"I don't have the time for taking care of myself". Does this sound familiar, 9s? 
In reality, we all have the same amount of time as anyone else. It all comes down to giving yourself permission to treat yourself as a priority.

Holly shared that the symptoms that resulted from burnout (pain/illness) actually reduced once she started using her time more intentionally. It helped transform her from someone who lived to serve other people's priorities all the time, to someone who spends time on the things that matter most to her during her week. Kimberly relates the pain that comes from not making time for her own priorities or caring for her self.

So what are our options? How can we manage our time so that we prioritize ourselves?

1. PLAN BY WEEK
Make a routine of writing down and having a look at what's happening for the week ahead. 

Planning weekly instead of daily is a mindset shift to feeling like time is more abundant. Holly recommends this book that changed her view of time:
https://lauravanderkam.com/books/168-hours/

Example of how the math works out:
168 hours in a week-remove 8 hours/night sleeping = 56 hours, and 40 hours working-
72 hours are left in the week to divvy up! There are some chores in there, so even if we spend half of the 72 hours on drudgery...we still have 36 hours to spend how we see fit! That's 5 hours per day!

2. TIME STUDY
A periodic/one-time exercise to track how you spend your time during a week. This can help find out how you unconsciously spend time, and informs what tweaks you can make to better fit your priorities, and add in more of what lights you up. It helps to find things to remove or set boundaries.

3. DELEGATE/ASK FOR HELP
As a 9, sometimes I can forget that I'm human and can ask for help. It's really necessary to relieve mental and physical stress.

• Hiring someone to clean
• Asking family for help cooking and tidying
• Asking a peer for help

4. GET SUPPORT/ACCOUNTABILITY
Build a community of people that can help you achieve your goals and have a better balance in your life.

• therapy
• coaching
• group class
• accountability buddy

5. CELEBRATE WINS
Try a "Ta-Da List"! A Ta-Da list is just a written list of what we have done well, what our wins are, and what we're proud of ourselves for. It's ok to brag about ourselves more! It brings us out of the spiral of being so worried or shameful about what we haven't done yet. Share your wins in the The Enneagram 9 Show Facebook Group!

6. EMBRACE YOUR PACE
Your energy is your own, it's not a comparison game! :)

More about your hosts:
Kimberly Eclipse is an intuitive astrologer supporting Type 9s in creative and spiritual ways, including providing astrology readings, Oracle card readings, and hosting live events.

Holly Perez is an organizing and productivity coach who helps multi-passionate solopreneurs to get more organized and focus on self-care, so they can do more of what lights them up.

We came together as two enneagram type 9s who want to explore what it means to wake up, engage, and prioritize ourselves. And we want to hear from you...

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@haporganizing

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www.Enneagram9.

Hey type 9s, we want to wish you a very happy new year! What better way to start it than by tuning into our own values and priorities?
 
Here's a link to the Values Exercise we discussed and broke down so that you can try this at home. Let's define and redefine what values are most important to us at this time in our lives, keeping in mind that these can change. This is a helpful exercise to get clear on values before looking at our top priorities and how to schedule our lives to honor them.

More about your hosts:
Kimberly Eclipse is an intuitive astrologer supporting Type 9s in creative and spiritual ways, including providing astrology readings, Oracle card readings, and hosting live events.
Holly Perez is an organizing and productivity coach who helps multi-passionate solopreneurs to get more organized and focus on self-care, so they can do more of what lights them up.

We have come together in 2024 as two enneagram type 9s who want to explore what it means to wake up, engage, and prioritize ourselves. And we want to hear from you...cheers to a new year!

COME FIND US!
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@the.enneagram9.show
@haporganizing

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In the last episode of the year, there are a couple exciting announcements before Holly and Kimberly share their 2024 wins and challenges.

• Be sure to follow us at our fresh new Instagram account, and comment/DM us! @the.enneagram9.show
• Time-sensitive - Check out the details of Holly's mini-retreat scheduled January 1, 2025! @haporganizing

What were your 2024 wins and challenges? We would love to hear them.

If you're curious -
Oracle card pulled was the "High Priestess" and the Tarot card pulled was "The Magician" (tarotguide.com).

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Hey what's up type 9's?
Before diving in to the meaty topic of the day, Kimberly and Holly share each of their "wins"! This will become a regular way to start off the episodes.

Song reference: Dashboard Confessional "Don't Wait"

We referenced our friends at the Enneagram Typecast Podcast to teach you about Hornevian Triad Groups in the Enneagram (episode linked is specifically for the Withdrawn types 4, 5, and 9). 

Then, Holly facilitates a fascinating interview with Kimberly, who shares insights around using the knowledge of the Enneagram and Astrological systems together to understand ourselves better.

• The Enneagram and Astrology both deal with archetypal energies, and we have all the (Enneagram) types and (Astrological) signs in us.
• Kimberly's list of correlations between types and signs (her opinion :))
  • Type 1 - Virgo
  • Type 2 - Cancer
  • Type 3 - Leo
  • Type 4 - Pisces/Scorpio
  • Type 5 - Aquarius/Gemini
  • Type 6 - Capricorn
  • Type 7 - Sagittarius/Gemini
  • Type 8 - Aries
  • Type 9 - Libra/Taurus (+ spoiler alert - probably Aquarius as well)
• How focusing on the astrological birth charts for type 9s has played out for Kimberly:
  • The patterns she noticed
  • What surprised her about what signs showed up prominently in type 9's charts
  • How seeing a lot of diversity in the signs for type 9s proves that we are meant to bring out our unique gifts, desires, and needs to the forefront
  • How modalities showed up - many of the type 9s have "Fixed" modality in their chart
  • How elements showed up - many of the type 9s have a lot of fire in their chart
• The intuitive and creative ways that Kimberly helps type 9s get in touch with their natural gifts through astrological birth chart readings

If you're curious to find out more about your birth chart, feel free to go to one of the many free apps out there - We both use Co-Star Astrology.

