Typology

Happy New Year! This week on Typology, I'm thrilled to welcome my friend, Betsy Miller. Betsy is the Director of Finance for Storybrand and also serves as the chairman of the Board of Directors for RESCUE: Freedom International, an organization that is a leading force in the rescue and restoration of survivors of human trafficking.

Betsy and I take a look into the mind of an Enneagram Six, or The Loyalist. Enneagram Sixes tend to doubt the commitment of others, have difficulty making decisions without outside input, and always consider the worst-case scenario.

Tune in as we explore the Loyalists' basic fear and provide some great tips to help Sixes learn to accept anxiety and doubt on their journey toward health.

The Enneagram allows us to build and sustain healthy relationships by appreciating and understanding our own motivations and behaviors as well as those of our friends and family.

In today's episode, the Cron family gathers over the holidays to discuss how the Enneagram has helped them grow closer and better understand each other. Listen as they share how their family finds balance and appreciation among each other.

This week we're taking a break to enjoy the holidays with our friends and families. So, we're replaying last year's episode where we give suggestions for the perfect Christmas gift for each Enneagram type. We wish you a fabulous couple of weeks and we'll kick off 2020 with some great new interviews. Happy Holidays!

This week I continue my insightful conversation with singer-songwriter, Amanda Cook. Amanda is a worship leader at Bethel Church and with Bethel Music, GMA Dove Award Winner for Inspirational Album of the Year, and winner of three Covenant Awards from GMA Canada, including Female Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Praise and Worship Song of the Year for You Make Me Brave.

In this episode, Amanda and I explain:

• the gift and grip of grief
• the Fives' defense mechanism of isolation
• the importance of staying present in the moment

This conversation brings so much light and clarity to the construction of the Enneagram Five's personality. You don't want to miss it.

This week on Typology, I welcome a very special Enneagram Five who has done her work and beautifully wraps her words around her experience as a Five. Our guest, Amanda Lindsey Cook is a singer-songwriter, worship leader at Bethel Church and with Bethel Music, GMA Dove Award Winner for Inspirational Album of the Year, and winner of three Covenant Awards from GMA Canada, including Female Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Praise and Worship Song of the Year for You Make Me Brave.

In this episode, Amanda Cook:

• Shares how music helps her connect with her feelings

• Describes the important practice of embodiment

• Reveals the sacred rhythm of an Enneagram Five

Our conversation was so rich, we made this a two-part episode. So, tune in next week as we continue our dive into the attic of Amanda's mind.

And to add to this amazing episode, I'm super excited to announce that Anthony and I are taking Typology on the road. I'll be hosting the first-ever LIVE recording of Typology at the Balboa Theater in San Diego on March 21st. I'll share more details in the upcoming weeks but in the meantime, mark your calendars for the ticket pre-sale opening next Wednesday at 12:00 pm Central Time. Stay tuned on TypologyPodcast.com or on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.

In Part two of my conversation with John Mark Comer—author, speaker, pastor, and Enneagram One—we continue our discussion about the Enneagram and why it's so important to eliminate hurry from our lives. When you think about it, when you feel listened to and attended to, you feel loved by a person. But when we rush from one thing to another, we are unable to focus our attention on those we love most and our relationships are negatively impacted. If instead, we learn to live in a different space than hurry, the love, peace, and serenity we're really after will follow.

What do you pay attention to? When each of us walks into a room, the focus of our attention is different. An Enneagram Two might look for who they can connect with, an Enneagram Four might focus on what's missing in the room, and an Enneagram One might notice what needs to be fixed.

But who is that Two not connecting with? What is in the room that the Four is not appreciating? And what is right in the room that the One doesn't need to fix?

Today on Typology, I begin my conversation with John Mark Comer—author, speaker, pastor, and an Enneagram One—about the importance of "paying attention to what is" and how the Enneagram has taught him to stop and ask the right questions in order to grow and mature throughout his own spiritual journey.

And don't miss next week, when we continue our conversation in Part Two!

This week on Typology, I'm excited to welcome my friend, Al Andrews. Al is not only a great counselor, author, and speaker, but he is also the director of Porter's Call, a non-profit offering counsel, support and encouragement to recording artists and their families.

Al gives voice to what it's like to be a healthy two and how important it is for each of us to face our sorrows in order to heal from our brokenness. We also touch on:

• What makes a truly great helper

• The superpower of a Two

• The dark side of a Two

And you'll also hear some great self-awareness questions for Twos to ask themselves on their journey toward health.

This week on Typology, I'm excited to welcome my good friend, Andrew Peterson—award-winning singer-songwriter and author. His newest book, Adorning the Dark, just released on October 15, and his 20th Anniversary Behold the Lamb of God Tour is going on now through the end of December.

As two Enneagram Fours, Andrew and I get personal about the strengths and weaknesses of our type and how it has impacted our lives over the years. In this episode, you'll hear about the Enneagram Four's:

• True gifts to the world
• Inner critic and how it plays out in daily life
• Characteristic traits and what to watch out for

You'll also learn an important tip of what NOT to do when a four is melancholic. It will change how you approach the fours in your life.

This week on Typology, I'm thrilled to welcome my good friend, Donald Miller—best-selling author of Building a StoryBrand, creator of the brand new Business Made Simple University, and Enneagram Type 3.

Don and I have talked about the Enneagram before—mostly from a business perspective. But in this episode, I invited him to get personal and vulnerable, and he graciously obliged. Learn how self-awareness helped Don move from:

• Insecure to confident

• Feeling like an outsider to knowing he's accepted

• "Unreal" to "real"

• Living from a victim mentality to owning his own success and happiness

You'll also get to hear about his powerful formula for interrupting self-limiting thoughts (You'll want to apply it to your own life today!) and I reveal a massive mistake people make along their journey to self-awareness.

I hope you'll listen in.

P.S. At the start of the episode, Don mentions that when he finds a particularly helpful book, he immediately goes looking for an online course. As a visual learner, experiencing the content through videos helps him better integrate what he's learned. If that sounds familiar, Enneagram Made Simple is perfect for you! And here's an amazing bonus: When you buy Enneagram Made Simple, you get ongoing access to Business Made Simple University—an online learning platform Don and his team at StoryBrand have just launched to help you develop yourself both personally and professionally—all for just $275/year. I'm genuinely excited for you to join me on this journey. Let's figure out this thing called life—together.