Type·ish

Dr. Curt Thompson, a board-certified psychiatrist, author, and co-host of Being Known, explores healing beyond diagnoses and symptoms. He discusses the Enneagram, identity, relational wounds, and the courage healing requires. Topics include neuroplasticity, interpersonal neurobiology, personal agency, and how being truly seen, known, and loved can support lasting change.

Ian Morgan Cron, bestselling author, psychotherapist, Episcopal priest, and Enneagram teacher, opens up about addiction and recovery. He explores the hidden attachments behind work, success, control, technology, and pain. The conversation connects mental health, spirituality, the addiction cycle, Twelve-Step recovery, and Enneagram patterns, offering a deeply personal look at what can quietly limit freedom and relationships.

Greer Grammer, actress known for MTV’s Awkward and ABC’s The Middle and daughter of Kelsey Grammer, talks about life as an Enneagram Nine. She explores how Nines’ perspective-taking aids acting and relationships. Conversation covers feeling genuinely seen in Hollywood, handling online criticism and boundaries, the role of faith in resilience, and the quiet anger Nines can hide.

I'm joined by Ben Higgins, who many of you know as Season 20's Bachelor on ABC's hit show The Bachelor. Together, we explore what it's really like to experience life as an Enneagram Four—from feeling misunderstood and wrestling with shame to navigating fame, marriage, and the longing for authentic connection. You can visit his company Generous Coffee online at https://generouscoffee.com which donates 100% of its revenue to non-profits. I’d also recommend checking out his book Alone in Plain Sight wherever books are sold, and his podcast Almost Famous wherever you listen to podcasts. 0:00 Audio Intro0:31 Welcome2:48 Life After The Bachelor5:19 Discovering He's a Type 48:41 The Bachelor & Feeling Misunderstood12:48 Fame, Validation & Identity18:32 Raising a Type 4 Child27:03 Longing, Love & Marriage34:10 What He Loves About Type 9s37:06 Longing for the Ideal Relationship43:25 Which Types Challenge Him?46:04 Final Thoughts50:40 Outro━━━━━━━━ 40-Day Ennearam Devotional SeriesBuy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VGPJTX6━━━━━━━━ FREE Enneagram Self-Typing GuideDownload here: https://www.typeish.com/free ━━━━━━━━Binge the Type·ish PodcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/type-ish/id1867815632Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hczBky5UIYxWaZypxdwyT?si=42d759b9c3c74816YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@typeishofficial━━━━━━━━Follow Type·ishWeb: https://www.typeish.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/typeishofficialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/gospelforenneagramTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@typeishofficial━━━━━━━━Music used with permission: 1EHGFXLKCSTV87DM, R1FX7HC5J8QQ4AG3, FKF90OE351KHV1DU*********

I'm joined by Enneagram Four Dr. Russell Moore, Editor-in-Chief of Christianity Today. Previously, Dr. Moore served as president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 2021, he resigned after years of sustained criticism and threats over his public stance on a number of issues, including his criticism of President Donald Trump during the 2016 election, his comments on race and immigration, and his advocacy for addressing sexual abuse within the SBC. He's a courageous man whom I deeply respect and admire. I sat down with Dr. Moore for a brief conversation to hear his perspective as a public theologian on whether Christians should use the Enneagram and to find out what he enjoys about being an Enneagram Four. To learn more about Dr. Moore, his bestselling books, and the podcasts he hosts through Christianity Today, visit https://www.russellmoore.com/0:00 Audio Intro0:31 Welcome2:25 Should Christians Use the Enneagram?4:50 Life as a Type 410:21 The Danger of Overcorrection11:32 Healthy Disillusionment16:26 A Type 4's Greatest Pet Peeve19:02 How the Enneagram Helps Relationships25:16 Handling Criticism as a Type 430:56 Final Thoughts31:29 Outro━━━━━━━━ FREE Preview of 3-Hour Enneagram History CourseEnroll here: https://www.typeish.com/history ━━━━━━━━ FREE Enneagram Self-Typing GuideDownload here: https://www.typeish.com/free ━━━━━━━━Binge the Type·ish PodcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/type-ish/id1867815632Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hczBky5UIYxWaZypxdwyT?si=42d759b9c3c74816YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@typeishofficial━━━━━━━━Follow Type·ishWeb: https://www.typeish.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/typeishofficialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/gospelforenneagramTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@typeishofficial━━━━━━━━Music used with permission: 1EHGFXLKCSTV87DM, R1FX7HC5J8QQ4AG3, FKF90OE351KHV1DU*********

