are biased. Understanding these biases allows us to get closer to what’s real, but what’s natural is that we don’t have clear thinking.” -María José [14:39]

“Ironically, I’m not seeing myself clearly if I’m using clear thinking as a way to find distinction or find some of those superiority. I’m actually doing the opposite of what I’m trying to accomplish.” -Creek [15:40]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:22] Intro

[02:04] The most memorable conference

[05:14] The purpose of their IEA topic

[10:51] The challenge of seeking the truth

[13:38] Understanding biases

[18:00] Why this conversation is important

[23:23] It’s how you interact with the contents

[26:55] Outro

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In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore talk about the subtypes for the Enneagram Type Four, “Striving to Feel Unique.” They share examples of this misunderstood type and the pattern of expression for each subtype.

“In a way, I think their emotional intensity is a gift and a burden at times.” -María José [01:22]

“For the preserving Four, we can think of their environment as a work of art.” -Mario [13:46]

“I get this a lot that Fours are delicate in some way. Sure, sometimes people feel like they have to walk on eggshells around them, but I think Fours are very, very resilient in turning something around eventually and in keeping on going despite pain and suffering, whether that’s self-inflicted or actual external inflicted” -Creek [54:59]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:01] Intro

[00:59] The hosts’ general feelings on Type Four

[02:26] Fours are very misunderstood

[06:09] The Preserving Four

[07:55] Examples of the Preserving Four

[15:37] The understatedness

[17:29] Pattern of expression for the Preserving Four

[21:55] Common issues with the Preserving Four

[26:50] The Navigating Four

[31:36] The art of navigating

[34:38] Pattern of Expression for the Navigating Four

[42:34] The switchers

[44:36] The Transmitting Four

[50:40] Pattern of Expression for the Transmitting Four

[56:44] Outro

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Pod: Delusional Optimism

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore discuss the subtypes of Enneagram Type Three, “Striving to Feel Outstanding.” They talk about why the three subtypes are different and why the Navigating Three is the stereotype for the Type Three.

“Productivity is something that they really aim for. It’s not so much the applause or the recognition, but being productive, using their time, keeping themselves busy, accomplishing as much as they can, and it’s not so much about the image they’re projecting.” -María José [07:20]

“There’s a lot of good to this amazing ability they have to read people, to read the group, to figure out how people are going to perceive something.” -Mario [27:43]

“It’s a lot more of ‘Be like me’ attitude than ‘Let me figure out how to be like you,’ as like the Navigating Three.” -Creek [36:18]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:01] Intro

[01:52] Visit us on Instagram

[02:39] The stereotype of the Three

[05:41] The Preserving Three

[12:38] Compartmentalizing emotion

[16:25] Pattern of Expression for Preserving Three

[19:40] Learn to delegate

[22:18] The Navigating Three

[24:58] Why Navigating Three is the stereotype

[31:40] Pattern of Expression for Navigating Three

[34:21] The Transmitting Three

[39:54] Pattern of Expression for Transmitting Three

[42:42] Outro

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Pod: Fathoms | An Enneagram Podcast

Pod: Delusional Optimism

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore continue their conversation about subtypes and discuss the subtypes of Type Two, “Striving to Feel Connected.”

“I think that preservers in general are very deliberate in the way they choose to use their energy, their personal resources, and it’s limited.” -María José [07:30]

“Now one of the differences here between the Three and the Two, when it comes to Navigating Twos, is that the Navigating Two is usually more comfortable being the kingmaker than the king themselves.” -Mario [19:36]

“I see that in Fours as well though. Of this ‘I’m not happy because I’m not getting that sort of attention.’ Is that just the line to Two?” -Creek [30:35]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:00] Intro

[00:57] The Preserving Two

[03:01] Understand the motives

[09:59] Two contradictory sides

[14:40] The Navigating Two

[18:33] How else they look like Type Three

[22:40] The Transmitting Two

[29:04] Transmitting Two vs Type Four

[31:15] Patterns of Expression for each sub-type

[39:21] Important to know about Type Two

[43:23] Outro

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Pod: Fathoms | An Enneagram Podcast

Pod: Delusional Optimism

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore dive into the three Enneagram subtypes for Type One, “Striving to Feel Perfect.” But first, they discuss their criteria for dissecting the subtypes, reminding us that data points are part of the story and not the whole story.

“Preserving Ones are more rigid. There’s something more serious, I think, about Preserving Ones. They’re less difficult to mistype.” -María José [12:28]

“Ones are ambitious people. Ones want to do things the right way, because doing your job and doing it right, doing it with excellence, is part of being perfect.” -Mario [34:17]

“Again listener, make sure you’re taking all these sort of talking points as data points.” -Creek [35:47]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:00] Intro

[01:59] New Instagram page

[02:56] Criteria first

[05:25] Data is part of the story

[10:16] Preserving One

[13:47] Navigating One

[18:25] Pattern of Expression

[24:55] Transmitting One

[28:24] Common mistypes

[31:09] Pattern of Expression for Transmitting One

[33:47] Navigating One mistyping

[35:56] Outro

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Pod: Fathoms | An Enneagram Podcast

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In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore begin their conversation around the subtypes, which is the intersection of the three instinctual biases and the nine strategies. Before they dissect the subtype for each Enneagram Types, they first discuss how they define these independent variables and how their approach differs from others. 

