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.
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 53
The Blindspot An Enneagram Podcast
The Blindspot is an Enneagram podcast that explores the way the instinctual drives impact the manifestation of Enneatype. We specifically focus on ways of working with the instinctual blindspot to support personal growth. The host is Kara Nance who uses Jungian psychology, Marshall Rosenbergs Nonviolent Communication, Sarah Peyton’s Resonant Healing, and mindfulness based techniques to support her clients.
Episodes
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 and the unraveling of her long term relationship. Please visit my website at KaraNanceMD.com and contact me if you are interested in sharing your story and learning and growing with Denzel and I.
Mar 16, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 52
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 released the third edition of his book "The How and Why: Taking Care of Business with the Enneagram". Karl and I discuss some commen Enneagram patterns he sees in the corporate world and how he works with them....
Mar 09, 2024•47 min•Season 2Ep. 51
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. https://russhudson.com/event/what-we-have-learned-and-how-we-apply-it/#tribe-tickets__tickets-form
Sep 23, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 50
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 check out Denzel's very fun and wise You Tube channel at https://denzelmensah.com/ Denzel and I are excited to start highlighting our typology and coaching skills on a new live platform, so we're lookin...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 49
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 masculine energy is, and what it is not. We also discuss the importance of shadow work, our own egoic triggers, and how we find our way back to presence. We also have some fun talking about how our dogs...
Aug 21, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 48
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 honoring each other's experiences because they all contain wisdom. Catherine and I also share our experiences of transmission, and how the Enneagram shows us how to better connect to source. We explore how th...
Aug 13, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 47
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 sexual instinctual energy? And for our typology friends, further exploration of Stephanie's Enneagram Type (is she a three or a seven???) and instinctual stack. Kara enjoys coaching couples and individuals t...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 46
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 responses. I will be offering a four week Enneagram Overview starting Wednesday July 26th from 6:30-8:30 CST for beginners that want to have a more solid basic understanding of the system and types or for ...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 45
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 about how my use of typology leads to a deeper understanding of her life's journey. Stephanie is also wired with high levels of point three and seven energy and also leads with extraverted intuition as an ...
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 44
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 so that we can all become more trauma informed and learn how to "reclaim your no" if you've lost it and learn how to mourn impact and really take in what another is saying if you stumble into the role of...
May 23, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 43
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 high-impact organizations to thrive in the midst of complexity. He enjoys operating at the nexus of systems change, wellbeing, with the goal of navigating uncertainty and creating positive social impact. I h...
May 14, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 42
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 us to see the deep shame that women experience as they try to cultivate a healthy sexual instinct. We explore the differences between sex as a strategy for intimacy vs. sexual pleasure, as well as unpac...
May 04, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 41
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 https://www.amazon.com/stores/Flemming-Christensen/author/B07VPBCCWQ?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Flemming takes us through how we can use the Blind Type to find our life theme or narrative. Kara and Flemming are both SP3 but with different wings and blind types. Hear how that lead...
Apr 27, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 40
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 with extraverted intuition as our hero function. We also explore the way introverted sensing provides important balance to extraverted intuition. Kara and Kristin discuss the difference in strategy to d...
Apr 21, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 39
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 with every day. Want to schedule a call to address your own sexual issues within yourself or your relationship? I enjoy working with individuals that want to address the sexuality circuit and how we can ...
Apr 17, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 38
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 Enneagram and sexuality and reveals how 3’s, 5’s, 6’s, and 4’s are likely to talk about sex. Frederick describes “Why people have sex” and why dissatisfaction often emerges when ego gratification is the pr...
Apr 10, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 37
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 learn the difference between introverted feeling and introverted thinking. You can find more information about how to work with Sarah at https://www.sarahmc.net/ Check out my new website and sign up for free...
Apr 01, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 36
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 teacher for almost 30 years and has made major contributions to the research and discoveries in this field. She shares typing pearls, gives in depth explanations about the core fears and motivations of th...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 35
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 conversation about the inner workings of a SX/SO/SP Seven and how she uses the Enneagram to help individuals heal from the wounds that lead to the self sabotaging behaviors that emerge from our Enneagram and Ins...
Mar 16, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 34
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 a 30 minute free consultation at https://www.karanancemd.com/ You can find more information about how to work with Sarah at https://www.sarahmc.net/about Direct link to music of the 9 types is https://w...
Mar 09, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 33
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 contact@enneagramblindspots.com And I'm also offering FREE classes for the month of March! Please visit KaraNanceMD.com to register for the zoom link. I'd love to see you join me for the mindfulness based classes I lead on habit change and my resonant healing and nonvio...
Mar 01, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 32
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 also talk about our experience of privilege as white people and I encourage you to check out Jessica Denise Dickson's Expanding the Enneagram course that also starts this week. You can find out more her...
Feb 22, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 31
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 KaraNanceMD.com to register.
Feb 15, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 30
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 https://deepcoachinginstitute.com/object-relations-and-the-enneagram-part-one/ Kara is offering free practice groups on zoom for Resonant Healing, Nonviolent Communication, Unwinding Anxiety and Eat Right Now for the last two weeks of February. Email me at s...
Feb 08, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 29
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 introduce listeners to the beauty of Resonant Language. Sarah is offering an 8 week series in resonant language online that starts THIS WEEK! So make sure you visit her website at SarahPeyton.com to learn more. ...
Feb 01, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 28
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. You can register at https://deepcoachinginstitute.com/object-relations-and-the-enneagram-part-one/ If you would like to work with Kara or have comments or questions please email at contact@enneagramblindsp...
Jan 27, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 27
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 drives and has historically identified as SP. We also talk alot about Meyer's Briggs typology and why this INTJ tests as an INFJ. We also talk about psychedelics and how these may impact the nervous system...
Jan 19, 2023•2 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 26
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 3 manage their attachment to image in a rejection vs. attachment type way The beauty of giving AND receiving Sex through the lens of the instincts How the SP instinct protected Freya from her SX6 father...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 25
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 session recorded so you can learn some of the important difference between the point five and point nine structures, which is a common mistype. We also touch on another common mistype between point nine...
Jan 05, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 24