This is a Live Q&A I hosted with Suzanne Stabile during one of our Type·ish Summits (formerly called EnneaSummits). Some of the things we cover include how to respond to conservative Christian criticism of the Enneagram, whether certain types are more prone to narcissism or other mental health diagnoses, how trauma affects your type, how to identify your type without a test, and what healthy growth looks like for Twos, Sixes, Nines, and more. If you've ever wished you could be a fly on the wall and listen in as Suzanne shares her seasoned wisdom, this episode is the next best thing.You can stay up to date with all that Suzanne is doing at https://suzannestabile.com. There you’ll find a link to her best-selling Enneagram books, courses, in-person cohorts, speaking events, and so much more.0:00 Audio Intro0:31 Welcome2:30 Responding to Enneagram Critics8:33 Personality Disorders & Type11:24 What Healthy Twos Look Like16:03 The Best Way to Learn the Enneagram20:34 Can You Be a Different Kind of Type 4?22:12 Finding Your Type Without a Test23:32 Your Presence Matters (Type 9)26:29 When Your Partner Isn't Growing29:17 Women in Ministry Leadership32:57 Best & Worst Enneagram Pairings35:06 Participation vs. Merging (Type 9)37:15 Productive Thinking for Type 642:41 Trauma & Finding Your Type47:18 Final Thoughts48:24 Outro━━━━━━━━ FREE Preview of 3-Hour Enneagram History CourseEnroll here: https://www.typeish.com/history ━━━━━━━━ FREE Enneagram Self-Typing GuideDownload here: https://www.typeish.com/free ━━━━━━━━Binge the Type·ish PodcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/type-ish/id1867815632Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hczBky5UIYxWaZypxdwyT?si=42d759b9c3c74816YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@typeishofficial━━━━━━━━Follow Type·ishWeb: https://www.typeish.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/typeishofficialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/gospelforenneagramTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@typeishofficial━━━━━━━━Music used with permission: 1EHGFXLKCSTV87DM, R1FX7HC5J8QQ4AG3, FKF90OE351KHV1DU*********

Dan Siegel, bestselling psychiatrist and interpersonal neurobiologist, blends neuroscience with the Enneagram. He tells how meeting Claudio Naranjo shifted his work. The conversation covers defining mind as an emergent process, mapping nine developmental personality patterns, and building a scientific framework linking attachment, attention styles, and pathways to wholeness.

Last week, Russ Hudson and I traveled back to the 1970s and 80s to tell the story of the modern Enneagram movement. In Part 2 today, we’ll go beyond the timeline and reflect on what was happening behind the scenes as the Enneagram exploded in popularity during the 1980s and 90s. We’ll talk about the confusion, controversies, and competing schools of thought that marked those early years, along with the pivotal moments that first brought many of the leading teachers together. You can follow Russ at https://russhudson.com/.If Russ and I’s conversation about the history of the Enneagram really intrigued you, I have good news. I spent months researching and developing a 3-hour Enneagram history course that you can preview for free at https://www.typeish.com/history0:00 Audio Intro0:31 Welcome2:22 Russ Hudson's Biggest Breakthroughs7:44 The Enneagram's Rise in the 1980s & 90s15:03 The Birth of the IEA18:35 Where the Enneagram Came From27:53 Claudio Naranjo & "Automatic Writing"31:00 How Don Riso Expanded the Enneagram38:42 What's Changed Since the Early Days?42:03 What's Wrong with Enneagram Teaching Today?47:40 Final Thoughts49:03 Outro━━━━━━━━ FREE Preview of 3-Hour Enneagram History CourseEnroll here: https://www.typeish.com/history ━━━━━━━━ FREE Enneagram Self-Typing GuideDownload here: https://www.typeish.com/free ━━━━━━━━Binge the Type·ish PodcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/type-ish/id1867815632Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hczBky5UIYxWaZypxdwyT?si=42d759b9c3c74816YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@typeishofficial━━━━━━━━Follow Type·ishWeb: https://www.typeish.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/typeishofficialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/gospelforenneagramTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@typeishofficial━━━━━━━━Music used with permission: 1EHGFXLKCSTV87DM, R1FX7HC5J8QQ4AG3, FKF90OE351KHV1DU*********

Russ Hudson and I travel back to the 1970s and 80s to tell the story of the modern Enneagram movement.  Russ will also share his own personal journey—how he first encountered the Enneagram through the Gurdjieff tradition, met Don Riso, and eventually began a decades-long partnership that would shape the Enneagram as many of us know it today. In Part 2 next week, we’ll go beyond the timeline and reflect on what was happening behind the scenes as the Enneagram exploded in popularity during the 1980s and 90s. We’ll talk about the confusion, controversies, and competing schools of thought that marked those early years, along with the pivotal moments that first brought many of the leading teachers together. You can follow Russ at https://russhudson.com/.If Russ and I’s conversation about the history of the Enneagram really intrigued you, I have good news. I spent months researching and developing a 3-hour Enneagram history course that you can preview for free at https://www.typeish.com/history0:00 Audio Intro0:31 Welcome2:36 The Modern History Begins5:09 Russ Hudson's Enneagram Journey9:42 Meeting Don Riso12:31 The Don Riso Partnership17:30 Building the Modern Enneagram24:43 The Early 1990s & Copyright Lawsuit29:09 The Birth of the IEA35:20 Christianity & the Enneagram42:32 The Future of the Enneagram49:24 Meeting Claudio Naranjo51:29 Final Thoughts53:27 Outro━━━━━━━━ FREE Preview of 3-Hour Enneagram History CourseEnroll here: https://www.typeish.com/history ━━━━━━━━ FREE Enneagram Self-Typing GuideDownload here: https://www.typeish.com/free ━━━━━━━━Binge the Type·ish PodcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/type-ish/id1867815632Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hczBky5UIYxWaZypxdwyT?si=42d759b9c3c74816YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@typeishofficial━━━━━━━━Follow Type·ishWeb: https://www.typeish.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/typeishofficialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/gospelforenneagramTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@typeishofficial━━━━━━━━Music used with permission: 1EHGFXLKCSTV87DM, R1FX7HC5J8QQ4AG3, FKF90OE351KHV1DU*********

Hunter Mobley, Enneagram teacher and author who blends pastoral work with law, walks through the nine passions and their opposing virtues. Short, clear takes on each type’s core fixation and its spiritual opposite. The conversation maps passions like envy, greed, and sloth to virtues such as equanimity, non-attachment, and right action.