The Blindspot An Enneagram Podcast
by Kara Nance
Meet your hosts, John Luckovich and Kara Nance as they explain the purpose of this new podcast and invite people to learn about the relationship of the instinctual drives to the Enneagram and how you can use this information to improve your understanding of yourself and your relationship to others.
Episodes
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The Self Preservation Instinct
The Self-Preservation instinct is the fundamental drive for physical survival, well-being, and aliveness, operating primarily across three practical zones: self-care, resource maintenance, and domesticity. Although naturally designed to help human beings thrive and evolve, this instinct…
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Harnessing Instinctual Energy
Damian Russel, author of Enneagram Through the Ages, and Krista Hand join Dr. Kara Nance in a discussion abut the Enneagram's three instinctual drives—Self-Preservation, Sexual (or attraction), and Social—and their profound impact on our psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being. Rooted...
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Typology and Relationships Episode Review
Marlene is back to hear the reflections that Denzel and I have about her typology session. Enneagram type and instinctual stack are clarified.
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Typology and Romantic Relationships
Denzel Mensah is back on the show with me for a series on how typology can be a powerful tool for finding your romantic relationship blindspots. Meet Marlene, an INFP on the journey towards finding her Enneagram type and instinctual stack. Marlene vulnerably shares her experience of infidelity…
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The Enneagram in Business - A Chat With Karl Hebenstreit
Meet Karl Hebenstreit, Author, International Speaker, Executive Coach, and Human Resources and Organization Development Leader with 25+ years of experience in the biotechnology, healthcare, telecommunications, high-tech, pharmaceutical, and real estate services industries. . Karl has just…
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Enneastyle Tips From Tom Condon
This episode we welcome long time teacher Tom Condon to share some of his favorite tips on working with your Enneastyle. Register for Tom's online conference with Russ Hudson this weekend to learn more....
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Episode 49 - Meet Denzel (Deezy) SO/SX/SP 9w1 ENFJ
I'm very excited to introduce you to my colleague Denzel Mensah https://denzelmensah.com/ that I met on my Meyers Briggs Typology training journey. Denzel also received his MBTI Training from Personality Hackers six years ago and has a well established typology and coaching practice. You can also...
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Awakened Living With SP 8w9 Simon Goland
I'm pleased to introduce my community to Simon Goland, founder of Simon Says Consulting, Inc. Simon has a new program launching in October called Awakened Living that you can register for here https://simongoland.com/application-tuition-details/ In this episode Simon and I explore what the divine...
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Finding Our Way To Center In Relationship
Catherine Bell from the Awakened Company is back to discuss her new offering with Dr. Debra Egerton, The Power of Relationships. In this episode Catherine and I discuss our relationship to fierce compassion, how the law of three presents in interpersonal relationships, and the importance of...
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Reclaiming The Sexual Instinct
Stephanie Jaie is back for a final episode in our three part series on sexual empowerment. In this episode Kara and Stephanie discuss their experience of erotic energy and how it has supported their own emergence. What is the role of pleasure and how do we connect with it? Why do people fear…
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Healing Our Sexual Trauma, Working With Privilege, and Pleasure as the Path to Our Power
Stephanie Jaie is back again to discuss sexuality and the ways its been distorted in a way that blocks us from our power. We touch on the topics of generational trauma, the ways a trauma response can present in different Enneagram types, privilege, and how to respond to some of the more common...
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Sexual Three and Self Preservation Three on Typology and Social Conditioning
The Blindspot An Enneagram Podcast is back for Season 2! Loyal listeners will know that Season 1 morphed from focusing solely on the Enneagram and Instinctual Drives into welcoming in other forms of typology to help us make sense of our experience. In this interview with @StephanieJaie we hear...
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Episode 43 - The Repair Process In Action
This week I am releasing a very tender episode in which Annie from Episode 41 is back to show me and all of us how a repair process works. My initial interview and promotion of it two weeks ago lacked the sincerity, care, and consideration around trauma that are so important to me. Please listen…
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Episode 42 - SX/SO/SP Enneagram Type Seven Wing Eight ENTJ Shares His Story
Meet Adam Molyneux-Berry, the founder of the Integral Impact Institute, a social enterprise founded on more than 20 years of experience building that has lead award winning social enterprises, SMEs, and nonprofits in Europe, the US and the MENA region. Adam supports leaders, changemakers and...
