The Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore discuss Enneagram Type Four, “Striving to Feel Unique,” through the personal experiences of Creek. They share how the Type Four appears in the workplace, what drives them and growth strategies.“I think a lot of times Fours feel like they’re the most tapped into reality because they see more of the darkness of life. Depths do contain darkness, but just because you’re tapped into darkness doesn’t mean you’re tapped into depth.” -Creek [13:07]“For me, the growth for the Four is in realizing that most of what they’re doing is just derivative of say Holden Caulfield in ‘Catcher in the Rye.’” -Mario [14:27]“I think we all have beliefs that are our biases given by our type. In the case of Type Four, while striving to feel unique, when you think that your situation is more difficult, tougher, you suffer more, and it is a misrepresentation of reality. And my experience is that Fours who are able to see that and be more objective about situations they’re in have a better time responding to it. They’re more adaptive because they see more objectively and they suffer less.” -María José [43:38]TIMESTAMPS[00:01] Intro[00:52] Everyone wants to be a Four[03:06] ATA approach to Type Four[06:00] Four in the workplace[10:50] Tendency to compare to other people[13:44] The Holden Caulfield syndrome[18:05] Connecting to Point Two and One[26:11] Same type interactions[29:05] Strength of opinion and perspective[38:55] What’s driving the Four [41:55] Growth strategies for the Four[47:06] OutroConnect with us:Awareness to ActionEnneagram on Demand Mario Sikora: IG: @mariosikoraWeb: mariosikora.comPod: Enneagram in a MovieMaria Jose Munita: IG: @mjmunitaWeb: mjmunita.comSeth "Creek" Creekmore: IG: @creekmoremusicPod: Fathoms | An Enneagram PodcastPod: Delusional Optimism

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore start their series discussing the types, aka the strategies, in the Awareness to Action Enneagram model. They start with Enneagram Type One, “Striving to Feel Perfect,” by discussing what it means in theory and through María José’s personal experience.“One of the things that I’m really proud of is how you can use it in a way that perfectionism doesn’t capture you, but you decide what perfection is.” -María José [05:31]“It’s fueling your desire for the most ideal situation to occur. I can definitely resonate with that and find myself being paralyzed as well in certain situations.” -Creek [10:09]“We have to be aware of the complexity of the connecting points to really understand the types, and you can’t understand a One if you don’t understand their relationship to the strategy of Point Seven.” -Mario [32:19]TIMESTAMPS[00:01] Intro[01:28] How biases slip into the types and biases[05:01] What it feels like when the strategy is used really well[06:50] Looking for ways to make things better[07:49] Being a perfectionist vs striving to feel perfect[13:47] What it means to striving to feel perfect[19:13] How self-critical Ones are[22:39] The connecting points[33:31] How striving to feel unique makes you a better person[38:37] Another way this strategy manifest[40:27] What the hosts appreciate about Ones[43:27] OutroConnect with us:Awareness to ActionEnneagram on Demand Mario Sikora: IG: @mariosikoraWeb: mariosikora.comPod: Enneagram in a MovieMaria Jose Munita: IG: @mjmunitaWeb: mjmunita.comSeth "Creek" Creekmore: IG: @creekmoremusicPod: Fathoms | An Enneagram PodcastPod: Delusional Optimism