“The instinctual biases shape what’s important to us and what we spend our time and energy on. It’s what we want to devote our resources to. Our resources being my attention, my energy, my money, whatever it is. The strategy is how we go about achieving that.” -Mario [23:40]

“In some ways, I’m hearing that what counter type is trying to name is the tension of the energies, but if it becomes just the counter type, then we’re still in stereotypical land.” -Creek [31:30]

“I think that it is important to type people, including ourselves, correctly, but it’s even more important if we want to do something with it.” -María José [35:59]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:01] Intro

[00:59] The importance of defining the terms

[04:07] Defining subtypes

[10:59] Other analogies

[12:24] How the ATA approach differs

[20:09] The common view

[26:26] Counter types

[35:28] Why it’s important to learn how to type

[37:27] Avoiding complicating terms

[48:59] Outro

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Pod: Fathoms | An Enneagram Podcast

Pod: Delusional Optimism

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore go deeper into the foundation of the Awareness to Action process. They discuss the philosopher Carl Popper, who is most known for the concept of falsification in science, which set the tone for how science is done. The hosts discuss how this idea applies to working with types and in working with the Enneagram theory.

“When you have this idea that you’re getting closer to the truth, but it’s not the truth that you’re seeing compared to you know, I know what I’m seeing, you stop looking. So this provincial hypothesis allow you to continue to pay attention.” -María José [19:02]

“All of our emotional states, they’re data that point us in the direction of something, so we have to be aware of something not working. And the way we do that is through self-awareness, emotional intelligence, being tuned in to what’s happening with us.” -Mario [25:31]

“Collaboration doesn’t always mean consensus, but it’s about a focus on finding the next step towards truth.” -Creek [46:24]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:01] Intro

[00:43] A quick recap

[02:25] Why listen to this episode

[08:00] The last guru

[10:47] Popper’s fundamental insights about falsification

[16:01] Calcification of ideas vs gravity analogy

[20:46] How to filter information

[26:26] Operable definition of the strategies

[35:01] Way to be better paced

[38:34] Applying it to Enneagram theory in general

[46:17] Collaboration doesn’t always mean consensus

[50:38] Outro

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Pod: Fathoms | An Enneagram Podcast

Pod: Delusional Optimism

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore wrap up their discussion about the process of change and discuss Types 7, 8 and 9.

“I think regardless of where you think the universe is inherently meaningful or meaningless, I think that the point stands but all you have is what’s in front of you.” -Creek [23:10]

“For Eights, life is battle. There’s some kind of contest going on.” -Mario [38:22]

“For me, that’s one of the most important things about the Enneagram, it’s understanding how other people probably perceive you and manage that.” -María José [44:29]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:01] Intro

[03:31] Type Seven: Self-Control

[08:28] The act of resistance

[18:36] The secret of contentment

[25:46] Problematic mindset of the Seven

[29:48] Type Eight: Empathy

[35:19] Incessant drive to slay dragons

[41:02] Examples of what Eights can do

[45:37] Type Nine: Improving Initiative

[49:00] Binary thinking

[51:34] Motivation to feel good about contribution

[58:31] Outro

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In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore continue their conversation about the process of change by talking about types Four, Five and Six. They discuss how each is framed in Mario’s book, “Awareness to Action: The Enneagram, Emotional Intelligence, and Change” and the emotional intelligence that is required for each of those to engage in the ATA process.

“I like to think of what happens for each of the types, for all of us, is that we break down on our fault lines.” -Mario [16:12]

“Like everyone else, they can be really good people and be trying hard to do what’s needed. Sometimes don’t know or miss some cues, mainly emotional, I would say.” -María José [31:18]

“I’ve seen Sixes striving to feel secure, but through constantly changing. They are adapting to every minute, little detail and change.” -Creek [38:15]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:01] Intro

[00:43] A quick recap

[03:54] Type Four

[08:38] Cultivating confidence

[13:21] Breaking down fault lines

[22:01] Type Five

[26:09] Sheldon Cooper

[30:01] Communicating with a Five

[35:11] Type Six

[38:15] Unskillful adaptability

[41:30] How to work with a Six

[45:02] Outro

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Pod: Fathoms | An Enneagram Podcast

Pod: Delusional Optimism

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore talk about the process of change with each type, starting with Types One, Two and Three. They provide specific examples on how to apply the ATA process with these specific types. Mario shares how he and co-writer Robert Tallon originally talked about this in their book, “Awareness to Action: The Enneagram, Emotional Intelligence, and Change,” and how things have evolved since then.

“Accepting doesn’t mean that you agree with it or that you think that it’s good. You’re just accepting that it happens, and mistakes will happen whether you want it or not.” -María José [13:30]

“You have to make sure you’re taking care of yourself before you can take care of others. And in order to take care of yourself, you have to know what it is you really want and be honest about it.” -Mario [21:52]

“I feel like what you’re not saying is these are the emotions that each type needs to work on.” -Creek [27:03]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:01] Intro

[01:55] The process 20 years ago

[06:12] Intention to rewrite books?

[07:31] Type One

[10:58] An example from the book

[16:05] A personal example

[19:39] Type Two

[22:06] The inner story of self-awareness

[25:02] An experience with a Two

[27:04] Emotional competencies

[29:57] An example from “Runaway Bride”

[32:27] Type Three

[35:13] Amplifiers of accomplishments

[37:12] How to use this awareness

[40:49] Outro

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