In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore focus on the potential limitations of the Enneagram. They discuss how not to use it and why it’s important to have conviction and humility when exploring the Enneagram. They highlight some things that they’ve seen to suggest caution and critical thinking. “The Enneagram is a really powerful tool with lots of great uses, but no tool does everything.” -Mario [02:28] “When we lim...
Jan 12, 2023•57 min•Ep. 19
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore discuss Enneagram Type Three, “Striving to Feel Outstanding.” Drew Moser, co-host of Fathoms | An Enneagram Podcast, joins them to share how being a Type Three shows up in his life. The four talk about how Type Threes aim to feel like they’re standing out in some way, the blind spots that occur from this and how there’s so much more going on under the surface. They discuss the...
Dec 29, 2022•55 min•Ep. 18
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore are joined by Lindsey Marks, co-host of Fathoms podcast, to talk about Enneagram Type Two, “Striving to Feel Connected.” Drawing from her personal experience as a Type Two, Lindsey shares how she connects with people and why she believes love is the answer to everything. She also discusses misconceptions about being a Type Two as well as her blind spots. “There’s several thing...
Dec 22, 2022•44 min•Ep. 17
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore talk about the Enneagram Type Six, “Striving to Feel Secure,” with special guest, Chelsea Jackson. The four discuss why this type of vigilantism and alertness is misunderstood, drawing from Chelsea’s perspective. Chelsea shares how it truly feels to be a Type Six on the inside and talks about the disconnect with how this type feels about themselves versus how others view them....
Dec 15, 2022•50 min•Ep. 16
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore discuss Enneagram Type Eight, “Striving to Feel Powerful.” Mario shares what makes him a Type Eight, how “powerful” can be interpreted in different ways and the blind spots that come with that. This discussion will hopefully provide a deeper sense, and not so much fear, about Type Eight. “I think that it’s so limited to think that Eights are angry or pushy or like that all the...
Dec 08, 2022•42 min•Ep. 15
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore discuss Enneagram Type Four, “Striving to Feel Unique,” through the personal experiences of Creek. They share how the Type Four appears in the workplace, what drives them and growth strategies. “I think a lot of times Fours feel like they’re the most tapped into reality because they see more of the darkness of life. Depths do contain darkness, but just because you’re tapped in...
Dec 01, 2022•48 min•Ep. 14
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore start their series discussing the types, aka the strategies, in the Awareness to Action Enneagram model. They start with Enneagram Type One, “Striving to Feel Perfect,” by discussing what it means in theory and through María José’s personal experience. “One of the things that I’m really proud of is how you can use it in a way that perfectionism doesn’t capture you, but you dec...
Nov 17, 2022•44 min•Ep. 13
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore share the origin story of referring to the Enneagram types as strategies. They discuss the implications and explanations on why Awareness to Action uses that word and the corresponding words associated with it. “When one strategy doesn’t work, we go to another, and that’s again what I liked about strategy. The Enneagram is set up in such a way that the connecting points have a...
Nov 10, 2022•44 min•Ep. 12
In this bonus episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore revisit the pattern of expressions and the instinctual biases. Creek asks Mario why his view on the pattern of expressions is exempt from the falsifiability standard. “Once we’re agreed on the definitions, which may be different from other people, and if you’re using a different definition, then that’s fine. What I’m suggesting doesn't apply to different definitions, but...
Nov 08, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore continue their deep dive into critical thinking as a fundamental thing they believe is important for the Enneagram community. They discuss a few ideas on how to think critically and why it’s important. “If you are positioning yourself to be a teacher of the Enneagram, but you are not working on your critical or clear thinking skills, then you are being irresponsible.” -Mario [...
Nov 03, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore share more thoughts on the Patterns of Expression. They break down the terminology through analogies and how patterns of expressions are more of a profile and less of a stack or an order. “It’s hard not to think of them as 1, 2, 3. So are they all on level ground? Are they all glasses in front of you and you’ve just tend to pick one up more than the other? Is it like a rate of...
Oct 28, 2022•29 min•Ep. 9
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore discuss how to use and understand the instinctual biases. They bring awareness of how the instinctual biases affect behavior and some of the contradictions that go along with that. They also share strategies to work with instinctual biases. “We have to be really careful about making any broad assumptions or ensure that any broad assumptions we’re making actually captures the w...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore talk about the transmitting domain. Mario explains the meaning behind the name. The hosts discuss how this domain can help and/or hinder as well as common misconceptions. They break down the three subdomains: broadcasting/narrowcasting, asserting and impressing. “I always think of the transmitting domain as a cluster of behaviors focused on bringing something into the world.” ...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore talk about the navigating domain and how it operates. They discuss why it’s the misunderstood of the three domains. They also break down the three subdomains: trust/reciprocity, status/identity and power/influence dynamics. “What navigators tend to do is look at the people and classify people according to different criteria.” - María José Munita [13:22] “What it has to do with...
Oct 06, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore talk about the Preserving Instinctual Bias. They discuss what it means to preserve by breaking it down into subdomains and sub-subdomains, and why they don’t call it self-preservation. They dig into the heart of this instinctual bias by explaining why it’s more about how the preserver focuses their attention around their supply rather than the quantity of the supply. “When it ...
Sep 29, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore talk about the instinctual biases’ patterns of expression and provide a more in-depth explanation on the order and the practical applications of them. “The truth is that the more I use it, the more I see how it is present, and the more I see how useful it is.” - María José Munita [02:08] “What we’re proposing here is that each of us has a specific relationship with the three d...
Sep 22, 2022•34 min•Ep. 4
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore talk about the subdomains of the instinctual biases and the inside of the three: the transmitting, the preserving and the navigating. They also talk about the instinctual biases’ pattern of expression and why they are important. “I like to think about these instinctual biases as three buckets of drives.” - Mario Sikora [01:56] “That could take different shapes or forms as we h...
Sep 15, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore talk about the instinctual biases. They discuss the origin of the instinctual biases and their role with the Enneagram. “To be honest, I don’t think they’re hard to understand. I think they’re really easy to understand if they’re explained correctly.” - María José Munita [07:44] “It’s always harder to see things in ourselves than it is to see it in other people.” - Mario Sikor...
Sep 08, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In the premiere episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore introduce themselves by sharing their background with the Enneagram. The three hosts discuss why they want to participate in this podcast and also give a sneak peek on what to expect in future episodes. “It became my mission in life to find a way to present the Enneagram in a way that was simple, clear, direct and accurate without losing the depth of the system, and th...
Sep 06, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Launching September 6th! Awareness to Action Enneagram on Demand Mario Sikora: IG: @mariosikora Web: mariosikora.com Pod: Enneagram in a Movie Maria Jose Munita: Maria Jose Munita: IG: @mjmunita Web: mjmunita.com Seth "Creek" Creekmore: IG: @creekmoremusic Pod: Fathoms | An Enneagram Podcast Pod: Delusional Optimism...
Sep 03, 2022•1 min
