Enneagram for Idiots

*General instinct knowledge @ 16 min *Self-pres 3 starts @ 26 min In this episode, we talk about the self-pres 3 (aka "Vanity No Vanity") and explore how they deny their passion of vanity (in a fixated state of mind). In our typical style, we kick the episode off with a personal catch-up and some banter.   We apologize ahead of time for the audio situation. In the intro, we talk about what we’ve been up to Review and refresher of all the instincts and levels of health in the instincts SP 3s can look like 1s Tara talks about her personal experiences with SP3 Compare the sexual/social/SP instinct’s relationship to vanity SP3 motivations and fixations Enneagram 3 anxiety and how it shows up from their over-identification with roles Celebrity examples of 3s - mostly of the reality trash TV variety Ideas for being less fixated Resources we used and may have mentioned for this episode: EnneagramMonthly.com, Beatrice Chestnut - The Complete Enneagram, Sandra Maitri - The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-discovery, A variety of books on the Enneagram by Russ Hudson, Oscar Ichazo 

In this episode, we continue our series on the instinctual variants and focus on the Self-Preservation 7 AKA "The Hungry/Happy Hedonist", "The Gourmand", "The Keeper of the Castle" or... HUGH HEFNER?!?! A self-pres 7w8? Is this the same type as neurotic cult leaders? Anyway, here's what we talked about (resources are below): - How the 7s passion of gluttony + fear of emotional pain mixes with the self-preservation instinct - Anecdotal experiences of Maris' family, which is full of self-pres 7w6s - We explore how a self-pres 7 might like to exercise - Why do self-pres 7s want people in their circle to be comfortable and happy? - The self-pres 7s ulterior motives and the challenge (for us personally) in seeing it - Tips for self-growth and behaving in new ways outside of the SP7s fixations Resources: Dietnosis.com, Beatrice Chestnut, Russ Hudson, Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-discovery, Oscar Ichazo Book a consulting session with us: http://enneagramforidiots.com

Intro/Outro - Powfu - Death Bed (Save the Sky Remix) In this episode, we continue our series on the instinctual variants and focus on the self-preservation 1 aka Hilary Clinton (we kind of sort of think). Here's what we talked about: We're doing consulting now, all the details are on our website at enneagramforidiots@gmail.com If you're a part of our Patreon community, we're planning a live virtual hang out session soon, stay tuned for that Thank you for emailing about the last SP4 episode, we learned a lot and you learned a lot and that is ALWAYS THE GOAL Instinct and Self-Pres 1 learnings and discoveries (22 minutes in) Each instinct has a different kind of energy  There's a lot of learning to be done around how the passions and fixations interact with the instincts, there's so much we all don't know The SP1: is characterized by a lot of worry, anxiety, perfection and apparently "almost paranoia?" can look like a 6 but the 6 knows the world shouldn't be against them and the 1 isn't so sure struggles with feeling inadequate or undeserving and react with anxiety and worry thinks that when they judge themselves it's actually helpful is possibly Hillary Clinton? lots of thoughts and exploration there lots more, dive in to hear it all And to wrap up, we would like all SP1s and 1s in general - YOU ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS Resources: Beatrice Chestnut, EnneagramCentral.com, 9Types.com

In today's episode we talked about: We're doing consulting now! Details at enneagramforidiots.com We're continuing our series on the instinctual variants, featuring the self-pres 4s (aka I'm not sad and I don't want to be sad with you). Lots of descriptors for this instinctual variant: "tenacity" "defensive action" "dauntless". What resonates with you? We talk about the theory that the instincts have levels of health as well (Russ Hudson "Essence Emerging" meetups, A.H. Almaas, Creator of the Holy Ideas) Tara talked about her self-pres 4 experiences and then realized she's probably self-pres dominant Self-pres fours have a lot of endurance If you're SP4 are you in-tune with the temperature of the room? Other comforts? How do you go about getting your physical needs met? Talked about how the self-pres four is the counter type of the fours and can look like some other types Also talked about a self-pres four not wanting to be "held down" by other unhealthy or brooding/moping fours or people in general As always, email us your thoughts, feedback and if you're self-pres 4 or know a self-pres 4 we'd love to chat via email. Talk to us on the internet and thanks for listening to this episode.

