Enneagram Master Class: A Deep Dive with Dr. Deborah Egerton
Mar 11, 2024
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Dr. Deborah Egerton conducts a masterclass on the Enneagram, highlighting its role in understanding personality types, relationships, and effective communication. She explores the nine Enneagram types, revealing core motivations, fears, and virtues for deeper self-understanding. Guests discuss embracing authenticity, mentorship, feminine energy, and Enneagram types 3, 4, and 7 for personal growth and healing.
The Enneagram serves as a tool for understanding personalities and effective communication.
Dr. Deborah Egerton explores the core motivations and fears of the nine Enneagram types.
Enneagram Type Six embodies loyalty and focus on worst-case scenarios for preparedness and security.
Deep dives
Dr. Deborah Egerton's Expertise in Teaching the Enneagram
Dr. Deborah Egerton, a psychotherapist and best-selling author, provides a masterclass on the Enneagram system, emphasizing its importance in understanding different perspectives and enhancing communication and connections.
Exploring the Nine Enneagram Personality Types
The podcast episode delves into the nine Enneagram types, each offering a unique lens through which individuals view the world. From the idealist reformer of type one to the artistic holder of beauty in type four, each type brings distinctive qualities and challenges.
Transition from Heart Center to Head Center: The Role of Enneagram Five
Enneagram Type Five, known as the investigator, represents a shift from the heart center to the head center. Fives seek knowledge and understanding, viewing the world from a comprehensive perspective. Their tendency towards worst-case scenario thinking is balanced by their depth of insight and meticulous approach to learning.
Preparedness and Loyalty: Unpacking Enneagram Six Anxiety
Enneagram Type Six, the loyalist, embodies worst-case scenario thinking, leading to a focus on preparedness and loyalty. Known for their loyalty and readiness for any situation, sixes provide a sense of security and cautious optimism amidst uncertainty, demonstrating their commitment to being the last human standing in times of crisis.
Understanding Enneagram Numbers: Loyalty and Fear in Number Six
Number six energy is characterized by loyalty and a tendency to focus on worst-case scenarios, doing things even when feeling afraid. This loyalty extends to past relationships where individuals are fiercely committed. The importance of recognizing one's dominant energy and its influences, like wings in the Enneagram system, is emphasized.
Exploring Enneagram Numbers: Enthusiasm and Strength in Number Seven and Eight
Number seven embodies enthusiasm, passion, and a belief in making the impossible possible. Their energetic and uplifting nature encourages followers. Number eight, known as the challenger, values strength and control to ensure safety and security. They have firm boundaries, a can-do attitude, and a direct communication style that seeks truth and protection for others.
Dr. Deborah Eagerton, a psychotherapist and Enneagram expert, conducts a masterclass on the Enneagram. On this episode, she highlights the Enneagram as a tool for understanding personalities, relationships, and effective communication. Emphasizing self-awareness and personal growth, Dr. E delves into the nine Enneagram types, revealing core motivations, fears, and virtues for deeper self-understanding.
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Deborah Threadgill Egerton, Ph.D. is an internationally respected psychotherapist, best-selling author, Certified Enneagram teacher, executive coach, corporate facilitator, IDEA (inclusion, diversity, equity, and anti-racism) specialist, consultant, coach, and spiritual teacher. Dr. Egerton specializes in working with the Enneagram to facilitate intentional change in individuals and organizations. Affectionately referred to as Dr. E, she has attained IEA Certification with Distinction for her groundbreaking utilization of the Enneagram in the realm of humanitarian healing. Her work is dedicated to dismantling marginalization and transcending the divisive practice of "othering," offering a guiding path toward the harmonious unification of our global community through the transformative forces of kindness and compassion. Dr. E serves as the President of the International Enneagram Association, the global entity responsible for educating, certifying, and accrediting practitioners, teachers, and schools. In her tenure with the IEA, she has been instrumental in fostering an environment of greater inclusivity and accessibility within the global Enneagram community.
