Big Hormone Enneagram

David and special guests Tara and Alexandra take us deep into their experience of being 9s. Why it’s easy to mistype as 4 and 5. The sensitivity of 9s. Feelings vs sensing through the body. The need to be seen of 9 vs image types. And so much more.

How sexual types view sexual interest in comparison to sexual blinds. What are sexual types like? Sexual 8s, Sexual 2s, and Sexual 4/5.

We discuss current presidential candidates, their types, and the political landscape. Why Trump is so often mistyped. Why Bloomberg is an asshole and would be worse than Trump and so much more.

“Ok Boomer” and the generational divide in the enneagram. Why don’t enneagram conferences appeal to young people? Potential changes to make and our ideas for an Enneachella/Enneagram Fyre Festival. We discuss what sexual 3s are like and 3’s ability to see potential and value. We then wrap up with 8s and negativity.

The inner dynamics of 6 and Japan as a 6 culture. The ethics of typing and the blindspot of ’only you can know yourself’. Type 4 object relations and the differences between 4 and 6. How to describe the flavor of sexual 6.

How diversity in the enneagram is limited by the prevailing middle class white culture. #NotA4 and the widespread issue of mistyping at 4. Integrating authentic ‘savage’ expression with spirituality and sensitivity. The approach of curiosity vs being overly certain in learning the enneagram. We discuss counter-intuitive insights we’ve discovered with types 8, 5, and 3. Nancy shares what ‘deceit’ really means for her as a type 3.

After obligatory dirty jokes and Emeka riffing on Sexual type woes, John starts us off with Gurdjieff’s views on sex, “the three shits”, and sexual stagnancy. How sexual energy leaks into the other centers. What is Kundalini? David touches on the sexual instinct as an archetypal serpent. Nancy gets into her experience with the sexual instinct and the instinct sensation exercises we did at John’s IEA workshop. We wrap up with the generational and cultural awareness impacting our views on sexuality.

The crew takes a dive into the instinctual drives. The evolution of instinct teaching and our own personal experiences uncovering a deeper understanding of our relationships to the instincts. John gets into the instinctual drives as a modality of inner work and presence. David briefly gets into his discovery of the elemental link between the instinctual drives and the wheel of life buddhist symbol called the Bhavacakra. Nancy waxes poetic about the Self-pres wonders of tea.

Welcome to the genesis of Big Hormone Enneagram. Your hosts with the mostest are John Luckovich, Nancy Walter, David Gray, and Emeka Okorafor. In this episode you'll get to know us and hear how these 4 odd insurgents found their way to a thing called the Enneagram.

Emeka fills in important BHE character and background missing in Ep 1 intros that underscore our collective approach to the enneagram. We take a look at the overlay of spirituality, religion, and christian culture on how people are approaching enneagram, and how that weaves together with generational and class differences. Why it's important to integrate light and dark in enneagram inner work.