THE PODCAST IS BACK. Thank you so much for your patience with our break.  Intro: Music by RujayInstrumental: "Next Level" by SeriouzBeatsChannel: https://YouTube.com/user/RujayTV Here’s what we talked about in today’s return episode: Thank you for supporting us on Patreon while we were away, it helped us cover our online subscriptions and keep the podcast online We are going through all of your emails, please keep sending more, we want to connect in these weird pandemic times Life update: Tara had a baby and she can’t type him, she got married and moved in with her husband (1w2 sx), moved twice after discovering cockroaches, got scammed and had a period of postpartum depression Life update: Marissa got hit by a car and tore her ACL, got kicked out of her apartment by her landlord, moved back home, went through a miscarriage, was put in a new position at work,  Discussion about Chris Heuertz and a blog post that was written by 33 women and men who shared their stories of experiencing and witnessing abuse by him (Starts around 39-minute mark). *See our website for links to everything - enneagramforidiots.com We talk about: How we found out about this How we know Chris (Correction: Chris didn’t say that the IEA almost didn’t pay him, he said, as confirmed by email, “They really under paid me for the keynote and none of the 40+ workshop presenters got paid for their breakout sessions.”) The details of the blog post outlining how Chris has harmed many people (53 minutes in) Chris’s response and our issues with it Gravity Centre’s investigation and summary of findings and its conflicts of interest Our thoughts about all of this Correction: in this episode, we often say 33 women and men came forward saying they were abused by Chris. The blog post says that the 33 women and men were both abused and witnessed abuse.

*Skip to around the 30-minute mark for mostly self-pres 2 content After we spend 15 minutes talking about public transit, we dive into the self-preservation 2 - aka the cutesy, childlike type. In this episode we talk about - Countertypes - Russ Hudson and A.H Almaas’ descriptions of the levels of health in the instincts and how instincts mature as we grow - How this instinctual variant moves both towards and away from others and is more self-protective and cerebral than other 2s - Why the self-preservation 2 positions themselves in a child-like role and how that relates to the protection of their self-image and pride - Sorry not sorry to Christians, we explore what it would look like if Jesus Christ was a self-preservation 2 for the last 20+ minutes of the episode Questions Does this 'cutesy' behaviour carry over into the bedroom? Do you have a lot of romantic partners or did you at any point? How do you DRESS? How do self-pres 2’s in your life dress? Resources: The Diamond Approach: A Path to Inner Discovery, The Facets of Unity: The Enneagram of Holy Ideas, Essence Emerging meetup (the simpler descriptions of instinct levels of health), Beatrice Chestnut (general descriptions of self-preservation 2 and path from pride to humility) Russ Hudson (levels of health in the instincts), Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram. *See enneagramforidiots.com for links and intro/outro song

Intro/Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0pVXEBA3PU&list=RD--YiHE-06Rw&index=22 (pilgrim) Today we’re talking about Self-Preservation dominant 8s aka NOT Marissa but Donald Trump. Also known by Enneagram resources as the "Survivalist". In this episode we cover: How Marissa isn’t self-preservation dominant and Tara’s mind is blown, then we explore how the social (Maris) and sexual (Tara) instincts show up in our lives What a self-preservation dominant 8 may look like and behave How this type may be more angry and confrontational than the other instinctual variants of the 8 Famous 8w7 examples (Donald Trump / Gene Simmons) and famous 8w9 examples (Liam Neeson / Morgan Freeman / Susan Sarandon) What it may be like to work with a self-pres 8 How self-pres 8s might challenge people to be equals more than the other instinctual variants of the 8 The unhealthy and average range of a self-pres dominant 8 Also sorry 5s, the audio got cut in the beginning so a portion of your recap from the previous episode just wasn’t meant to be covered. Love you. Questions If you’re a self-pres 8 what is crying like for you? Or if you know a self-pres 8, do they cry often/rarely/ever? What’s that like? Self-pres 8s: do you call in sick? How does this instinctual variant soften themselves? Resources: Self-reported people talking on Reddit, Wisdom of the Enneagram, Some quotables from Beatrice Chestnut and Russ Hudson, Enneagram Institute message boards, Excerpts from Claudio Naranjo, Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, our brains and lives

Intro/Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--YiHE-06Rw (flowers in narnia) We kick off this episode with a discussion about speakers not getting paid at the International Enneagram Conference and then dive into what it's like to be a self-preservation 5. We talk about: Hermit life, being the most detached variant out of the three and how that may show up What it might feel like for a self-pres 5 to owe anything to somebody The self-pres 5 being “very good at boundaries” How the passion of avarice shows up in the 5 a 5s active thinking voice Themes of separation, detachment, non-attachment Self-pres 5s apparently being thinner out of all the variants - is that true? Email us and let us know enneagramforidiots@gmail.com What do you focus on the most out of these things? How do you find yourself focusing on these things: food, housing, health, physical comfort, money, your body? Also a couple of additional notes: A correction: Karen Horney influenced the coping style triads of the Enneagram (moving against 3-7-8, moving towards 1-2-6 and moving away from others/the world 4-5-9) but according to many resources, did not relate these concepts to the Enneagram herself. Claudio Naranjo apparently was one of the first teachers to use some of her theories in the Enneagram and many other authors did as well, connecting Horney’s theories and the 9 types together. The last 5 minutes of the podcast was cut off so we’ll do the wrap up on the next episode (new equipment and training is expensive, and right now we’re trying to work with what we’ve got here). Resources: Enneagram Central, Self-reported people talkin’ on Reddit, Wisdom of the Enneagram, Some quotables from Beatrice Chestnut and Russ Hudson, Enneagram Institute message boards, Karen Horney: Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory Of Neurosis, our brains

