The Enneagram is a map of the human personality. It’s a tool for navigating relationships. It creates language for what motivates us and helps us look at the way we look at everything else. Most importantly the enneagram is a mirror; because sometimes you need help seeing yourself.
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Dr Sam E Greenberg and Prof Jeff Cook take to the mics again, this time to talk about high quality Enneagram study: where’s the best work being done, what counts as knowledge, and do those learning about Enneagram have access? They spend the first 30 minutes talking about broad issues in epistemology and contemporary media, but pivot to Enneagram world and work through the needs and discoveries of…
This episode introduces Spiral Dynamics as a framework for understanding human maturity, the values that shape us, and the predictable transitions we experience throughout life. Jeff connects Spiral Dynamics with the Enneagram, asking how our stage of development influences what we seek from the Enneagram, how we understand our type, and ultimately what we believe the Enneagram is for.
Join us September 12 for our discussion with 891s by signing up for a membership : HERE Try or Share the Start Here Podcast : iTunes or Spotify ____ What do Enneagram Fives, Sixes, and Sevens actually share? In this Second Saturday workshop, we sit down with three Enneagram coaches to explore the Head Types—moving beyond stereotypes and returning to some of the basics that aren't so basic :…
What if some of the most familiar Enneagram descriptions are actually getting in the way? In this episode of The Morning Show, Jeff, TJ, Jackie, and Kristin take aim at the stereotypes that flatten the nine types into easy labels: Eights are challengers, Nines are peaceful, Ones are perfectionists, Twos are helpers, Sevens are happy, and Sixes are afraid. Which stereotypes contain a piece of…
JOIN US ON TUESDAY NIGHTS : HERE What happens when falling short becomes a verdict about who we are? In this episode of the Reading Room, Jeff continues through Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart , exploring shame, guilt, humiliation, embarrassment, perfectionism, and self-compassion. We look at Brown’s distinction between “I did something bad” and “I am bad,” why empathy can disrupt shame, and how…
Join us on Tuesdays : HERE What does it actually mean to empathize with someone? And how is that different from compassion? In this Reading Room discussion on Brené Brown's Atlas of the Heart , we explore empathy, compassion, boundaries, and the Enneagram. Together, we wrestle with why some of us instinctively fix, others merge, and others withdraw—and how each type can grow in learning to truly…
Join us on Tuesdays : HERE Empathy is harder than we think. In this episode of Reading Room, Jeff continues through Chapter 7 of Brené Brown's Atlas of the Heart , exploring the emotional landscape of compassion, empathy, pity, sympathy, boundaries, and comparative suffering. Along the way, Jeff connects Brown's research with Aristotle, Wittgenstein, Buddhist thought, and the Enneagram, asking…
Jeff Cook and TJ Wilson are joined by Brendan, an Enneagram Six living with chronic pancreatitis, chronic pain, PTSD, and life after a total pancreatectomy. Alongside TJ's experience with fibromyalgia, they explore how chronic illness interacts with Enneagram type, revealing why two people facing similar pain can respond in profoundly different ways. Together they discuss the invisible burden of…
"It's important that I'm not perceived as..." The answers uncover the hidden identities each type works to protect—from the Four's fear of being ordinary or misunderstood, to the Three's struggle with competence and authenticity, the Two's desire to remain indispensable and easy to love, and the One's deep concern with integrity, intention, and being seen as fundamentally good. We are wrapping up…
Connect with us: HERE _______ Hope. Courage. Grief. Longing. Continuing through Brené Brown's Atlas of the Heart , Jeff explores what happens when suffering changes not just how we feel, but how we imagine the future. Why does despair convince us tomorrow will look exactly like today? Why is being unseen in our suffering one of the loneliest human experiences? And why does returning to our center…
Sex is rarely just about sex. In this conversation, Jeff sits down with sexuality researcher Dr. Sam Greenberg and certified sex therapist Lyndsey Fraser to explore how the Enneagram shapes intimacy, desire, communication, and long-term relationships. Moving beyond stereotypes, they discuss why so many couples struggle with mismatched desire, why "low desire" is often something else entirely, and…