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore share the origin story of referring to the Enneagram types as strategies. They discuss the implications and explanations on why Awareness to Action uses that word and the corresponding words associated with it.“When one strategy doesn’t work, we go to another, and that’s again what I liked about strategy. The Enneagram is set up in such a way that the connecting points have a logic to them.” -Mario [11:35]“When you understand the logic, it’s a very powerful tool. That’s what truly allows you to put yourself in other people’s shoes.” -María José [17:13]“I think the Enneagram already fosters compassion to begin with, even in the language of be, but I think your language takes it a step further in that it’s more dynamic and it encapsulates things a little bit more freely.” -Creek [18:15]TIMESTAMPS[00:01] Intro[02:51] Why call types strategies?[08:45] When one strategy doesn’t work, we go to another[13:59] Thinking how people get into trouble[16:39] Strategies speaks to the logic of each profile[23:42] “Just stop it”[28:05] Finding neutral language[33:17] The nine strategies[43:01] OutroConnect with us:Awareness to ActionEnneagram on Demand Mario Sikora: IG: @mariosikoraWeb: mariosikora.comPod: Enneagram in a MovieMaria Jose Munita: IG: @mjmunitaWeb: mjmunita.comSeth "Creek" Creekmore: IG: @creekmoremusicPod: Fathoms | An Enneagram PodcastPod: Delusional Optimism

In this bonus episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore revisit the pattern of expressions and the instinctual biases. Creek asks Mario why his view on the pattern of expressions is exempt from the falsifiability standard.“Once we’re agreed on the definitions, which may be different from other people, and if you’re using a different definition, then that’s fine. What I’m suggesting doesn't apply to different definitions, but to these definitions, to all the empirical experience I have over 25 years, it holds up.” -Mario [10:26]“I’ve seen people who for different circumstances have developed skills and habits that are different to what we understand through the pattern of expression or it has to do with their preferred strategy. There are different reasons. And to me, it doesn’t really matter because if we go back to understanding that the Enneagram is a model, and they’re all wrong, but some are useful. This part of the model, the pattern of expression, is useful most of the time, and I think it’s valid for that reason.” -María José [11:40]“The more I’ve gotten into the Enneagram, the more I’m less interested in being a ‘Enneagram person,’ but rather just a skilled user of the Enneagram that is more focused on the flourishing of myself and those around me.” -Creek [16:26]TIMESTAMPS[00:01] Intro[02:20] Mario’s view on pattern of expression not falsifiable[07:24] Mario’s observations on instinctual biases[10:47] Non-intentional focus of attention[14:40] Leaps of inference[19:02] OutroConnect with us:Awareness to ActionEnneagram on Demand Mario Sikora: IG: @mariosikoraWeb: mariosikora.comPod: Enneagram in a MovieMaria Jose Munita: IG: @mjmunitaWeb: mjmunita.comSeth "Creek" Creekmore: IG: @creekmoremusicPod: Fathoms | An Enneagram PodcastPod: Delusional Optimism

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore continue their deep dive into critical thinking as a fundamental thing they believe is important for the Enneagram community. They discuss a few ideas on how to think critically and why it’s important.“If you are positioning yourself to be a teacher of the Enneagram, but you are not working on your critical or clear thinking skills, then you are being irresponsible.” -Mario [20:41]“When we’re working with the Enneagram, if we were seekers after truth, we need to think critically, and that involves seeing other people for who they are and not who we think they are.” -María José [30:54]“As a rather emotional human, critical thinking has aided me in being able to actually more clearly and more deeply experience these emotions, whether they make sense or not.” -Creek [31:17]TIMESTAMPS[00:01] Intro[02:17] Examples of using critical thinking[04:41] What is Neoplatonic essentialism[10:29] Religion and the Enneagram[17:54] Critical thinking does not goes against spirituality or religion[21:10] Five obstacles to critical thinking and five solutions to them[25:37] High degree of confidence and intellectual character[31:08] What’s happening is not always the whole situation [32:17] Fundamental attribution error[34:34] OutroConnect with us:Awareness to ActionEnneagram on Demand Mario Sikora: IG: @mariosikoraWeb: mariosikora.comPod: Enneagram in a MovieMaria Jose Munita: IG: @mjmunitaWeb: mjmunita.comSeth "Creek" Creekmore: IG: @creekmoremusicPod: Fathoms | An Enneagram PodcastPod: Delusional Optimism

