Life Uninhibited - The Enneagram 6 Podcast Episode # 121 - Around the Circle: A book!
Jun 18, 2025
Jeff Cook, a philosophy professor and author, discusses his co-authored book, delving into the Enneagram's nuances, particularly Type Six. They explore relationship dynamics, emphasizing the importance of communication and trust among types. The conversation highlights personal growth through vulnerability and self-reflection. Cook shares insights into parenting, societal pressures, and the emotional complexities of self-worth. With humor and introspection, they invite listeners to engage with their own journeys of self-discovery through the Enneagram.
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Jeff's Relational Challenge with Sixes
- Jeff Cook finds connection with sixes around Enneagram despite personal relational difficulties.
- He struggles with connection because ones and sixes both tend to wait for the other to initiate action.
Sixes' External Processing
- Sixes, twos, and ones share a stance of processing the world externally and verbally.
- This external verbal processing helps sixes articulate and understand their fears through conversation.
Sixes’ Future-Focused Fear
- Sixes take in the world with a future-oriented filter and respond in the present moment.
- This orientation explains sixes' common preoccupation with fear and anticipation of potential problems.