Browse Our Enneagram Interviews

Understand the types' inner experience with these in depth interviews.

Type Eight

The Aliveness Seeker

8w7

• Emeka (SX/SP 8w7 854): On Typing Others, Not Knowing I'm Being Provocative, Advice for Relationships with 8s — [Video | Podcast]
• Siena (SX/SO 8w7 8w7): Immediacy in Movement Art, the Mystery of Fighting, & the Innocent Heart of the 8 — [Video | Podcast]

8w9

• Emily (SO/SP 8w9 836): Social Power Dynamics, Untouchable Independence, & Sensitivity — [Video | Podcast]

Type Nine

The Harmony Seeker

9w8

• Kaisa (SX/SO 9w8 935): "I'm Either Hooked or Catatonic," Erotic Releases of Anger, and Seeking Essential Harmony through the SX Instinct — [Video | Podcast]
• Charles (SO/SP 9w8 963): Resensitizing After 20 Numb Years, the Goldilocks Zone, and Being “Cool” Not Meticulous — [Video | Podcast]

9w1

• David (SP/SX 9w1 974): Gathering Himself, Online Combativeness, and the Diffusion of Identity — [Video | Podcast]
•  Jamie (SP/SO 9w1 963): Being a Comforting Presence, Making Space For Yourself in Conversations, and Rebelling Against Pressure — [Video | Podcast]
• Czan (SO/SP 9w1 953): Twice an Immigrant, Toggling "Existing" On/Off, & Owl Medicine — [Video | Podcast]
• Sarah (SO/SP 9w1 937): Positive Outlook Spin, Blurring Fantasy & Reality (and Gaslighting), and Finding Your "No" — [Video | Podcast]
• Sarah (SO/SP 9w1 937) Round 2 MetaConvo: Attachment Games, Rupture & Repair Cycles, and Realtime Conversation Dynamics — [Video | Podcast]
• Kristen (SO/SP 9w1 963): Dreamwork, Depersonalization, and Coming Back to Life via the Unconscious — [Video | Podcast]
• Alexandra (SO/SP 9w1 963): Triple-Attachment Life, Choosing What's "Mine," & Discovering Friendship Intimacy — [Video | Podcast]
• Nicholas (SP/SO 9w1 936): Inner Envelope Functions, Dispersing Attention, & Learning to Focus — [Video | Podcast]

Type One

The Alignment Seeker

1w9

• Alex (SP/SX 1w9 145): Type 1 as a Body Type, the Inner Tuning Fork, the Difficulty of Having Fun — [Video | Podcast]

1w2

• No interviews yet!

Type Two

The Love Seeker

2w1

• Bob (SO/SP 2w1 279): Personal Touch, Saintly Inspiration, & Having a Special Place in Others' Life — [Video | Podcast]

2w3

• Niklas (SO/SP 2w3 269) The Inner Hope Machine, Power Tripping as "Super Jesus," and Seeing Through Ego Pride — [Video | Podcast]

Type Three

The Value Seeker

3w2

• Kelsey (SP/SO 3w2 378): Chasing "The Dream" vs "My Dream," Authenticity at Work, and Learning How to Rest — [Video | Podcast]
• Kier (SO/SP 3w2 358): Hiddenness and Secrecy, Avoiding Introspection Through Constant Activity, and Not Giving Up on the Heart — [Video | Podcast]

3w4

• Gray (SO/SP 3w4 368): Socially Tracking Others, Truly "Seeing" Others, and the Heart's Silent Communication Underneath Words — [Video | Podcast]
• Nancy (SP/SO 3w4 369): Being Good at Things, Identity Experiments, and Choosing to Live — [Video | Podcast]

Type Four

The Depth Seeker

4w3

• Joseph (SO/SX 4w3 461): Frustration in the Heart Center, the Resting Attitude of Disdain, and Seeking Refined Social Intimacy — [Video | Podcast]

4w5

• John (SX/SP 4w5): The Inner Middle Finger, the Crushing Gloss of Artifice, and the Sourcing of Identity in Depth Itself — [Video | Podcast]

Type Five

The Insight Seeker

5w4

• Yamira (SO/SX 5w4 531) High Stakes Art, Grief & Creativity, & Crossing the Bridge to an "Other" — [Video | Podcast]