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Episode 41 - SX/SO/SP 6/7 Discusses Sexual Agency and The Instinctual Drives
Annie O'Shaughnessy is a trauma informed Enneagram coach that's working in schools to create spaces for feedback through cultivating respect, belonging, and feeling like you have a voice. Annie very openly shares her trauma history and how she experienced the emergence of her sexuality. She helps...
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Episode 40 - Understanding Your Blind Type with Flemming Christensen
Meet Flemming Christensen, SP3w4 with INTJ cognitive preferences. Flemming talks about his new concept of the Blind Type. Flemming has a new book out that you can buy at...
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Episode 39 - Working With Shame, Rage, and Motherhood - Conversations With a Counterphobic Six
Meet Kristin Messegee, a trauma informed Enneagram coach that specializes in working with Enneagram Point Sixes. Kristin identifies as an SP blind 6 with a 683 trifix and ENFP cognitive preferences. Kristin shares how she came to identify her instinctual stack and we compare experiences of living...
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Episode 38 - Sex and The Enneagram with Frederik Coene Part Two
Here's the second part of my conversation with Frederik Coene, our sexuality and the enneagram expert! Here Frederik and I take on conversations about porn addiction, monogamy and polyamory and how to transcend the usual state of craving and self soothing behaviors that we find ourselves working...
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Episode 37 - Sex and The Enneagram with Frederik Coene Part One
Meet Frederik Coene SP/SO/SX 6w5 that is an EU diplomat turned Enneagram sex researcher and content creator. In this episode Frederik talks about his vision for increasing accessibility to high quality Enneagram teachings that can have a global reach. Frederik describes his interest around the...
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Episode 36 - Instinctual Drives, Sexual Behaviors, Stack Compatibilities, and MBTI
Sarah McMahill is back after her latest Diamond Heart retreat to share some new insights regarding how the instincts influence sexual behaviors. We also talk about some of the Meyer's Briggs cognitive functions and how introverted intuition powers Sarah's work as a massage therapist. We also…
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Episode 35 - Katherine Fauvre on the Instincts, TriType, and Meyer’s Briggs Cognitive Functions
Join Kara and Katherine, two ENTP ladies, as we take you on a whirlwind tour of how we use the Instinctual Drives, the Enneagram, and the Meyer's Briggs Cognitive Functions to support individuals that want to understand their programming. Katherine, a SX/SP/SO 874 has been a certified Enneagram...
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Episode 34 - SX/SO/SP Seven Working With Trauma and The Enneagram
Meet Ingrid Hurwitz, the director of Takdir Transformation and the lead of the Facebook Group Enneagram Community of Practice. Ingrid is a trauma informed Enneagram professional that offers a wide variety of coaching and educational experiences through her school. Join us for a beautiful...
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Episode 33 - Instinctual Drives and Their Relationship to Sexual Preferences and Behaviors
Sarah McMahill steps forward to intimately talk with me about her journey of sexual emergence. If this episode wakes anything up inside of you that you'd like to share in a future episode or discuss working with me on privately around your own sexuality circuit or instinctual drive please request…
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Episode 32 -Typing Interview; Do You Think He’s a Type 9?
Meet Tre! A colleague of mine from my Meyer's Briggs profiler community that wanted to learn more about his Enneagram Type. Watch my typing skills in action and I would love to hear what you think if you're willing to email me at [email protected] And I'm also offering FREE classes...
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Episode 31 - 6w5 SP/SO/SX Ben Campbell on Using Nature for our Enneagram Journey
Wild Enneagram founder Ben Campbell is back to tell us about how he engages with nature to support his Enneagram journey. Ben is offering a foundational course starting this March to people interested in learning more about this unique approach. You can register here https://wildenneagram.com/ We...
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Episode 30 - Rejection with Belinda Gore!
