Big Hormone Enneagram

We’re responding to your loveline submissions for our 100th episode. Thanks for all your comments, questions, and feedback. We appreciate y’all sticking with us thus far.  — (6:04) The inaccessibility of the pod’s communication style  — (9:35) What drug would each of the hosts be? — (13:22) Sex worker question for Nancy — (18:05) Advise for christians who are interested in learning the enneagram — (25:21) Why we get so much hate — (39:46) Girthy request for more on the compartmentalization of the self-pres instinct — (44:15) Request to explore connections between mbti and the enneagram. And factors that determine collage instinct typings. — (48:00) Syn/Contra question for David — (54:55) Request for more on each trifix and why spotify only has our episodes starting from episode 4 — (57:35) How the hornevian triads and the object relational stances combine to illustrate the inner works of the types — (1:00:44) 5 vs 7 confusion with Grimes as an example — (1:04:04) Exploring nuances and sharper distinctions for bermuda’s If you haven’t already, go buy John’s book on amazon or barnesandnoble: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578784971/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_VZ3VZVEG0M1RY42AWN2T Call the Loveline with your comments and thoughts about the show at (323) 696-0647. Or you can also email bhepodcast@gmail.com with a pre-recorded voice message.

This week we’re getting into a mbti personality system called Objective Personality (OPS). We ended up doing a rough intro into the basic concepts of OPS, and how we might explore connections between cognitive functions and the enneagram. — (10:16) What is the objective personality approach to MBTI? — (19:21) The function animals and how they work (Blast, Consume, Play, Sleep) — (23:55) Function animals are like instinct stacking (Info vs Energy) — (42:35) What are cognitive functions and how is a mbti type structured? — (48:40) Sensory vs Intuition — (51:26) Saviors vs Demons functions and animals. How to develop the blindspot — (1:08:21) Deciders vs Observers — (1:12:06) How to figure out your mbti type If you haven’t already, go buy John’s book on amazon or barnesandnoble: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578784971/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_VZ3VZVEG0M1RY42AWN2T Call the Loveline with your comments and thoughts about the show at (323) 696-0647. Or you can also email bhepodcast@gmail.com with a pre-recorded voice message.

The podcast explores blind spots in instincts and personality imbalances, including the overestimation of the sexual instinct and the challenges of being self-pres dominant. They also discuss how social types can still exist even if they don't like people. The concept of flipping polarities and energetic attraction is explored, along with the development of sexual attraction. Additionally, the speaker reflects on their experience as a self-press type and their attitudes towards financial stability.

Continuing where we left off with Courtney and Czander and attachment to disconnect from the 3-6-9 Bermuda Triangle. — (9:26) How does a good attachment form for attachment types if attaching is based on not being seen? — (17:13) 9s needing contrast and negation to find themselves and resisting being located — (22:52) Attachment types exist in shifting context, which makes them resistant to pinning down self-location and identity — (29:58) How 9s are open but ‘not there’ in their attachments, and how that gets in the way of relationships — (46:58) Courtney explains how a healthy attachment for a 6 helps affirm and trust her intuition — (53:50) Nancy explains how 3 shame helps her individuate — (57:10) Attachment types are listening and the hexad types are not — (1:06:02) Attachment types take their identity too seriously Tune in this week to hear John and Emeka on the Enneagram Global Summit. Sign up with our links: https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/egs21JohnL/JohnL https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/egs21a23961/a23961 If you haven’t already, go buy John’s book on amazon or barnesandnoble: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578784971/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_VZ3VZVEG0M1RY42AWN2T Call the Loveline with your comments and thoughts about the show at (323) 696-0647 to be featured on our 100th episode. Or you can also email bhepodcast@gmail.com with a pre-recorded voice message.

This week we're tackling type 8 misconceptions and misinformation that lead so many to mistype and idealize type 8. — (10:26) Emeka’s overview of often overlooked aspects of the 8 type structure — (15:22) 8 is dissociating to reject and stay separate but involved by embodying the protecting function — (19:40) 8s are separate and expansive in ways that dehumanizes themselves and others — (23:18) 8 control is about setting boundaries and terms of engagement, not telling people what to do or being angry — (28:48) 6 and 9 superego’s trying to make type 8 into a good person with ‘protecting the underdog’. And what 8’s are really protective of — (40:53) The 8 journey is about learning to care about and make room for people and their humanity. How 8s can be so involved yet cut off — (51:33) 8s apologizing and experiencing remorse as a powerful tool for growth — (53:40) Real 8s are far less attached or invested in identifying with type as a badge of identity — (58:20) How to distinguish someone who has an 8 fix vs 1 or 9 fixers — (1:07:25) The dehumanization and idealization of type 8 in the enneagram world Tune in to hear John and Emeka on the upcoming Enneagram Global Summit. Sign up with our links: https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/egs21JohnL/JohnL https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/egs21a23961/a23961 If you haven’t already, go buy John’s book on amazon or barnesandnoble: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578784971/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_VZ3VZVEG0M1RY42AWN2T Call the Loveline with your comments and thoughts about the show at (323) 696-0647 to be featured on our 100th episode. Or you can also email bhepodcast@gmail.com with a pre-recorded voice message.

