Most people use the heart center superficially, meaning they use reactive and conditioned emotions, like an emotional reflex. In this episode, Beatrice Chestnut and Uranio Paes go through each of the nine types and describe ways in which all Enneagram types can Activate their Heart Center and truly feel the four core emotions: fear, anger, sadness, and happiness. Activating the Heart Center is important for all types, including Heart types. It’s a sign of emotional maturity. It is when someone can deeply feel a range of emotions rather than disconnect from them, avoid them, or express them rea ..read more

Every Enneagram type has a head center. While types Five, Six, and Seven overuse this center, the Body and Heart types underuse it.  In this episode, Uranio Paes explains that the majority of people use the most basic part of the lower Head Center too often and during inappropriate times. It is the mechanical part of the brain that is used to memorize information without critical thinking or reasoning. In this mode, people are vulnerable to confirmation bias because anything that challenges the current way of thinking is avoided. Uranio describes the phases of developing the Head Center ..read more

How does the Enneagram spread around the world? In today's episode, straight from Shanghai, Beatrice Chesnut and Uranio Paes sit down with Teacher Gao. Teacher Gao has had a similar trajectory with the Enneagram as Bea and Uranio. A Self-Preservation 3, Gao has taken a long journey to discover his type and describes his inner work trajectory. He is the head of the Diamond Enneagram School in Shanghai, where Bea and Uranio visit each year to teach advanced retreats. Join a community of Enneagram enthusiasts and participate in live monthly webinars and Q&As with Bea and Uranio. Sign up for ..read more

Every Enneagram type has a head center. While types Five, Six, and Seven overuse this center, the Body and Heart types underuse it.  In this episode, Uranio Paes explains that the majority of people use the most basic part of the lower Head Center too often and during inappropriate times. It is the mechanical part of the brain that is used to memorize information without critical thinking or reasoning. In this mode, people are vulnerable to confirmation bias because anything that challenges the current way of thinking is avoided. Uranio describes the phases of developing the Head Center ..read more

We are looking back at one of our favorite episodes of our podcast Enneagram 2.0. It's about Bea’s research connecting the Enneagram and Dante’s The Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy, written over 700 years ago, offers a timeless and universal message of psycho-spiritual transformation that is still relevant today. Listen to this episode where she talks about how Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise connect to different states of consciousness and the growth paths of the Enneagram types. Beatrice Chestnut holds workshops in Florence every year, and participants enjoy being immersed in history whi ..read more

We are not our personalities. However, when we are unaware of our lower selves, it’s easy to identify with our personalities. In this episode, Uranio Paes goes through each of the nine types to give examples of how to fool the personality so that we can be free from its hold on us.  Each of the nine Enneagram types has an over-developed Center of Intelligence. Uranio talks about The Fourth Way, an approach to self-development created by George Gurdjieff.  Gurdjieff was the pioneer who brought the Enneagram to the West. He taught that the first way is the way of the body, the second ..read more

Bea and Uranio interviewed Trent Thornley, a Self-Preservation Six, to find out what helped him in his growth journey and to learn about how he experiences his Enneagram type and subtype. He talks about how he came to the Enneagram. He discussed how the Enneagram gave him Ah ha moments as well as uh oh moments. Trent discussed that all nine types have needs, it’s just that there is an over-functioning or over-dependency on the needs of each Enneagram type. He shared there is a false sense of security in the act of doubting. There is an unconscious idea that constant doubting will bring the Sel ..read more

This is the final episode of a three-part series about the Enneagram subtypes in relationships. Beatrice Chestnut and Uranio Paes discuss the differences between each of the three subtypes for each of the three Head Types: Type 5, Type 6, and Type 7. Each of the Enneagram types has a Self-Preservation, Social, and Sexual subtype. They explain how best to engage with a person of each subtype in a relationship that can help you and the other person.  Self-guided courses: https://cpenneagram.com/self-guided Want to listen to our earlier episodes in this series? S2 Ep34 Enneagram Subtypes i ..read more

This is the second episode in a three-part series on subtypes in relationships. Bea and Uranio discuss the three heart types and their subtypes in terms of interacting with others. They give actionable tips on how each of the subtypes can grow and how they can use a relationship as a path for growth. Inner work isn't fully complete without relationships, especially considering how challenging aspects of relationships can really help us transform. Want to learn how to better understand your partner, family members, and friends? You will enjoy our self-guided course called Enneagram Love La ..read more

It's easy to look at the nine Types when trying to understand how people behave and react in relationships. However, considering the 27 Subtypes is essential to understanding relationships. Subtypes are not just about the instincts of the individual, but how the instinct interacts with the passion of the type. The alchemistry is what plays out In this episode, Beatrice Chesnut and Uranio Paes discuss both from the point of view of the person with a subtype and how another person may experience the person in a relationship. They even give tips on how to interact with each subtype in a relatio ..read more