Are you ready for rejection??? Join us for our last interview with Belinda Gore on the rejection type object relation. Hoping you join me in her class starting February 24th. Sign up here https://belindagore.com/enneagram/ Wanting to join FREE classes with me this month? Check out my new website...
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Episode 29 - Belinda Gore on Frustration Type Object Relations
She's back! Join Belinda and I as we unpack the object relationship pattern of the frustration types 1,4, and 7. I hope you will join me in Belinda's seven week course on object relations starting February 24th on zoom. You can register here...
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Sarah Peyton on Resonant Healing and The Enneagram
I'm so excited to bring you the latest epidsode of The Blindspot where I got to interview my teacher, Sarah Peyton, on why resonant healing is such a beautiful way to work with the core wounds of our Enneatype. In this episode we unpack the neurobiology of the centers of intelligence and…
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Episode 27 - Belinda Gore on Attachment Type Object Relations
We're so happy to have Belinda Gore, the well known expert on object relations and the Enneagram, back to focus on the attachment types 3, 6, and 9. Join us as Belinda and I discuss the nuances of the attachment types. Belinda has a seven week course on object relations starting this February.…
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Episode 26 -Type 5 Explores His Stack and MBTI
Meet Trevor Walsh, a Counsellor at Vancouver Coastal Health who also has his own private Enneagram based counselling practice. This is a long episode and I just couldn't cut any of it because I so enjoyed the places our conversation took us. Trevor manifests components of all three instinctual...
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Episode 25 - SX2 on Menopause, Sexuality, and Vulnerability
Meet Freya Kennedy, a transformationalist and Enneagram coach that came on today to explore her tender side. In this episode we talk about Why does the MBTI sometime change over time? Perimenopause and the relationship to the sexual instinct What's the difference between the way a Type 2 and Type…
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Episode 24 - Am I a Type 5 or Type 9?
Kara interviews her colleague Darren Yee who is a Myers Briggs typologist and works for the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute where he provides coaching to those in launching startups. Darren is new to the Enneagram and was lacking some clarity over his type and stack so he offered to have his typing...
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Episode 23 - Sterlin Mosley SX/SP/SO 4 and the 27 Types of Narcissism
This week I was lucky enough to interview Sterlin Mosley, author of the book The Narcissist in You and Everyone Else: Recognizing the 27 Types of Narcissism which was only released two weeks ago. Sterlin Mosley graduated from the University of Oklahoma with Master’s Degree in Human Relations with...
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Episode 22 - Welcoming In The Winter Solstice
Kara reviews where The Blindspot has been, expresses gratitude and talks about what the winter solstice means to her and what she wants to open herself up to. Kara also announces what's coming in 2023 as she continues to expand her offerings! Email at [email protected] you would...
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Episode 21 - The Neurobiology of the Enneagram
Meet Saleh Vallander, author of The Neurobiology of the Enneagram. Saleh is a 29 year old medical doctor from Stockholm, Sweeden who has intensely studied affective neuroscience and the work of one of my favorites, Jaak Panksepp. Saleh is a SX 531 with INTP cognitive preferences. Learn how the…
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Episode 20 - SO3w2 ENTJ interviews your host, Kara Nance SP3w2 ENTP
Meet Derek Kirkland, a strategic change leader at DPR Construction as well as a Professional Certified Coach through New Ventures West. Enjoy a spontaneous first time conversation between a SO 3w2 and a SP 3w2 and have fun noting the similarities and differences. Learn more about the idea of...
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Episode 19 - The Beauty of an Integrated SX/SP/SO Two
Meet Carolyn, a 41 year old midwife from Canada willing to speak so bravely from her heart about her expression of stack and type. What does it mean to be integrated in body, heart, and mind? What are faux feelings? Kara explains the difference between emotions, thoughts, and feelings and how her...
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Dragons, The Bible, and Instincts, Oh My!
Meet Timothy Sommerlad! A 21 year old point six, ENFP film student from University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Timothy has a background in theology so we unpack where his journey has taken him so far and discuss why the dragon is the embodiment of the integration of all three instinctual...
