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Typology
Who are we? Why do we act, think and feel the way we do? How can we become our best, most authentic selves? Welcome to Typology, a podcast that explores the mystery of the human personality and how we can use the Enneagram typing system as a tool to become our best, most authentic selves. Hosted by author, speaker and counselor, Ian Morgan Cron, Typology features interviews with thought leaders from every sphere of life, including renowned Enneagram authors and teachers, psychologists…
Episodes
TypologyWho Are You Becoming? The Slow Work of Cultivating Character with Chuck DeGroat
What does it actually mean to become a person of deep character in a culture obsessed with personality, platform, and performance? On this episode of Typology…
TypologyWe Are Made of Us: Family, Grief, and the Stories We Carry (with J.S. Park)
None of us becomes who we are on our own. We carry the stories, wounds, wisdom, and unfinished hopes of the people who came before us. Sometimes we recognize…
TypologyThe Long Arc of Forgiveness with Wm. Paul Young
Wm. Paul Young returns to Typology for a wide-ranging conversation about forgiveness, redemption, regret, grief, and hope. Paul shares what he's learned from…
TypologyYou Are Here: Love, Restraint, and the State of Your Heart with Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott (Type 8 and 2)
This week I sat down with Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, an Enneagram Eight and Two who have been married for more than forty years, for a fun and personal…
TypologyThe Missing Key to Intimacy: Learning to Be Known with Suzanne Dion
What if intimacy with another person begins with learning how to be intimate with yourself? Ian talks with Enneagram teacher and transformational coach Suzanne…
TypologyParenting Teens Through the Lens of the Enneagram, feat. Ainsley Britain (REVISIT)
What if you had learned the Enneagram when you were a teenager? In this replay of my conversation with Ainsley Britton, author of The Enneagram for Teens, we…
TypologyFrom the NFL to the Pulpit: Derwin Gray on Forgiveness, Fear, and Finding Your Father
There's a particular kind of loneliness that comes from caring about something before anyone else in the room does. My guest today knows that loneliness…
TypologyThe Spark Three: Stephanie Barron Hall on Chemistry, Performance, and the Search for Self
What happens when a Three stops performing and starts telling the truth, even to herself? Anthony and I sat down with Stephanie Barron Hall, author of…
TypologyThe Secure Soul: Dr. Alison Cook on Learning to Trust Yourself, Others, and God
Dr. Alison Cook, bestselling author of Boundaries for Your Soul, returns to Typology to talk about her new book, The Secure Soul: Finding Inner Strength and…
TypologyMistyping, Subtypes, and the Long Road to Finding Your Real Number — with Beatrice Chestnut
What happens when the type you've claimed for years turns out to be wrong? Today, I sit down with returning guest Beatrice Chestnut — Enneagram teacher…
TypologyWhen Certainty Collapses: Chasing Francis – Chapter One
True spiritual transformation often begins at the exact moment our old answers stop working. This week, I'm sharing Chapter One of my newly revised novel…
TypologyEnneagram Essentials: Passion and Virtue
Most Enneagram teaching is very good at describing what's wrong with you. This episode is about what's right. Every Enneagram type has a Passion — the chief…
TypologyEnneagram Essentials: Subtypes
When you combine an Enneagram type with a dominant instinct, you get a subtype — and there are 27 of them. This is the level at which most people finally…
TypologyEnneagram Essentials: Instincts
Here's something I've noticed after years of teaching the Enneagram: there's usually a moment when someone who knows their type well suddenly encounters…
TypologyEnneagram Essentials: Basic Fears
Most people who know the Enneagram know their type. Fewer know their Basic Fear. And even fewer have sat with it long enough to understand why knowing your…
TypologyEnneagram Essentials: You Asked, We Answered
After nine seasons of Typology, Anthony and I thought we should revisit some of the basics. This is the first episode of a five-part series we're calling…
TypologyGood Boundaries and Goodbyes: Lysa Terkeurst exemplifies a Nine Who's Done the Work
There's a particular kind of courage it takes for a Nine to write a book called Good Boundaries and Goodbyes — and Lysa TerKeurst has earned every word of it…
TypologyReplay: Raising Kids Who Want to Come Home with Andy & Sandra Stanley
What does it mean to "get it right" as a parent? Not perfectly. Not without regret. Not with some airtight system that guarantees your children will become…
TypologyMailbag: Trauma & Type, Subtypes, Wings, and How We Grieve
We're going back into the vault for one of our most popular mailbag episodes from Season 3 — and the questions are just as good as we remembered. In this…
TypologyThe Way You Communicate Is Costing You Connection | Jason VanRuler