5w6

• Jess (SO/SP 5w6 538): Risking Exposure, the Symbolic Objects I Put Between Us, and the Terror of Mindless, Soul-Dead Zombie-People — [Video | Podcast]
• Kelly (SO/SX 5w6 512) Unnecessary Emotions, Rejection-Attachment Relationship Dynamics, Doing My Own Thing — [Video | Podcast]
• Russ (SO/SX 5w6) Isolation, Hyperfocus, & Escaping to Emptiness — [Video | Podcast]

Type Six

The Truth Seeker

6w5

• Courtney (SO/SP 6w5 631) Outsourcing Agency, the Call to Self-Responsibility, Playfulness — [Video | Podcast]
• Courtney (SO/SP 6w5 631) Round 2: Engagement in the Mental Center, Finding Truth in the Body, & Cultivating Inner Authority — [No Video Available | Podcast]

6w7

• Mary (SP/SO 6w7 692): Core Sense of Responsibility, the Practice of Making Deliberate Mistakes, and How to Know When to Stop Brushing the Dog — [Video | Podcast]
• Emma (SO/SP 6w7 612): "Resentful Accommodation," Making Things a Bigger Problem Than They Need To Be, and Getting Present in the Mental Center — [Video | Podcast]

Type Seven

The Freedom Seeker

7w6

• Ikram (SO/SX 7w6 793): Procrastinating Darkness, Frustration with Negativity AS Negativity, and Giving an "Honest Try" at Positivity — [Video | Podcast]
• Sam (SP/SO 7w6 712): The (Avoidant) "Fun" of Talk Therapy; Vulnerability as an Attraction Strategy; and Going Back to Feelings School — [Video | Podcast]
• Chanti (SX/SP 7w6 794): Magically Enhancing My Environment, Having Fun, and Getting (Away With) What I Want — [Video | Podcast]
• Kim (SP/SO 7w6 712) Surviving Trauma, EMDR Therapy, Avoiding Entrapment, and Settling the Mental Froth — [Video | Podcast]

7w8

• No interviews yet! 

Below are the same interviews as above grouped by Instinctual Stacking, so you can see the role it plays in type. 

[SP/SO]

Self-Preservation / Social

•  Jamie (SP/SO 9w1 963): Being a Comforting Presence, Making Space For Yourself in Conversations, and Rebelling Against Pressure — [Video | Podcast]
• Kelsey (SP/SO 3w2 378): Chasing "The Dream" vs "My Dream," Authenticity at Work, and Learning How to Rest — [Video | Podcast]
• Nancy (SP/SO 3w4 369): Being Good at Things, Identity Experiments, and Choosing to Live — [Video | Podcast]
• Mary (SP/SO 6w7 692): Core Sense of Responsibility, the Practice of Making Deliberate Mistakes, and How to Know When to Stop Brushing the Dog — [Video | Podcast]
• Sam (SP/SO 7w6 712): The (Avoidant) "Fun" of Talk Therapy; Vulnerability as an Attraction Strategy; and Going Back to Feelings School — [Video | Podcast]
• Kim (SP/SO 7w6 712) Surviving Trauma, EMDR Therapy, Avoiding Entrapment, and Settling the Mental Froth — [Video | Podcast]
• Nicholas (SP/SO 9w1 936): Inner Envelope Functions, Dispersing Attention, & Learning to Focus — [Video | Podcast] 

[SO/SP]