If you want to go deeper and get a personalized and intuitive reading from Kimberly, she is available at certain times of the year, and you can get the latest information at her website: www.KimberlyEclipse.com

And go back to check out episode 6 of the podcast (Kimberly solo) to review more about WHY it's helpful for type 9's specifically to understand their astrological details in conjunction with the enneagram to facilitate even more growth.

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@haporganizing

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www.Enneagram9.com

Still weirded out by the emotion of anger? So are we...but we are here to bring people like us some strategies and tips for handling it. 

In this episode, Holly and Kimberly:

• Share practical strategies/tips that we have used to process our own anger
• Share ways that we can express our anger to others
• Discuss thoughts on how therapy can help walk through feelings of anger, and the underlying emotions that anger hides
• Remind ourselves (and our listeners) that we are worthy of our own care and respect, so much so that we should treat ourselves like a precious child that we are in charge of. 

Relationship guru mentioned in the episode is Matthew Hussey.

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Raise one hand and put your pinky, ring finger, thumb and pointer finger down!
Buckle in, we're talking about ANGER today. It is the primary emotion that needs to be understood as type 9s in the "Gut" triad on the Enneagram.

It has been said, by enneagram and inner work experts, that:

• Anger is a secondary emotion, there's always something underneath, like sadness and fear.
• Anger is energy in motion, helpful for boundary-setting, making changes, and advocating for ourselves.
• Anger is something absolutely crucial for Enneagram Type 9s to get in touch with in order to grow and be our best selves.

In part 1 of this 2-part episode, Holly and Kimberly each explore our personal relationship to anger, and invite you to do the same. We hope that this brings some insights that are helpful in your inner growth. And stay tuned for part-2 in late November where we share ways that we can manage and deal with our anger in a "healthier" way.

Finally, here's an Aristotle quote we can take with us into our day:
"Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy."
-Aristotle 

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Part 2 of our enneagram origin stories has Kimberly and Holly discovering ourselves as heroes in our own journeys, fast forwarding to the end of the "movie" of our lives, and taking a peek at our future selves. We invite you to peer into the life of YOUR future self along with us! With guided visualization at the end, this short and sweet episode shouldn't be missed. Take a few minutes for yourselves and join us.


COME FIND US!
Instagram:
@the_enneagram9_show
@haporganizing

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Subscribe and get a FREE downloadable self-care guide to customize for your unique self-care needs. 

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Come see us naked! In part one of this two-part episode, Holly and Kimberly get raw and vulnerable, exposing the messy highs and lows of our initial discovery of the Enneagram and the realization that we are Type 9s.

We talk about:

• How your Enneagram origin story is similar to the superhero origin stories we all know and love
• Kimberly's big secret: How the Enneagram helped her get real about her marriage...and end it. 
• The ways the Enneagram has changed how Kimberly communicates 
• How Holly's body screamed for change after years of keeping the peace through the prioritization of others' needs
• Holly's winding road to discovering she is a Type 9 (and not a Type 2)
• The sadness and anger that can come with discovering you're a Type 9

Join us in two weeks when we release the second half of this episode!

COME FIND US!
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@the_enneagram9_show
@haporganizing

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The Enneagram 9 Show

Subscribe and get a FREE downloadable self-care guide to customize for your unique self-care needs. 

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Sign up to be notified about the launch of NINE, a free digital magazine for Peacemakers:
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Welcome to Season 4 of The Enneagram 9 Show! And, drum roll, please...my new co-host is the amazing Holly Perez!

In this episode, we chat about:

• Our genuine hopes and big fears around teaming up  
• The awkward moment when Kimberly asked Holly to be her co-host
• The future of the podcast

If you're a long-time listener of the show, you already know and love Holly from the episodes below:

#9. Organization as a Form of Restorative Self-Care with Holly Perez
#31. How to Be the Boss of Your Own Life with Type 9 Entrepreneur Holly Perez

And finally, Holly's proper, fancy-pants intro:

Holly is an organizing and productivity coach in the Seattle area. She helps other multi-passionate solopreneurs to achieve work-life harmony. She believes organization is a form of self-care -- we can simplify, organize and plan to prioritize ourselves and what lights us up. She offers 1:1 sessions, group accountability meetings, and online/in-person workshops.

Subscribe and get a FREE downloadable self-care guide to customize for your unique self-care needs. She can't wait to connect with you!

https://www.haporganizing.com/contact

COME FIND US!
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@the_enneagram9_show
@haporganizing

Facebook group:
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Sign up to be notified about the launch of NINE, a free digital magazine for Peacemakers:
www.Enneagram9.com

This shorty episode features the juiciest, newsiest of news!

Get notified about the upcoming FREE digital magazine for Type 9s at Enneagram9.com, due to drop in Winter 2024!