What if the reason your closest relationships feel stuck isn't about how much you care — but about how differently you and the people you love communicate?…
TypologyHealing the Success Wound: Enneagram 3, Work Addiction, and the Path to Aligned Ambition with Brooke Taylor
What if the very thing driving your success is quietly breaking you? Brooke Taylor, Enneagram Three, career coach, and author of Healing the Success Wound…
TypologyDr. Henry Cloud on Your Desired Future, Self-Awareness, and the Psychology of Change
Have you ever known where you want to go—but felt mysteriously stuck getting there? In this episode of Typology, I sit down with Dr. Henry Cloud, clinical…
TypologyCOURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS: Negotation Skills and Your Enneagram Type with Attia Qureshi
"Emotions drive 90 to 95% of our unconscious decision-making." Attia Qureshi is back — and this time, we go deeper. After her first interview, Attia's insights…
TypologyFitting In vs. Belonging: What Enneagram Nines (and the Rest of Us) Get Wrong About Connection, with Brian Boecker
Every once in a while, a conversation comes along that makes you pull out your earbuds and stare into the middle distance. This is one of those. My guest today…
TypologyThe Buddhist Enneagram: How Mindfulness Transforms Your Personality Patterns with Susan Piver
What happens when two powerful paths—Buddhism and the Enneagram—sit down for a conversation? In this episode, Ian welcomes author and Buddhist teacher Susan…
TypologyCourageous Conversations: How to Say What Needs to Be Said – Without Blowing It Up
Most of us think we're avoiding hard conversations because we don't know what to say. But that's not really the problem. In this episode, Ian and Anthony dive…
TypologyCourageous Conversations: How Your Conflict Style Shapes Every Difficult Conversation
What if the conversations you're avoiding… are actually the doorway to the relationships you want? In this replay from our Courageous Conversations series, I…
TypologyCourageous Conversations: Why We Struggle to Ask for What We Want (and How to Change It) with Attia Qureshi
Last week, we kicked off our Courageous Conversations series with a fresh look at building emotional confidence. This week, we lay the groundwork for how…
TypologyCourageous Conversations: The Inner Work that Builds Confidence
This week, we're kicking off a multi-week series on how to have courageous conversations. We'll be digging into the foundations of emotional confidence…
TypologyReplay: When the Life You Built Breaks Open w/Jen Hatmaker
What happens when the life you built—carefully, faithfully, and very publicly—splits down the middle in a single night? This week on Typology, we're revisiting…
TypologyFeeling Different? A Deep Dive into the Enneagram 4 Experience with Dudley Delffs
There are some conversations that don't just inform you—they find you. This was one of those for me. In this episode, I sit down with my friend Dudley…
TypologyHow the Enneagram Transforms Leadership and Workplace Culture
Most leaders think workplace problems are about strategy, performance, or communication. But what if the real issue is something deeper—something invisible…
TypologyPart 2: The Enneagram in Therapy (What It Looks Like in the Room)
In Part 2 of our conversation on using the Enneagram in therapy, we move from theory to lived experience in the room. Anthony and I discuss how type can be…
TypologyThe Enneagram in Therapy (Part 1): How to Use It With Care, Clarity, and Clinical Wisdom
What does it mean to use the Enneagram in therapy responsibly? In Part 1 of this two-part conversation on Typology, Anthony Skinner and I lay the groundwork…
TypologyThe Future of Mental Health: Psychedelics, Trauma Recovery, and the Enneagram
There are conversations that stretch you a little. And then there are conversations that gently but firmly rearrange the furniture in your mind. This week, I…
TypologyWhen Therapy Speak Goes Too Far, with Joe Nucci
In this episode of Typology, I sit down with therapist and author Joe Nucci for a thoughtful, wide-ranging conversation about the Enneagram, mental health, and…
TypologyThe Defender's Way: How Enneagram Eights Can Build Cultures of Care Without Losing Power"
What happens when Enneagram Eight energy grows up, softens its edges, and learns to lead with both strength and soul? In this episode of Typology, Ian Morgan…
TypologyEnneagram Six Wisdom: Songwriter Brad Warren on Anxiety, Humor, Faith, and Healing After Loss
What happens when the worst thing you've been afraid of actually happens—and you're still standing? In this episode of Typology, I sit down with songwriter…
TypologyThe Hidden Cost of Performance: Steve Cuss on Anxiety, the Enneagram Three, and Becoming Your True Self
What happens when the need to appear competent becomes the very thing that disconnects us from others—and from ourselves? In this deeply honest and…
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Jimmy Carter, the Enneagram, and the Life That Comes After Striving, with Andrew Greer
