Hey Enneagram Friend! I’m Abbi - an IEA Accredited Enneagram Teacher & Coach. I teach Enneagram workshops with corporate and non-profit teams, and I also facilitate executive coaching as part of that professional development experience. I’d love to bring the Enneagram to your workplace! Today on the podcast, I’m joined on the podcast by fellow Enneagram Practitioner, Beth McCord. Beth is the founder of Your Enneagram Coach and is an Enneagram speaker, coach, author & teacher. She is pass...
Jun 18, 2024•45 min•Season 4Ep. 66
Hey Enneagram Friend! I’m Abbi - an IEA Accredited Enneagram Teacher & Coach. I teach Enneagram workshops with corporate and non-profit teams, and I also facilitate executive coaching as part of that professional development experience. I’d love to bring the Enneagram to your workplace! Today on the podcast, I’m join in a live coaching session with an Enneagram One after the 3rd in a set of four Enneagram Workshops that I have facilitated & will continue to facilitate with her work team....
May 15, 2024•24 min•Season 4Ep. 65
Hey Enneagram Friend! I’m Abbi - an IEA Accredited Enneagram Teacher & Coach. I teach Enneagram workshops with corporate and non-profit teams, and I also facilitate executive coaching as part of that professional development experience. I’d love to bring the Enneagram to your workplace! Today on the podcast, I’m joined in a live coaching session with an Enneagram Eight that’s a Vice President within her organization. In this coaching conversation we consider vulnerability - what it means to ...
May 01, 2024•32 min•Season 4Ep. 64
Hey Enneagram Friend! I’m Abbi - an IEA Accredited Enneagram Teacher & Coach. I teach Enneagram workshops with corporate and non-profit teams, and I also facilitate executive coaching as part of that professional development experience. I’d love to bring the Enneagram to your workplace! Today on the podcast, I’m join in a live coaching session with an Enneagram Six that was introduced to my work through some mutual connections, so I was thankful that she accepted the invitation to be on the ...
Apr 24, 2024•37 min•Season 4Ep. 63
Today on the podcast, I’m join in a live coaching session with an Enneagram Seven after an Enneagram Workshop that I facilitated with his work team. In this coaching session, we explore the three different Subtypes that are created when you overlay the instincts (Self-preservation, Social & 1:1) with an Enneagram Seven. We also consider how Type 7s are naturally self-motivated, so there is an invitation to be mindful in how you’re supporting & empowering other Types that don’t have the s...
Apr 17, 2024•31 min•Season 4Ep. 62
Hey Enneagram Friend! I’m Abbi - an IEA Accredited Enneagram Teacher & Coach. I teach Enneagram workshops with corporate and non-profit teams, and I also facilitate executive coaching as part of that professional development experience. I’d love to bring the Enneagram to your workplace! Today on the podcast, I’m join in a live coaching session with an Enneagram Two from my Instagram community that accepted the invitation to be on the podcast. In this coaching session, we explore the internal...
Apr 10, 2024•36 min•Season 4Ep. 61
Today on the podcast, I’m join in a live coaching session with an Enneagram Nine after an Enneagram Workshop that I facilitated with her work team. In this coaching session, we explore the unique dynamic she experiences as a 9 working on a small team where 5 of the 8 team members lead with Type 3 The Achiever as their dominant Enneagram Type. We consider the tension of trying to keep up with the quick pace of a Type 3 work environment and how she can know and more clearly communicate her needs i...
Apr 03, 2024•31 min•Season 4Ep. 60
Hey Enneagram Friend! I’m Abbi - an IEA Accredited Enneagram Teacher & Coach. I teach Enneagram workshops with corporate and non-profit teams, and I also facilitate executive coaching as part of that professional development experience. I’d love to bring the Enneagram to your workplace! Today on the podcast, I’m join in a live coaching session with an Enneagram One after an Enneagram Workshop that I facilitated with her work team. In this coaching session, we explore the movement Ones experi...
Mar 27, 2024•31 min•Season 4Ep. 59
Hey Enneagram Friend! I’m Abbi - an IEA Accredited Enneagram Teacher & Coach. I teach Enneagram workshops with corporate and non-profit teams, and I also facilitate executive coaching as part of that professional development experience. I’d love to bring the Enneagram to your workplace! Today on the podcast, I’m join in a live coaching session with an Enneagram Three after an Enneagram Workshop that I facilitated with her work team. In this coaching session, we explore the drive of Type Thre...
