🌀 Money and the Enneagram with Khara Croswaite Brindle

This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute mental health, financial, tax, or legal advice. EPISODE SUMMARY The Enneagram is having a moment, but most of the conversation stops at quizzes and cute type labels. On this episode of The Money Healing Club podcast, Rachel talks with Khara Croswaite Brindle, certified financial therapist and co-author of the Amazon number one bestseller Your Enneagram and Money, about why the Enneagram is less a personality test and more a framework for how you relate to people, yourself, and to money. Together they walk all nine types and the money edge that comes with each, from noble poverty in the helpers to the five's fear of being depleted to the nine who cannot say what they are saving for. Rachel and Khara both name their own types on air. 💬 "A lot of people are worried about being put in a box, but the language we hear often is, hey, it's telling you what box you're already in." — Khara Key takeaways The Enneagram is a relational framework, not a box. It names the logic behind why you do what you do, including the parts you like least. Enneagram assessments run about 66% accurate. When your real type lands, it tends to feel like a gut punch, not a shrug. Every type has a money edge. Ones get rigid, twos slide into noble poverty and financial enabling, threes chase dollars, fours swing between craving and rejecting money, fives hoard against depletion, sixes freeze in worst case forecasting, sevens skip the boring stuff, eights refuse to hand over control, and nines lose track of what they even want. Being "good with money" on paper is not the same as being well. Fives and sixes often look successful and still live in scarcity. There is no type you are supposed to be. The work is curiosity and balance, not a personality overhaul. About Khara Croswaite Brindle Khara is a certified financial therapist and licensed professional counselor in Colorado, director of training at the Financial Therapy Clinical Institute, and co-author of Your Enneagram and Money with Hannah DeGroot. She is also Rachel's former supervisor.   ⏰ EPISODE BREAKDOWN 02:53 | Why the Enneagram, and Why It Is Not Just a Personality Test: A relational framework for how you connect with people, with yourself, and with money. 08:12 | How Do You Actually Find Your Type?: Why free quizzes run about 66% accurate, what a typing interview is, and what a counter type means. 11:17 | Walking the Nine Types and Their Money Edges: Ones through nines, the core belief driving each, and the money habits that follow. 14:17 | Noble Poverty, Financial Enabling, and Rachel Outs Herself: The helper's growth edge, and why putting your own mask on first keeps proving true. 47:25 | Inside a Typing Interview: What Khara asks, what she watches for, and why people leave feeling seen.   💌 Connect with Khara Croswaite Brindle Website: Croswaite Counseling, PLLC  LinkedIn Instagram   📚 Resources Mentioned Your Enneagram and Money: Transforming Enneagram Edges into Financial Freedom by Khara Croswaite Brindle and Hannah DeGroot -  The Path Between Us by Suzanne Stabile for understanding type to type relationships  You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero -  💬 Join the Conversation Click on the big orange button on our site right from your phone or browser and let me know: what is your type, and which money edge hit a little too close to home? https://www.moneyhealingclub.com/podcast   💝 Support the Podcast Help keep the Money Healing Club podcast going! If this show has helped you feel less alone or more grounded with money, please consider contributing: https://www.moneyhealingclub.com/podcast   🎧 Your next listen: Letters from Money episode, Khara mentions the Dear Money Letter as homework for fours. Rachel takes that exercise further in this one. https://www.moneyhealingclub.com/podcast/s3e50   💫 Visit the Money Healing Club website to start your money healing process! https://www.moneyhealingclub.com Full transcript: https://www.moneyhealingclub.com/podcast 🎙️We're a proud member of the Feminist Podcasters Collective where creators like me are uplifting diverse voices and driving meaningful change.