What if your most meaningful work begins after you stop striving to prove yourself? In this warm, wide-ranging conversation, I sit down with old friend…
TypologyRediscover the Christmas Story You Thought You Knew, with AJ Sherrill (Replay)
This Christmas, we're delighted to bring back one of our most beloved conversations with Enneagram Three, pastor, and author AJ Sherrill. In this replay, AJ…
TypologyCaring for Every Type at Christmas: A Holiday Conversation with Christina Wilcox (Replay)
With the holidays just around the corner, we're bringing back a conversation that continues to deliver relational gold. Whether you heard it the first time or…
TypologyAwakening in the Second Half: Jen Hatmaker on Loss, Love, and Letting Go
What happens when the life you built—carefully, faithfully, and publicly—splits down the middle in a single night? On this episode of Typology, I sit down with…
TypologyLynn Smith on Leadership Confidence and Overcoming the Brain Bully (Enneagram 3)
This week on Typology, we welcomed the incomparable Lynn Smith—former national news anchor turned communications strategist, executive coach, and proud (and…
TypologyGratitude for each Enneagram Type
German-born spiritual teacher and self-help author Eckhart Tolle once wrote, "Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for…
TypologyThe Sacred Ache and Beauty of Becoming with Heath Hardesty
What happens when an Enneagram Two (or…maybe a Four?) takes a deep dive into the ache beneath our desire to be good, loved, and whole? This week, I sit down…
TypologySteve Taylor on Maturity, Mindfulness & Meaning (Enneagram 7)
In this heartfelt, humorous, and deeply human conversation, Ian sits down with longtime friend — artist, filmmaker, professor, and Enneagram Seven — Steve…
TypologyWild Courage and the Heart of the Enneagram Three, with Jenny Wood and Carlina Daugherty
What happens when two high-achieving Enneagram Threes sit down with an Enneagram Four? You get an electric, honest, and surprisingly tender conversation about…
TypologyJoel Miller on the Inner World of the Enneagram Five and the Power of Ideas
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TypologyBad Thoughts: When a Preacher and a Shrink Team Up to Heal the Mind and Soul, with Judah Smith and Dr. Les Parrott and
On this week's episode of Typology, I'm joined by two remarkable guests who sit right at the intersection of faith and psychology: Dr. Les Parrott, a clinical…
TypologyHow Empathy Helps Us Experience Love Deeply, with Drs. Bill & Kristi Gaultiere
What if the real key to spiritual transformation isn't trying harder—but receiving love more deeply? In this heartfelt conversation, I sit down once again with…
TypologyDiscover Your Instinctual Stack, with Elan Benami, EnneaApp Creator
What is an Instinctual Stack? Do you know yours? We all have three instincts. None of us are absent one. However, one does tend to be dominant. But what are…
TypologyWhy Love Feels Addictive: Enneagram Insights with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
What if the ways we keep getting stuck in relationships aren't just bad habits, but the natural outworking of how we're wired to bond—and to protect ourselves…
TypologyOne Choice Away: Justin and Trisha Davis on Marriage, Forgiveness, and the Enneagram (Types 8 & 3)
Today, we're joined by Justin (8w7) and Trisha Davis (3w2), a couple whose story holds both heartbreak and a hard-won hope. We talk honestly about the…
TypologyWired for Relationship: Attachment Theory and Spiritual Growth with Dr. Todd Hall
In this episode of Typology, I sit down with Dr. Todd Hall to explore the profound ways attachment theory shapes not only our personal relationships but also…
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The Art of Listening: An Eight Step Approach to Connection with Emily Kasriel
This week, we explore the art of listening and the complexities of human personality through the lens of the Enneagram with Emily Kasriel, an award-winning…
TypologyHow to Lead with Courage and Vulnerability, feat. Dr. Terence Lester (Enneagram 8)
In this week's episode of Typology, I sit down with Dr. Terence Lester—an Enneagram Eight, author of From Dropout to Doctorate, and the visionary founder of…
Typology1,000 Hours Outside: Rediscovering the Freedom of Play with Ginny Yurich
This week on Typology, I sit down with Ginny Yurich—author of Until the Streetlights Come On and Homeschooling: You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It…
TypologyThe ADD Method for Emotional Freedom with Enneagram One, Alicia Michelle
In this episode of Typology, I sit down with Alicia Michelle—an Enneagram One and host of The Christian Mindset Coach podcast—for a meaningful conversation…
TypologyBuilding an Emotionally Healthy Family in a Culture That Won't Stop Shouting, with Sarah Boyd, M.Ed. in Psych
Ever feel like the world's volume knob is stuck on "too loud"? In this week's episode of Typology, I'm joined by my friend Sarah Boyd—an insightful Enneagram…