This week Courtney and Czander are with us to attempt to uncover the mysteries of attachment to disconnect from the 3-6-9 Bermuda Triangle. — (13:30) Courtney’s take on how the 3 is committed to remaining slippery and disconnected — (17:02) 3’s maintain a disconnect by assuming people only want their palatable selves instead of their genuine selves — (26:59) The 3’s attachments are a prop for how their original caregivers defined value — (40:17) The crafted persona that the 3 presents will always be disconnected from the true self so the 3 never feels validated — (43:49) The 6 remains slippery because they’re trying to garner support from contradictory attachments — (48:34) 6s trying to garner support by being a hot mess and self-sabotaging to create a sense of disconnect — (53:54) 6s garnering support via attachment to being the underdog that won’t win but won’t give up — (56:16) The way 6s ensure they’re not supported is by never articulating what they want Tune in to hear John and Emeka on the upcoming Enneagram Global Summit. Sign up with our links: https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/egs21JohnL/JohnL https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/egs21a23961/a23961 If you haven’t already, go buy John’s book on amazon or barnesandnoble: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578784971/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_VZ3VZVEG0M1RY42AWN2T Call the Loveline with your comments and thoughts about the show at (323) 696-0647 to be featured on our 100th episode. Or you can also email bhepodcast@gmail.com with a pre-recorded voice message.

We’re wrapping up our Bhavachakra instinct discussions riffing on David’s insights and odds & ends. — (9:42) The Bhavachakra and Buddhism are a philosophy of psychology — (14:45) The scarcity of attraction for sx/sp compared to sx/so — (19:48) The ‘star’ principle of sx/so and how this appears in Egyptian cosmology  — (25:57) The overarching message and takeaways DG wants you to get from the Bhavachakra’s instinct mandala  — (32:12) Nancy’s take on the sp/so beast realm and existence revolving on having baseline needs met — (35:08) Contrasting sp/so and sp/sx with dogs and cats (again) — (45:17) The interesting numerology arising from the stackings overlapping with the types and how these overlaps show up in the collage exercise If you haven’t already, go buy John’s book and leave a rating and/or review: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578784971/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_VZ3VZVEG0M1RY42AWN2T To be featured in the next loveline episode, call the Loveline with your comments and thoughts at (323) 696-0647. Or you can also email bhepodcast@gmail.com or DM one of us with a pre-recorded voice message.

We’re continuing our discussions on instincts, joined by Joseph and Alexandra, to get into the social stackings and DG’s insights with the Bhavachakra. — (5:24) David’s intro to his SO/SX and SO/SP correlations on the  Bhavachakra — (18:21) The social types weigh in on the contrasts between their stackings — (30:34) How so/sp experiences so/sx and vice versa — (48:46) How social dominants get triggered by social middles and finding ease with social-lasts — (1:08:58) The contrast in how the social stackings approach ideology and politics  If you haven’t already, go buy John’s book on amazon or barnesandnoble: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578784971/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_VZ3VZVEG0M1RY42AWN2T To be featured in the next loveline episode, call the Loveline with your comments and thoughts at (323) 696-0647. Or you can also email bhepodcast@gmail.com or DM one of us with a pre-recorded voice message.

This week we’re discussing and answering your submitted loveline questions on John’s instinct book. — (3:21) What might it look like when a type is faced with a situation that exemplifies the loss of essential quality? — (22:10) A critique about John’s use of the word individuation and hormonal comments about his hotness — (31:18) How is the instinct stacking determined and why does one instinct become dominant over another? — (43:56) What is the distinction between the loss of self of sexual and spiritual dissolving of the ego? — (48:44) What does secondary self-pres for sx/sp look like for people who are bad at self-pres? — (52:03) Where to find the music used at the end of the upisodes? — (53:08) How to type each type and we read the energy of each type? — (56:51) How aspects of personality contribute to people getting along with each other? If you haven’t already, go buy John’s book on amazon or barnesandnoble: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578784971/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_VZ3VZVEG0M1RY42AWN2T To be featured in the next loveline episode, call the Loveline with your comments and thoughts at (323) 696-0647. Or you can also email bhepodcast@gmail.com or DM one of us with a pre-recorded voice message.

We’re continuing our discussions on instincts, joined by my bb Beth, to get into the sexual stackings and DG’s insights with the Bhavachakra. — (6:39) David’s intro to his SX/SO and SX/SP correlations on the  Bhavachakra — (14:35) Beth’s experience as a sx/so attachment type in contrast to social types and sx/sp — (26:21) What distinctly makes sx/so a sexual type — (35:30) Contrasting sx/so with so/sx — (49:54) Hungry ghosts (sx/sp) and Gods/Goddesses (sx/so) — (57:40) Personality and social genres as an attraction hook for sx/so If you haven’t already, go buy John’s book on amazon or barnesandnoble: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578784971/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_VZ3VZVEG0M1RY42AWN2T Call the Loveline with your comments and thoughts about John’s book at (323) 696-0647 soon for a chance to win a prize. Or you can also email bhepodcast@gmail.com or DM one of us with a voice message.