Mar 20, 2024•24 min•Season 4Ep. 58
In this live coaching session, I'm joined by an Enneagram Four after an Enneagram Workshop facilitated with his team at work. In this coaching session with an Enneagram Four, we pack some of the qualities of the Withdrawn stance and the challenges of managing your energy levels in corporate America. We also consider the shame created in feelings of inferiority and how that internal perspective also costs the Fours a tremendous amount of energy. We consider how to move towards balance and equanim...
Mar 13, 2024•29 min•Season 4Ep. 57
Hey Enneagram Friend! I’m Abbi - an IEA Accredited Enneagram Teacher & Narrative Enneagram Practitioner. I teach Enneagram workshops with corporate and non-profit teams, and I also facilitate executive coaching as part of that professional development experience. In this season of Enneagram Coaching with Abbi, I share live coaching episodes where we explore the dynamics of our Enneagram Type within the context of our work environment. For those in the workforce, we spend the bulk of our work...
Mar 06, 2024•2 min
GIVEAWAY CLOSED for a $50 Gift Card to Etsy or Small Business of your choice! Enter the Giveaway Enter to win by filling out this brief survey with the link above. You responses will help me improve some aspects of my Enneagram Coaching practice, so thank you for your input! The winner will be selected at random & your responses to the questions in this survey will in no way influence your chances of winning. I will select one winner that has filled out the survey on Friday, December 23rd to...
Dec 13, 2022•2 min
We explore the growing edges and growth practices for Enneagram Eights from the personal experience of Alicia Divers. Alicia Divers is a Spiritual Director that is certified in the Narrative Enneagram Tradition and as a Somatic Practitioner. She is based in New York City. You can connect with Alicia on Instagram at @somatic_spirituality or on her website at www.somatic-spirituality.com You can also connect with Abbi on Instagram at @enneagramspace or at www.abbirodriguez.com to ask questions abo...
Dec 07, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 56
We explore the growing edges and growth practices for Enneagram Sixes from the personal experience of Natasha Smith. Natasha Smith describes herself as a multi-passionate realtor turned online entrepreneur. She is a certified Enneagram Coach and loves using the Enneagram to help clients hone in on the marketing efforts that will actually move the needle based on their personality and their dream client’s personality. Connect with Natasha on Instagram at @radiantlyflourish or on her website at ht...
Nov 30, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 55
We explore the growing edges and growth practices for Enneagram Threes from the personal experience of Steph Barron Hall. Stephanie Barron Hall (M.A. Organizational Communication & Leadership) is a speaker, certified Enneagram coach, author of the book, The Enneagram in Love: A Roadmap for Building and Strengthening Romantic Relationships. Stephanie founded her Instagram page, @NineTypesCo, in 2017 as a way to explore her own interest in the Enneagram, and it has since grown into a community...
Nov 23, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 54
We explore the growing edges and growth practices for Enneagram Fours from the personal experience of Amanda Clegg. Amanda is a Relationship Coach and Enneagram Practitioner trained through the Narrative Tradition. She works with individuals, couples, and businesses helping them foster relationships within themselves and with others. Her devotion for this works comes from her personal experiences and healing journey. With a history of trauma, addiction, and mental health struggles, Amanda feels ...
Nov 16, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 53
We explore the growing edges and growth practices for Enneagram Twos from the personal experience of Ashton Whitmoyer-Ober. Ashton Whitmoyer-Ober is an author, public speaker, Community Psychologist, and certified Enneagram educator. With a desire to see relationships strengthened, she created Enneagram Ashton in early 2019. She is the author of Enneagram for Relationships, The Two of Us: A Three Year Couples Journal, and The Enneagram Made Simple. Connect with Ashton on Instagram at @enneagrama...
Nov 09, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 52
We explore the growing edges and growth practices for Enneagram Nines from the personal experience of Gabrielle Westbrook. Gabrielle is a trauma-informed healing coach who’s main passion is to help women come to know and believe that the emotions they want to feel and the relationships and life they want to have are possible for them! Gabrielle helps women heal the trauma from self-betrayal, or sexual betrayal in their relationship, through the body, subconscious mind, nervous system regulation ...
Nov 02, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 51
We explore the growing edges and growth practices for Enneagram Fives from the personal experience of Dr. Joy Pedersen. Dr. Joy Pedersen is the owner of Clarity Collective, which provides coaching and consulting services. She has experience working with individuals and teams to manage change, transition, growth, loss, work-life balance and other challenges in order to achieve their full potential. She also offers customized trainings on a variety of topics, including leadership, organization, ti...