Intro / Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVLBaNQjQro Today we’re starting a brand new series on the INSTINCTS. Ahhhhh this is going to be SO EXCITING. In this episode, we kick it off with an introduction the instincts. We cover: what the instincts are (i.e. biological survival drives) language around describing instincts (variants and drives vs. using the word ‘subtype’) a breakdown of each instinct (self-preservation, sexual and social) why sexual does not mean one-on-one relationships what instinct stackings are or ‘sequences’ how being neurotic or ‘unhealthy’ shows up in instinct land 8s and mob bosses - is Tony Soprano a sexual 8? Resources and additional learning: Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery (there’s a small section on instincts at the end), The Shift Network audio download on instincts with Russ Hudson, https://beatricechestnut.com/blog/

Intro/Outro: J Roes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfWAxIk4xDw Today we’re wrapping up our compatibility series with the holy trinity - types 3 + 6 and types 6 + 9. Skip to 9:55 minutes to start the episode. In this episode we talk about: What it’s like to be with a 3, 6 and 9 We analyze a relationship thread on Reddit between a 6 + 9 that has gone from monogamous to polyamorous and are now sleeping in separate beds A Redditor says he’s heard 9s are cheaters Marissa shares intimacy tips from the internet Vulnerability in 3, 4 and 8 relationships Enneagram study on compatibility: https://www.9types.com/writeup/enneagram_relationships.php Resources for today’s episode: Helen Palmer’s The Enneagram in Love and Work: Understanding Your Intimate and Business Relationships (most titles of our relationship series are based on Helen Palmer’s titles of the couplings), Enneagram Institute, REDDIT, Drdaviddaniels.com Enneagram conflict resolution styles: http://www.fitzel.ca/enneagram/conflict.html

Today we’re continuing our compatibility series with type 5 and 2 aka Albert Einstein and Dolly Parton. If you want to start where we actually talk about the Enneagram, fast forward to 19 minutes in. In this episode we talk about: What it’s like to live with 5s and 2s and be in relationships with them What attracts these two to each other Some people on the internet talking about their 5 and 2 relationship experience Challenging areas for the coupling and possible ways to catch each other in stress and work well together Avarice and rejection Note: we apologize if the mic sounds are imbalanced between us, we’re looking into updating our mics over the next month so that our voices sound more equal Enneagram study on compatibility: https://www.9types.com/writeup/enneagram_relationships.php Resources for today’s episode: Helen Palmer’s The Enneagram in Love and Work: Understanding Your Intimate and Business Relationships (most titles of our relationship series are based on Helen Palmer’s titles of the couplings), Enneagram Institute, REDDIT, human beings, Drdaviddaniels.com Enneagram conflict resolution styles: http://www.fitzel.ca/enneagram/conflict.html Intro/Outro: J Roes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN2TVpsIo34    

Intro/Outro: Bounce Back Remix by the Google Translate Lady (Background Hero) Today we’re continuing our compatibility series with type 8 and 7 aka Cardi B and Offset, Sharon and Ozzy, Olivia Pope and Fitz (fight us if you disagree on that typing). The couple that’s arguing, doing something amazing or never talking. In this episode we talk about: What it’s like to live with 7s and 8s What attracts 8s and 7s to each other How wings might influence a relationship What happens when they meet at 5 We ponder how and why this couple has sex The addictive aspects of 8s and 7s What to acknowledge about yourself in these relationships Another rant on the Kardashians for good measure The study we refer to in the episode (we don’t actually have this resource in past relationship show notes): https://www.9types.com/writeup/enneagram_relationships.php Resources for today’s episode: Helen Palmer’s The Enneagram in Love and Work: Understanding Your Intimate and Business Relationships, Enneagram Institute, REDDIT, Drdaviddaniels.com Enneagram conflict resolution styles: http://www.fitzel.ca/enneagram/conflict.html