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SP/SO/SX 6 Shares Her Wise Use of Her Instinctual Stack
Meet the magnificent Manya, a 72 year old SP/SO/SX 6 with INFP cognitive preferences. Manya started as a massage therapist, went to medical school and became a physician at the age of 37 and then transitioned into corporate coaching and facilitation. She will be a certified Enneagram teacher by...
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Object Relations and Wings With Belinda Gore
Meet the brilliant and wise 3w4 ENFP Belinda Gore for an exploration of object relations and wings. We discuss how the enneagram intersects with Meyers Briggs, astrology, meditation, and the Diamond Approach. And did you know there is a FOURTH instinctual drive? Belinda learned about the…
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Episode 15 - Empowerment Through the Social Instinct With Catherine Bell
In this episode we meet SO/SX/SP Catherine Bell, the founder of the Awakened Company and the host of Russ Hudson's Green Room group that I've been a part of since its inception in 2021. Catherine is the embodiment of a SO dominant individual as is further exemplified in her many offerings…
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Episode 14 - Embodiment of the Sexual Instinct Without Physical Sex
Meet the magnificent Maggie Oberman SO/SX/SP 2w1. Maggie was born with lipodystrophy which gives her face and body a very unique look. Listen to this inspiring and heartwarming interview about how she has really leaned into her true power as a vibrant and inspiring being. How does Maggie’s SO...
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Episode 13 - The Power of Integrating the Sexual Blindspot
Kara continues her conversation from last week with Chris where they explore Chris' instinctual stacking and hear the joy she is experiencing from the integration of her sexual blindspot. Kara summarizes how the instinctual drives show up both in health and unconsciousness and helps Chris unpack...
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Episode 12 - SO/SP/SX 8 Shares Her Story
Meet Chris and hear about her life path as a SO/SP/SX 8. We cover what a traumatized 8 can look like and what a recovery journey for this type can be. We talk about trauma and how the rejection types deal with stress. Check out the free trauma summit going on right now for some access to great...
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Episode 11 - SX/SO/SP 9w8 Shares Her Story
This week we meet Natalie and hear about her life path as a SX/SO/SP 9w8. If you would like to work with Natalie you can email her at [email protected]. Her new wellness coaching business is mindyourwellnesscoach.com where she uses her enneagram informed techniques to help others navigate the...
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Episode 10 - SO/SP/SX 1w9 Speaks on the High Side of the Social Instinct & Holy Anger
Meet Linda! Our SO/SP/SX 1w9 and hear about her experience of type an stack Linda expands on the importance of the social instinct How does Linda connect with her sexual blindspot? What is body center’s relationship to anger? Linda talks about the defense mechanism of point one – reaction…
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Episode 9: Wild Enneagram Founder Ben Campbell 6w5 explores his SP/SO/SX stack
Meet Ben! Our SP/SO/SX 6w5 with 694 trifix Why boundaries are important to Ben and how he works with his tendency toward rigidity How does type show up in our sleep patterns and why do we both love cuddling up with 9’s How does Ben know he’s SP dominant? How can Kara have so much “buzz” and be SX...
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Episode 8 - The Struggles of the 3x9 Pairing
This week I share my experience of 30 years of intimate partnership with three different 9’s and invite you into the dynamic with my SO dominant 9w1, 964 trifix. 3:00 – Listen to Kara talk about what she loves about nines 7:00 – Kara shares her experience of growing up with two body centered...
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Episode 7 - The 9x3 Newlyweds!
This week we’re exploring the relationship chemistry between a SP/SO/SX 3 INTJ with a 395 trifix and a SP blind 9 ENFP with a 926 trifix Listen to how tritype can help some find their way to core type Listen to how Caryn & Sebastian found their way to their types and stack Kara explains how…
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Episode 6: The Pain of Living From the Blindspot and Attachment Theory vs. Attachment Type
Kara shares something about the pain her blindspots have caused her. John and Kara how the instinctual energies show up in film and television and provide an overview of attachment types as well as a summary of attachment theory. Kara and John discuss the different ways attachment and hexad types...
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Meet your hosts, John Luckovich and Kara Nance as they explain the purpose of this new podcast and invite people to learn about the relationship of the instinctual drives to the Enneagram and how you can use this information to improve your understanding of yourself and your relationship to others.
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