Oct 26, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 50
We explore the growing edges and growth practices for Enneagram Ones from the personal experience of Kim Eddy. Kim Eddy is an Enneagram Coach & Author of Enneagram for Beginners: A Christian Guide to Understanding Your Type for a God-Centered Life. Her passion is to create a safe space for people to explore self-awareness in alignment with their faith, and to deepen their empathy, understanding, and connection with themselves and others. Connect with Kim on Instagram at @christianenneagram.c...
Oct 19, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 49
We explore the growing edges and intentional practices for Enneagram Sevens from the personal experience of Sarajane Case. Sarajane is a trained Enneagram teacher, author of the popular self-help book The Honest Enneagram and Host of the Enneagram & Coffee Podcast. She helps people to find their perfect balance between self-care and growth so they can release shame on their path to doing less harm. Her new book - The Enneagram Letters: A poetic exploration of who you thought you had to be - ...
Oct 12, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 48
In this season, I invite fellow Enneagram Teachers, Coaches & Authors onto the podcast to share with you their expert, but also their personal experiences of their Enneagram Types. Although they could share lots of wisdom about each of the Enneagram Numbers, we delve into their specific Type-structure and what their journey towards balance & growth has looked like. I share conversation with some pretty amazing Enneagram Practitioners this season. Some that you may be very familiar with f...
Oct 03, 2022•1 min
This has been an incredible season to create with amazing guest teachers on the podcast as well as incredible people just like you that jumped into the coaching space with me for the live coaching episodes. I feel honored & humbled when I look back through the episodes at the many people gracious enough to share in those conversations with me. I started this podcast in August this past fall releasing episodes each week, but as my kiddos transition out of the school year, I’ve realized that I...
May 17, 2022•3 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Chichi Agorom joins the podcast today to share about her new book The Enneagram for Black Liberation and to offer deeper insights on some of what she shares in her writings. We explore the idea of our Enneagram Types as armor with the awareness that those who hold marginalized identities aren’t always safe to put down the armor of their Type. Chichi contends that the Enneagram is not just a system for individual freedom & wholeness, but rather one that can move us towards collective wholenes...
May 01, 2022•36 min•Season 2Ep. 46
In this coaching session with an Enneagram Nine, we explore the deep desire for both peace & autonomy. She shares the experience of digging her heels in when others are pushing or pulling her as well as the internal desire to not have such stubborn boundaries with others. We explore the “too muchness” & overwhelm that’s felt in the Type Nine structure and how we can help support ourselves so that we don’t instantly collapse or hide when we feel swept up in the undertow of others. In our ...
Apr 24, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 45
In this episode, I share the coaching space with an Enneagram Eight from the other side of the globe in Cape Town, South Africa. In our conversation, we explore how the protective-nature and energetic intensity of the Type 8 structure often causes us to react in more controlling ways than intended. We sense into the somatic experience of both the charged-up intensity of protecting others as well as the gentle calmness that we settled into as we processed the emotions coming up for her. Her prese...
Apr 17, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 44
In this coaching session with an Enneagram Seven, we explore the orientation of positivity and the avoidance of negative emotions as part of her Type-structure. We consider the experience of idealizing a situation and the incredible disappointment that’s experienced when the situation doesn’t meet what we’d hoped for. We talk about how to experience & metabolize emotions so that they don’t keep “hanging out in the passenger seat” unresolved & ignored while we just keep driving on. This T...
Apr 10, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Lee Fields, Certified Enneagram Facilitator, offer insights around the intersection of Somatic Experiencing & the Enneagram. In our conversation, we explore how an awareness of our felt-sensations can offer us incredible insight into the manifestations of our Enneagram Types. We also consider some practical steps you can take towards increasing your awareness of your somatic experiencing so that you can begin to work with your felt-sense. Lee offers us a wealth of knowledge in this conversat...
Apr 03, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Often in personal development conversations, this idea of “doing your work” comes up, but what does that actually mean? In this episode, I share with you the framework for personal transformation with the Enneagram from my training with the Narrative Enneagram. It offers insight in how we can move from consuming Enneagram information to having genuine wisdom and growth. Enneagram Coaching: Schedule a FREE Discovery Call or learn more about coaching at www.abbirodriguez.com/coaching Connect with ...
Mar 27, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 41
This episode offers a brief guided meditation as a resource for bringing calm to moments of overwhelm. This body scan meditation is adapted from a guided meditation that was first offered to me in my Somatic certification by one of my teachers, Dr. Arielle Schwartz. This guided meditation is also accessible on InsightTimer and I’d also love for you to connect with me as a teacher there so you can following along with new meditations as they are posted there. Interested in Enneagram coaching? Sch...
Mar 20, 2022•10 min•Season 2Ep. 40