S1 Ep11. The Enneagram Instincts: You are an Animal

Central to the Enneagram and self-development is understanding and managing one's instincts. But what are they? Often, we conflate subtypes and instincts in the Enneagram community. In this episode, Beatrice Chestnut and Uranio Paes teach us what the difference is between the two, how to identify one's dominant instinct, and how to use instinctual work to support your inner work. They also discuss how these instinctual drives operate in personality and what an instinctual sequence might look like, including the role of repressed instincts in our lives. They cover tendencies of each instinct and go through the different dimensions of the instincts, like the psychological, somatic, collective, and spiritual dimensions.  If you want to discover which Enneagram Type you could be, visit our webpage cpenneagram.com/compass to learn about the Enneagram Test they just launched, CPS Enneagram Compass. If you have enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe and share it with others that you think would enjoy it. It will help us out a lot! Check out cpenneagram.com to learn more about our online learning portal and try it out for free. Follow us on Instagram @cpenneagram and join our Facebook group to share your perspectives and keep the discussion going! And check out our Calendar of Events to study with Bea and Uranio directly! Questions? [email protected]. We also just launched a new online Enneagram course, The Enneagram Masterclass. Check it out here and use code PODCASTMASTER75 for $75 off. You can still catch our Enneagram Love Languages course and access recordings from our previous sessions here.