If you’re joining us for the first time, this podcast is an explorative conversation about the Enneagram, pop culture examples and it is unstructured. Sometimes it includes conversations that aren’t about the Enneagram. We learn as you learn, we’re not presenting information as experts. We start this episode by going on a rant about Kourtney Kardashian and Poosh. Fast forward to the 20-minute mark if you’re looking to skip the intro. In this episode we talk about: How 9s (can when fixated) merge themselves with other people’s lives We explore how 9s and 4s work together The tragic mind cycle of a 4 Uncomfortable relationship conversations and Enneagram conflict styles Celebrity examples of 9 and 4’s (we couldn’t find any we made them up) We honestly ended this episode having more questions about how this couple works together because we don’t have a lot of examples, email us if you’re in a 9 + 4 couple and tell us your secrets, we'd love to know

Today we start a new series on relationships! We’re going to explore how some types work together in romantic relationships. Also as a side note, if two people are self-aware it doesn't matter WHAT their type is. Moving on... In this episode we talk about: What an 8 in love and a 2 in love look like What it’s like to live with an 8 and a 2 Maris’ shares her experience as an 8w9 married to a 2w3 and also shares a personal life experience she’s gone through recently A few reality TV examples of 8s + 2s together Resources: Helen Palmer’s The Enneagram in Love and Work: Understanding Your Intimate and Business Relationships, The Enneagram Institute Relationship Type Combinations Today’s disclaimer: we are sorry if you hear chewing, we attempted to be sneaky and get away with a few treats on this episode and the mic caught some of it. Never AGAIN

In part 2 of mistyping we covered: Why watching and listening to people who are the same type as you can help you solidify your type Resources for this include Conscious TV Enneagram panel discussions and every reality show you can find really We read a bunch of emails from 9s who share their stories of mistyping and then finally discovering they are a 9 Tara shares some 4 experiences If anyone would like to do a putter off with Maris she’s available Marissa ruins all of our future Ariana Grande listening experiences What type is Wonder Woman?? Mistyping 9 vs. 4 Mistyping 6 vs 4 Mistyping 5 vs 1 Some notes on type 5 vs 6 and 5 vs 4   Resources Look up any number misidentification on the Enneagram Institute here: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/36-type-misidentifications The Enneagram of Passions and Virtues: https://www.amazon.ca/Enneagram-Passions-Virtues-Finding-Home/dp/1585427233

You’re just our type (even if you don’t know your type) Today is part 1 of 2 on mistyping aka how do you type yourself? This episode is pretty general on typing, we start diving into specific types towards the end (around 1:05 mark). The next episode will be on common mistypes and questions. In this episode we cover: - An overview of the 3 centres of intelligence and how to use them as a guide - How to NOT type yourself - Why running into a fire doesn’t mean you’re an 8 - HONESTY VS. LYING when typing - Two good (classic) books for beginners; Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery and The Wisdom of the Enneagram - Creating a safe space for others to discover their type and finding safe spaces to discover more about your type (around the 1-hour mark) - A message board poster thinks they might be a 5, 9, 2 or a 1 - We get HEATED like you get HEATED comparing common traits in the aggressive types 3, 7, 8 (revisiting R Kelly, Trump, Cardi B and a new case study of a 3; Rachel Dolezal) Resources we learned things from for this episode and recommended continued learning: Facets of Unity: The Enneagram of Holy Ideas, Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery, The Widsom of the Enneagram, EnneagramInstitute.com, Rob Fitzel (the centres and different triads we talk about), Higher Reality Therapy: Nine Pathways to Inner Peace  

In this wildcard episode we talk about: - The Surviving R Kelly documentary - Billy McFarland and the trashfire that is the Fyre Festival - The Fyre Fraud documentary on Netflix and the Fyre documentary on Hulu We explore how deeply neurotic Billy McFarland and R Kelly are and try to make sense of their predatorial and exploitative behaviour with the Enneagram. SPOILER ALERT we mostly talk about neurotic 7 behaviours and a little bit about neurotic 3 behaviours. The main resource we used for this episode is Claudio Naranjo, Character and Neurosis: An Integrative View and our own brains and life experience. This isn’t a scholarly article it’s a banter podcast. *We talk about some pretty heavy themes in this episode so if you’ve experienced trauma this is a trigger warning. Also, IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO WENT TO THE FYRE FESTIVAL OR YOU DID PLEASE EMAIL US ALL THE DETAILS Also here is a link to the Fyre Festival's slice of sadness sandwich

We’re finally wrapping up our series on wings with 1w9, the driest saint aka the idealist aka Ghandi aka people without facial hair apparently Tritypes still don’t exist Questions: Do you or your family or friends have vague explosive energy Do you have facial hair Would you go to a rage room Do you have road rage Did you leave the oven on Did you lock the door Do you work in activism Resources for today’s episode: Resources: Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery, Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, 16 Types and REDDIT *some more to be added, stay tuned

Today we’re continuing our series on wing subtypes with 1w2 aka the judgemental dog who works so hard to turn out the foxes  Resources: Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery, Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram (the theory of the soul child), 16 Types, Russel Rowe, Deep Living Institute (Iceberg Theory), Enneagram in Business (the source of the person that calls the soul child the disowned childlike self), Structural Enneagram A 1w2 is not Switzerland but you can definitely trust their intentions 1w2 can you detach yourself emotionally to the causes you care about? Hey, how’s your pride? Are you a teacher? If you have a judging dog please send us photos: enneagramforidiots (at) gmail.

