Three Centers of Intelligence – The Head Center
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10/09/21 • 54 min
In this episode, your hosts Lee and Caryn are expanding into "The Head Center." This thinking group, which is home to Enneagram Types 5, 6, and 7, is also referred to as the "Fear Triad." With these types, the head dominates, and they all take in life through their thinking and generally respond based on what their minds tell them to do. These types have a strong desire for safety, competence, and predictability.
All Head Center types deal with fear or anxiety. However, each type confronts or addresses fear/anxiety very differently. Type 5s tend to be anxious internally about the outside world intruding and fear being competent, so they can try to isolate themselves or gather more information to be more prepared. Type 6s long to feel safe but tend to be anxious and often explore worse-case scenarios. They can have trouble trusting their own inner judgments and often seek outside guidance or survey others in order to feel secure in their choices and alignments. Type 7s tend to deny or push aside their anxiousness by always keeping their minds and bodies busy. They fear being deprived, bored, not having options, and being in pain.
In this three-episode series, we'll break down how each of the Centers of Intelligence teaches us about our habitual responses or how we filter information: Instinctual (Gut/Body), Feeling (Heart), and Thinking (Head).
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In this episode, your hosts Lee and Caryn are expanding into "The Head Center." This thinking group, which is home to Enneagram Types 5, 6, and 7, is also referred to as the "Fear Triad." With these types, the head dominates, and they all take in life through their thinking and generally respond based on what their minds tell them to do. These types have a strong desire for safety, competence, and predictability.
All Head Center types deal with fear or anxiety. However, each type confronts or addresses fear/anxiety very differently. Type 5s tend to be anxious internally about the outside world intruding and fear being competent, so they can try to isolate themselves or gather more information to be more prepared. Type 6s long to feel safe but tend to be anxious and often explore worse-case scenarios. They can have trouble trusting their own inner judgments and often seek outside guidance or survey others in order to feel secure in their choices and alignments. Type 7s tend to deny or push aside their anxiousness by always keeping their minds and bodies busy. They fear being deprived, bored, not having options, and being in pain.
In this three-episode series, we'll break down how each of the Centers of Intelligence teaches us about our habitual responses or how we filter information: Instinctual (Gut/Body), Feeling (Heart), and Thinking (Head).
CONNECT WITH US
Have a Question?
Email [email protected]
Follow Us!
Instagram @enneagramtypecast
Facebook /EnneagramTypecast
LEE MILLIGAN (9w8 SO/SX)
Instagram @ritualenneagram
CARYN BERLEY (9w1 SX/SO)
Instagram @carynberley
Facebook /carynberleycoaching
Music: “Common Thread” by Katie O’Connor. Facebook /CaitOMusic Instagram @caitomusic
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Three Centers of Intelligence – The Heart Center
In this episode, your hosts Lee and Caryn are expanding into "The Heart Center." This feeling group, which is home to Enneagram Types 2, 3, and 4, is also referred to as the "Shame Triad." A need for recognition and connection drives those who live in the Heart Center. They crave intimacy and love from others and, when they do not feel this connection, can experience deep guilt and shame, believing themselves somehow flawed and undeserving. We hope you enjoy this week's banter episode because we share an abundance of anecdotes!
Type 2s outwardly direct their feelings towards others. They are highly empathetic and caring, trying to earn the affection of others to avoid shame. This desire to meet others’ needs can distort their awareness of their own needs and emotions. Type 3s can be out of touch with their feelings, especially their shame. They crave validation from others to feel secure in their own self-worth. Through accomplishment, threes project an image of success that masks a feeling of guilt and shame that lives within. Type 4s internalizes their shame and uses it as a form of identity. While in touch with their emotions, they may dramatize their feelings to gather the attention of others and avoid deeper feelings of inadequacy. When they don’t get the attention desired, fours feel a deep sense of deficiency, shame, and emptiness.
In this three-episode series, we'll break down how each of the Centers of Intelligence teaches us about our habitual responses or how we filter information: Instinctual (Gut/Body), Feeling (Heart), and Thinking (Head).
CONNECT WITH US
Have a Question?
Email [email protected]
Follow Us!
Instagram @enneagramtypecast
Facebook /EnneagramTypecast
LEE MILLIGAN (9w8 SO/SX)
Instagram @ritualenneagram
CARYN BERLEY (9w1 SX/SO)
Instagram @carynberley
Facebook /carynberleycoaching
Music: “Common Thread” by Katie O’Connor. Facebook /CaitOMusic Instagram @caitomusic
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LEE MILLIGAN (9w8 SO/SX)
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Instagram @carynberley
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Music: “Common Thread” by Katie O’Connor. Facebook /CaitOMusic Instagram @caitomusic
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