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore share more thoughts on the Patterns of Expression. They break down the terminology through analogies and how patterns of expressions are more of a profile and less of a stack or an order.“It’s hard not to think of them as 1, 2, 3. So are they all on level ground? Are they all glasses in front of you and you’ve just tend to pick one up more than the other? Is it like a rate of flow?” - Seth "Creek" Creekmore [06:33]“And to me, it helps to think about it as a profile rather than me with three different aspects that are independent. They’re not independent.” - María José Munita [10:05]“People often seem to think of it as almost switching in some way. I’m being self-pres now, but I’m navigating, now I’m being social. Now I’m being this. As if it’s like three different subway stops almost that visit instead of just being this soup of complexity that has particular patterns that we see.” - Mario Sikora [11:29]TIMESTAMPS[00:01] Intro[01:21] An advantage to the pattern of expression’s order?[02:25] Why it’s called pattern of expression[06:23] More a profile than an order[12:32] It’s about intention[16:51] Language is another example[19:44] Any sense of the pattern of expression?[24:30] Be careful with leap of inference[28:29] OutroConnect with us:Awareness to ActionEnneagram on Demand Mario Sikora: IG: @mariosikoraWeb: mariosikora.comPod: Enneagram in a MovieMaria Jose Munita: IG: @mjmunitaWeb: mjmunita.comSeth "Creek" Creekmore: IG: @creekmoremusicPod: Fathoms | An Enneagram PodcastPod: Delusional Optimism

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore discuss how to use and understand the instinctual biases. They bring awareness of how the instinctual biases affect behavior and some of the contradictions that go along with that. They also share strategies to work with instinctual biases.“We have to be really careful about making any broad assumptions or ensure that any broad assumptions we’re making actually captures the whole category.” - Mario Sikora [22:41]“I don’t think it’s even smart to try to be good at everything, because we wouldn’t be really good at anything, and society in general would not benefit from it.” - María José Munita [41:17]“So really what I’m hearing is there may be some value in all the other ways in which people teach the Enneagram as far as ways in which to see parts of yourself and work on certain aspects of yourself, but more than likely, it’s the biggest boulder to move is to work within that pattern of expression.” - Seth "Creek" Creekmore [1:03:29]TIMESTAMPS[00:00] Intro[01:36] Examples of level of dissonance[07:37] The difference of being skillful and focus of attention[10:39] How instinctual biases express themselves[15:21] Cultural bias towards women attending at home[18:24] How familial/cultural biases will show up[25:36] The complexity and variables of instinctual biases[28:50] Pushing our attention towards action[33:16] Working outside dominant instinctual bias[46:46] Where to begin[51:02] Skill and competent in zone of indifference[53:34] What does all this mean[58:55] Industries with very clear instinctual bias[1:00:16] How it plays into family dynamics[1:03:29] Working within pattern of expression[1:09:19] OutroConnect with us:Awareness to ActionEnneagram on Demand Mario Sikora: IG: @mariosikoraWeb: mariosikora.comPod: Enneagram in a MovieMaria Jose Munita: IG: @mjmunitaWeb: mjmunita.comSeth "Creek" Creekmore: IG: @creekmoremusicPod: Fathoms | An Enneagram PodcastPod: Delusional Optimism

Discover the transmitting domain with Mario, María José, and Creek as they discuss behaviors, culture, and misconceptions. Explore the dynamics of transmitting, creativity, and leaving a lasting impression. Learn about transmitting individuals, their desire for impact, and beauty in nature.

Mario Sikora, María José Munita, and Seth Creekmore discuss the navigating domain and its subdomains: trust/reciprocity, status/identity, and power/influence dynamics. They emphasize understanding group dynamics, classifying people, and managing social environments. The hosts also touch on transactional networking, misunderstandings about the Social One, and the complexities of status and identity.

The podcast delves into the Preserving Instinctual Bias, examining how individuals focus on preserving their supply rather than the quantity, exploring the why behind their actions. Discussions include nostalgia, attention to personal resources, and the significance of traditions and memories. The speakers highlight the comfort derived from maintaining traditions and the importance of monitoring essential supplies for comfort and resource management.