This week we’re continuing our series on wings with 4w3, Tara’s subtype aka The Aristocrat or… AristoCAT?! aka the Romantic Status Seeker aka Lana del Rey aka the Optimistic Tragedist In our new recording space (aka Maris’ dining room) it’s a bit echoey. We’re still finding our groove, almost a year later, apologies if the audio sounds weird We kick off this episode with an open letter to all 4w3’s from a frustrated 9 who instead of expressing this to her friend, decided to share it with the internet Hey 4w3, does real success feel FOUR-eign? Note: Tritypes are like throwing self-help books into a fire Other things we talked about: - the effects of the 3 being image conscious, producing, competitiveness, success - vulnerability, self deceit, seeking validation, self esteem, identity, self-loathing, TRAGIC Resources: Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery, Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, 16 Types, Russel Rowe, Open Letter to 4w3s

Today we’re continuing our series on wings jumping back into the emotional triad with 4w5 aka the Bohemian aka the Individualist aka Marilyn Manson. We talked about how the 4 is made, healthy, average, unhealthy levels of the 4w5, mental health and lots more. In short, we’ve read you for filth, hope you enjoy.

Today we’re continuing our series on wings with subtype 7w6, the entertainer aka the loyally entertaining optimist aka Marissa’s brother aka Mozart aka Robin Williams aka JOHN LEGEND?? but NOT MISS PIGGY Resources: Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery, Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, 16 Types, 7 celebs, Russell Rowe The 6 stackings we mentioned, a Sexual/Self-pres 6 can look like an 8: https://oceanmoonshine9.wordpress.com/six-stacks/ Do you enjoy being in love 7w6? Do you fall out of love easily? What do you do when you have conflict with your partner? Are you … flighty? like Peter Pan? Can you solve puzzles easily?  Do you wear shorts all year? Are you HOT!? Like inside your body?

Today we’re continuing our series on wings with the 7w8 aka The Realist or.. The REALEST Naranjo’s calling ya’ll a narcissist (link on show notes) Are you EARTHY!? Well travelled? Do you wear GREEN!? Empty? On the DEEP WEB? Resources: Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery, Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, 16 Types *More resources to be posted. Check our show notes for links to resources at enneagramforidiots.com Email us enneathing you want

This week we’re continuing our series on wings with Enneagram Type 2w1 aka the altruist aka the servant aka seeking love and rightness aka Jorah Mormont aka Captain Friendzone aka protector of Khaleesi Tara gives a lesson on relaxing your butthole We owe you chicken wings and sauce We’re ONEdering… are you looking down on your nose to people 2w1s? Are you dressed a little bit more formal? Email us anything, we love to learn about you, you're kind of cool and when you're wigging out you're the worst parts of us When you’re saying ‘no no no no no’ to a 2w1, you’re really saying ‘yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah’ Resources: Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery, Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, Structural Enneagram, 16 Types, Enneagrampaths *a few more to be added to this list next week.

This week we’re continuing our series on wings, featuring the 2w3 aka the host/hostess, the giver aka Anna Nicole Smith aka Richard Simmons We have (kind of) new audio - almost fully new 2 x 4 = 8? Today’s word of the day is BURGLARIZED 2w3’s have you ever been to diaper level? How do you avoid getting to diaper level? How do you GET OUT OF diaper level? 2w3 what is your journey of emotions like? Email us about literally anything Resources: Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery, Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, Structural Enneagram, 16 Types, Facets of Unity: The Holy Ideas (all about the ‘holding environment’), Iceberg Theory Model, Leslie Hershberger For additional resources and links to the resources above, head to our website at enneagramforidiots.com

Today we’re continuing our series on wings with the 5w4 aka the visionary aka the absent minded professor? aka bob dylan aka kurt cobain aka tim burton Resources (for links go to our website enneagramforidiots.com): Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery, Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, Structural Enneagram (online), 16 Types, Facets of Unity: The Holy Ideas (all about the ‘holding environment’) Hey 5w4s, vague question for you: how do your thoughts and emotions play together in situations? We talked about celebrities a lot this episode Are you emotionally delicate? Have you dated a Courtney Love (8w7)? Does anybody want to make us a new logo that says Detective Enneagram with a hat on the E and a magnifying glass? What type is L Ron Hubbard? If you love to watch dark movies and you’re super good at detaching, watch The Killing of a Sacred Deer, it’s wild