Social / Self-Preservation

• Emily (SO/SP 8w9 836): Social Power Dynamics, Untouchable Independence, & Sensitivity — [Video | Podcast]
• Charles (SO/SP 9w8 963): Resensitizing After 20 Numb Years, the Goldilocks Zone, and Being “Cool” Not Meticulous — [Video | Podcast]
• Czan (SO/SP 9w1 953): Twice an Immigrant, Toggling "Existing" On/Off, & Owl Medicine — [Video | Podcast]
• Sarah (SO/SP 9w1 937): Positive Outlook Spin, Blurring Fantasy & Reality (and Gaslighting), and Finding Your "No" — [Video | Podcast]
• Sarah (SO/SP 9w1 937) Round 2 MetaConvo: Attachment Games, Rupture & Repair Cycles, and Realtime Conversation Dynamics — [Video | Podcast]
• Kristen (SO/SP 9w1 963): Dreamwork, Depersonalization, and Coming Back to Life via the Unconscious — [Video | Podcast]
• Alexandra (SO/SP 9w1 963): Triple-Attachment Life, Choosing What's "Mine," & Discovering Friendship Intimacy — [Video | Podcast]
• Bob (SO/SP 2w1 279): Personal Touch, Saintly Inspiration, & Having a Special Place in Others' Life — [Video | Podcast]
• Niklas (SO/SP 2w3 269) The Inner Hope Machine, Power Tripping as "Super Jesus," and Seeing Through Ego Pride — [Video | Podcast]
• Kier (SO/SP 3w2 358): Hiddenness and Secrecy, Avoiding Introspection Through Constant Activity, and Not Giving Up on the Heart — [Video | Podcast]
• Gray (SO/SP 3w4 368): Socially Tracking Others, Truly "Seeing" Others, and the Heart's Silent Communication Underneath Words — [Video | Podcast]
• Jess (SO/SP 5w6 538): Risking Exposure, the Symbolic Objects I Put Between Us, and the Terror of Mindless, Soul-Dead Zombie-People — [Video | Podcast]
• Courtney (SO/SP 6w5 631): Outsourcing Agency, the Call to Self-Responsibility, Playfulness — [Video | Podcast]
• Courtney (SO/SP 6w5 631) Round 2: Engagement in the Mental Center, Finding Truth in the Body, & Cultivating Inner Authority — [No Video Available | Podcast]
• Emma (SO/SP 6w7 612): "Resentful Accommodation," Making Things a Bigger Problem Than They Need To Be, and Getting Present in the Mental Center  — [Video | Podcast]
• Sam (SP/SO 7w6 712): The (Avoidant) "Fun" of Talk Therapy; Vulnerability as an Attraction Strategy; and Going Back to Feelings School — [Video | Podcast]

[SP/SX]

Self-Preservation / Sexual

• David (SP/SX 9w1 974): Gathering Himself, Online Combativeness, and the Diffusion of Identity — [Video | Podcast]
• Alex (SP/SX 1w9 145): Type 1 as a Body Type, the Inner Tuning Fork, the Difficulty of Having Fun — [Video | Podcast]

[SX/SP]

Sexual / Self-Preservation

• Emeka (SX/SP 8w7 854): On Typing Others, Not Knowing I'm Being Provocative, Advice for Relationships with 8s — [Video | Podcast]
• John (SX/SP 4w5): The Inner Middle Finger, the Crushing Gloss of Artifice, and the Sourcing of Identity in Depth Itself — [Video | Podcast]
• Chanti (SX/SP 7w6 794): Magically Enhancing My Environment, Having Fun, and Getting (Away With) What I Want — [Video | Podcast]

[SO/SX]

Social / Sexual 

• Joseph (SO/SX 4w3 461) Frustration in the Heart Center, the Resting Attitude of Disdain, and Seeking Refined Social Intimacy — [Video | Podcast]
• Yamira (SO/SX 5w4 531) High Stakes Art, Grief & Creativity, & Crossing the Bridge to an "Other" — [Video | Podcast]
• Kelly (SO/SX 5w6 512) Unnecessary Emotions, Rejection-Attachment Relationship Dynamics, Doing My Own Thing — [Video | Podcast]
• Russ (SO/SX 5w6) Isolation, Hyperfocus, & Escaping to Emptiness — [Video | Podcast]
• Ikram (SO/SX 7w6 793): Procrastinating Darkness, Frustration with Negativity AS Negativity, and Giving an "Honest Try" at Positivity — [Video | Podcast]

[SX/SO]

Sexual / Social

• Siena (SX/SO 8w7 8w7): Immediacy in Movement Art, the Mystery of Fighting, & the Innocent Heart of the 8 — [Video | Podcast]
• Kaisa (SX/SO 9w8 935): "I'm Either Hooked or Catatonic," Erotic Releases of Anger, and Seeking Essential Harmony through the SX Instinct — [Video | Podcast] 

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