Today we’re continuing our series on wings with the 5w6 aka the intellectual nerd aka the problem solver aka the cataloguer aka engineers who worry about people 5w6s you are so endearing. We love you and we love TONE WE ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THIS EPISODE, TAKE A GRAVOL FOR THIS ROLLERCOASTER RIDE Lots of questions for you 5w6s - how do you respond when somebody wants to date you? what is your security blanket? do you need one? do you have one? is it your spouse if you have one? Animal of 5w6... is the Tortoise? or just the shell, something to hide under? FOX? Resources from today’s episode include (head to our website enneagramforidiots.com for the links): Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self Discovery, The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram: Nine Faces of the Soul, The Facets of Unity: The Enneagram of Holy Ideas, Structural Enneagram (online), Deep Living Institute (Iceberg Theory Model), Dietnosis (online) and Enneagram Institute (online) Also go to the website for a juicy interview with Bill Gates on Donald Trump and some Warren Buffet chicken wings

Today we're continuing our series on wings with 8w9 aka the bear aka Marissa aka power held in reserve aka the badass that happens to be super chill - not to be confused with the 9w8, which is a super chill badass Not only does Marshawn Lynch loves Skittles, he also likes doing whatever the f*** he wants including storing wings in his socks for later, also an 8w9 Tara has a cough and a sniffle sorry Marissa would like to apologize to her husband Lucas We hope by the end of this episode you are also sick of yourself Are you trying to drop your ego using your ego? Big question marks Is Obama a badass that happens to be super chill or a super chill badass? Does anybody listening have his parent's phone number? Resources: Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram: Nine Faces of the Soul, Fixation to Freedom: The Enneagram of Liberation, Personality Types, Facets of Unity: The Enneagram of Holiday Ideas, Intuitive-Enneagram.com. 

Today we're continuing our series on wings with the 8w7 aka The Maverick aka a wolverine aka a piranha aka Courtney Love, Howard Stern, Barbara Walters, Cardi B, Blac Chyna, Khloe Kardashian and possibly Donald Trump? Other notables Public Service Announcement: The word ennea means 9 Have Donald Trump and Blac Chyna met? Are most 8w7's entrepreneurs? big statured? organized crime mob bosses? Courtney Love spent $189,000 on teeth surgery Marissa may still have a fear of puking For book resources and detailed notes head to our website enneagramforidiots . com 

For detailed show notes and resources for this episode head to our website at enneagramforidiots DOT com. We used to put them all here then it f*cked with the uploading to iTunes --- Today we're continuing our series on wings with 3w2, aka OJ Simpson, Oprah, Bill Clinton and Tom Cruise Tritype believers = no 3s you're not worthless you're VALUED WHEN YOU SIT ON THE COUCH We talked about Kanye again, surprise Please watch the Tom and Oprah video where he loses his shit on the couch

This week we continue our series on wings, dragging 3w4 - the professional, the subtle showoff, the superstar, Taylor Swift, Drake, and NOT Kevin Bacon in Hollow Man We are absolutely ruthless on Drake and Taylor Swift  THIS IS A NO TRITYPE ZONE Conclusion: like most things, the 4 ruins the 3 so we think you should abandon the 4 This episode is a disaster For all resources find us on the internet by Google

Today we're talking about subtype 6w5, The Defender or The "Watchdog" - more intense, analytical, structured, focused, certain, introverted and perceptive than the 6w7 *Spoiler Alert* We ruin A Quiet Place for everyone Resources: Personality Types, Deep Living Institute (click to see the iceberg model for the 6),  Ocean-moonshine blog, The Art of Well Being blog Turns out we were right about lots of 6s being police officers We troll 6w5s we never met with our intro and outro song 

Today we're continuing our series on wings, with type 6w7 "The Buddy" aka The Cowardly Lion aka Teriyaki wing sauce We think most funny people are 6w7 and we don't believe that anybody else is a 6w7  Resources for this episode include: Deep Living (the Iceberg model), Personality Types, Typewatch blog,  The Enneagram in Business blog, our brains KANYE IS NOT A 6W7 FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PEOPLE

Today we're talking about 9w8, The "Comfort Seeker", aka Tara's grandma aka Janet Jackson aka a security guard riding a bicycle on a beautiful day We have named each wing subtype a chicken wing sauce, open to suggestions This is the cutest 9 couple you'll ever see in your life Who's in Vegas and wants to hang out with Marissa and her grandparents? One time Tara's grandma parked in a Tim Horton's drive-thru 9s, read up on your emotional shit storm in the iceberg model 9w8's: do you have a power body? How big are your hands? You intuitive? You got spidey senses? You more sociable? How about funny and a little rough around those edges? What do you do for your profession 9w8's?

Today we start a new series on WINGS, kicking off with 9w1 Russ Hudson says become subjective towards others and objective towards ourselves. Good luck. Your core type never changes - check out this Iceberg Theory Model to look at the 9 We figured out EVERYTHING about wings 9w1's we have many questions. Are you a good friend, a good therapist? Do you ever argue? Do you referee? Do you mediate!? Do you say "happy wife happy life"? Do you have slow hand gestures? What's your sex life like 9w1s? We can keep SECRETS. What number is Tyler the Medium Marissa learns about spilling the tea Queen Elizabeth the 2nd is a 9w1 and here she is in her green suit scolding her grandson.

Today we're talking about Type 5s, the investigators, observers, the ones who speak in soliloquy We researched a lot of celebrities for today's episode We talked about Kanye, his new album, bipolar disorder and mental health Resources for today include: Deep Living, The Complete Enneagram, Richard Rohr, Stackings, The Tao of Feeling, A Course in Miracles What is your Enneagram animal? Who's walking in on your privacy today? We'll get 'em Ted Kaczynski's 35,000-word Manifesto A chart that mentions how Enneagram 7s have trouble with detachment at type 5 Fives: we hope you enjoy our instructions on how to leave your door open We're on Patreon! 

Today we're talking about Enneagram 4s, the tragic romantics, lovers, individualists. So very tragic. So emotionally busy. Tara has anxiety for most of the podcast. Are you a part of the group, or DO YOU BECOME THE GROUP? How's your cycle, 4 cyclists? What career are you in 4s? Send us emails.  The Mad Origamist's personal experience of a self-pres type 4. Check your four stackings. We're on Patreon!  Belle from Beauty in the Beast is 100% a 4 and so is Bey, DON'T @ US  

Talking about type 6 today, the loyalist, the loyal skeptic, the professional doubter. Very good at anxiety. Kerplunk. Life of Kylie is the rotisserie chicken channel Type 6 instinct stackings Resources for this episode Deep Learning book Enneagram Learning The Complete Enneagram Conscious TV panel of 6s Seriously read the Gift of Fear - we (Tara) thinks the author is a 6 How many wrestlers are 6s? Border patrol? Is Superdave a 6? Please don't forget to tell us about your dogs and cats

Today we're talking about Enneagram 3s, the DOERS of the Enneagram We spend 15 minutes attempting to apologize to 7s for the last episode Today's book resources include Deep Living and The Complete Enneagram We're sorry about the dragon burps, Marissa ate spicy nachos Hey 3s, were you an all-star baby? Hey 3s, do you confuse your image based reasons for doing things with your real feelings and convictions or nah? Plot twist - it might be empty up at the top Kris Jenner was a mime once  Is David Copperfield a 3? Check your 3 instinct stackings here Conscious TV panel of 3s

Talking about 7s this week, the BEST rationalizers, enthusiasts, gluttons and super great at denial EVERYTHING IS FUN, except for choosing tables at the restaurant 7 toddlers: do you make your own milk formula? We had a stressful week, this might be the best episode ever or the worst Check out this girl's Enneagram project on Instagram The Sacred Enneagram book is bomb - learn about the harmony triad Yes, we talk about Kanye again Kanye is not a 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6RQgOHvwA0 I repeat, Kanye is not a 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLjfCFxIRSc Conscious TV clip of some 7s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VemLag8jkA&t=696s Check yourself with your 7 instinct stackings: https://oceanmoonshine9.wordpress.com/seven-stacks/ Bruno Mars' girlfriend might be lonely or boring or bored We apologize for the 2-3 minutes of laugh crying in silence

Talking about Enneagram 2s aka Big Bird, Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Dolly Parton Do you give to get? Do you bake your kids cookies last minute? Dolly Parton has secret tattoos Are you a hovercraft? Do you use love as a weapon? Are you an INTIMACY JUNKIE? Don't steal our business idea, enneagramtats Watch this episode of Hotel Hell, it'll be the best thing you ever saw Watch the Hotel Hell episode called Vienna Inn, we don't have a link Marissa fed racoons for earth day Check your 2 stackings Enneagram Worldwide resource on 2s Love is unconditional, put that in the back of your brain  

The CIA uses the Enneagram, look it up  The Enneagram Prison Project; can we start a Toronto chapter? Do you smell what the rock is cooking? Are you a callous leader or are you a servant leader? Watch these 8s talk about being 8s 8s: crying is cool Forget everything you know about introverts/extroverts on the Enneagram Last month Marissa was possessive about her husband's dinner Read up on your stackings bitches Don't steal our reality TV show idea: 2/8 + 3/1 couple showdown on who's more productive

Type 1: - Not a piranha - Judge Judy, Mary Poppins, Martin Luther King, Ghandi - Good desk organizers - because let's be honest, the desk, ideally, in the perfect world, should be more organized - Good teachers and list makers - Your input IS NOT CALLED FOR Watch a panel of type 1s talk about trying to hold their anger in like a ball under water This guy says Elsa from Frozen is a type 1 Do you laugh loud when you're drunk? We made it through some of the instinct stackings, more about those here In Canada, we snow plough lawns Martha Stewart has zero patience with messy children who have no moral code If there's one thing you do today, block us on the internet

Talking about type 9s: the spiritual sloth and the pretend relaxer They're the best sleepers and creative graphic designers? If you're a 9, tell your friend you don't want to play their stupid board game  Marissa's mad at Obama Instinct variants and stackings are wild The bare necessities Want to feel your emotions intensely? Find you a Tara and watch them cry      

Talking about celebrities today - types 8, 4 and 3 Kendrick Lamar doesn't regret anything he's rapped about or said Tara met an airplane angel this week Taylor Swift's Gorgeous song is about a guy who might be a 1 The T Swift mob might come for us Rick Rubin had a bison in his studio Beyonce used to charge people to watch her perform as a kid What's the meaning of Bey's album '4' and Jay-Z's album 4:44? We actually finished within an hour this time Watch the Life is but a Dream Bey documentary

What each number is like at a party 9s are the life of the party for sure 8s are the dominant energy in the room Are you classic or are you average? Do 7s love their own parties the most? 6s, you like to drink or nah? 5s aren't at the party or they're on the ceiling like a recluse spider 4s are SO OBSCURE AND DIFFERENT, come find them 3s be chattin 2s will give you what you need but don't you dare need them too much 1s are silly dancers maybe You should probably do the opposite of everything that we talked about

Part 2 of the Enneagram Numbers at the Office, talking about numbers 5 - 9 Talk to Albert Einstein like he's a baby The Unabomber is a 5 and he did not live in a cottage Are there lots of 6 cops? We have a new theory 6s like work environments where they can easily identify the good and bad 7s would make any job fun, even a parking officer Are there lots of stressed out 7s running tech startups or nah? Get shit done with your 8 boss Believe it or not, 8s have emotion Your 8 boss might like having lunch with you but they won't know it until you're gone 9s love baking so hard What's a chaotic environment for a 9?

PART 1 OF 2 Talking about BOSSES - Types 1 - 4 Is Daenerys Targaryen a type 1? (Marissa says yes, Tara needs to investigate) Ones love to angry clean Want to be a crocodile psychologist? Twos are not good forest rangers Threes love TASKS AND EFFICIENCY Tara reads about the four in 3rd person Fours are Coachella garbage bins

We talked about our favourite numbers again Typing most of the Kardashian crew Twitter is an Enneagram 8 | Pinterest, Facebook and LinkedIn are all Enneagram 3s Hey, who you projecting on? Kris Jenner is the master puppeteer Kourtney is terrified of spiders and so is Marissa Kim doesn't give a shit about what you think about her noodz Kanye is a self-aware 7 and wants you to know you're not fucking cool Kanye made his first beat for a sexual video game with ghosts that were vaginas  The romantic relationship between a 4 and a 7 The Enneagram goal is to get to the other side of the godamn river

Talking about lyrics - Enneagram numbers of Jay-Z, Blake Shelton, Hunter Phelps and Nicki Minaj Guess where Jay-Z used to carry his gun? Blake Shelton gives a shit about coaching people but doesn't give a shit about being named the sexiest man alive What number is Adam Levine?!  If you're a 6, how do you dress, we're interested Country music is a 6 that often goes to 3 Nicki Minaj dissed Drake for Meek Dear two's you have needs 9s are the internet without Twitter

Marissa has an interesting Uber trip | Drake is a 4 with a 3 wing | Drake is in love with everyone and has a bigger pool | Prince is a 4 | Lil Wayne drinks sizzurp still | Why did Tom Cruise join Scientology and dislocate his arm on purpose | Is Tom Cruise a 3 or a 7 | What's everyone's motivation for joining a religion | Aaron Rodgers is a golden retriever and golden retrievers are 7s | If your golden retriever isn't a 7 send us an autobiography please | The Property Brothers could be anything maybe