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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
TypologyHow an Enneagram 4 and Enneagram 8 Balance Their Relationship, feat. Makoto and Haejin Fujimura
Are an Enneagram 4 and an Enneagram 8 compatible? While both bring a fierce intensity to the world, they each bring different gifts to the table. Helen Palmer…
TypologyWhat's Your Instinctual Stack? feat. EnneaApp Creator Elan Benami (Type 6)
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…
TypologyReplay: Healing from past sufferings, feat. Dr. Dan Allender (Type 8)
How has your past uniquely prepared you to experience more joy? In today's replay of one of my favorite episodes, Dr. Dan Allender and I explore this question…
TypologyHow the Enneagram Can Help You Build Emotional Intelligence, feat. Scott Allender (Type 3)
Research has shown that Emotional Intelligence (EI) is one of the biggest predictors of personal and professional success. But how do you develop it? Today's…
TypologySinger-Songwriter Cindy Morgan on the Enneagram (Type 4)
This week, my dear friend and gifted songwriter, Cindy Morgan, joins me for a great conversation about Enneagram Fours, including the push-pull dance of fours…
TypologyThree Words That Change Everything, feat. Mark Batterson (Type 3)
As the New York Times bestselling author of 23 books and lead pastor of National Community Church, Mark Batterson believes that the foundation of all healthy…
TypologyPermission to be honest, feat. Kate Bowler (Type 2)
When Kate Bowler was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, she was forced to grapple with the cultural scripts that box us into a tidy story about how we "earn our…
TypologyWhat actually makes and happy and healthy life? feat. Dr. Robert Waldinger (Type 3)
What actually makes a fulfilling and meaningful life? Today, Dr. Robert Waldinger, Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, reveals the key to real…
TypologyHow to 'Get It Right,' with Andy and Sandra Stanley (Type 1s)
What are your parenting goals? What does a "win" look like for you? Andy and Sandra Stanley determined years ago that their primary goal as parents was to…
TypologyHow to set boundaries without losing your self, with Lysa TerKeurst (Type 9)
Several years ago we had Lysa TerKeurst on our show and discussed not confusing the desire for peace with the disease to please. Today, Lysa joins us again for…
TypologyLetting Hope Abound with Dr. Greg Jones, President of Belmont University (Type 3)
As President of Belmont University, Dr. Greg Jones sees the importance of connection and community and puts a strong emphasis on molding character through…
TypologyPreempting Pain as a Counterphobic Six with Josh Shipp (Type 6)
As a former at-risk foster kid, Shipp found it difficult to trust adults: "The way I defined trustworthiness was: are you gonna not give up on me when I show…
TypologyBo Rinehart Teams Up with His Inner Child to Reframe Past Trauma (Type 4)
Two years following his departure from the band, NEEDTOBREATHE, Bo is releasing a candid look at his past with childlike wonder and self-realization under a…
TypologyFor Bonnie Smith Whitehouse, Wonder is An Antidote to Toxic Certainty (Type 2)
Throughout her 20+ years of teaching, Professor Bonnie Smith Whitehouse, has seen a significant change in her students' ties to religion. "I've seen them…
TypologySissy Goff on Why We Should Name Our Worries (Type 1)
As the director of adolescent counseling at Daystar Counseling in Nashville, TN, Sissy Goff has seen first-hand how anxious behavior in children has been…
Typology4 questions to start off 2023
No matter where we fall on the Enneagram, intentionality is a crucial posture to take into the new year. This week, we model how you can think ahead in the new…
Typology5 Questions for Reflecting on the Year
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TypologyReturn of the Mailbag: Ian Answers Even More of Your Questions
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TypologyUnlocked: Anxiety and the Enneagram
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TypologyMailbag: Ian Answers Your Questions
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TypologyBest Of: Part 2 of Andy Stanley on Decision-Making with the Enneagram
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TypologyBest Of: Andy Stanley on Decision-Making with the Enneagram
We're off for Thanksgiving, but while we're gone, I wanted to share one of my favorite conversations I've been a part of about the Enneagram. Make sure to…
TypologyUnlocked: Mindfulness and the Enneagram, A Members-Only Podcast Episode
We've got a special treat for you this week. Every month, we record a secret podcast episode exclusively for Typology Institute Members. But this month, we're…
TypologyNancy and Samantha Tell a New Story about the Church (Type 3)
Mother & Daughter duo Nancy and Samantha Beach are both leaning into their Enneagram number by tackling one of the most audacious goals possible: addressing…
TypologyIrene Rollins Stops Living on Autopilot (Type 9) [S06-0018]
For years, Irene Rollins lived on auto-pilot. Unaware of just how motivated by shame she was, it took a jolt to wake her up to the fact that she didn't have to…
TypologyDavid Thomas on What Makes a Healthy Parent (Type 1) [S06-0017]
As the director of family counseling at Daystar Counseling in Nashville, TN, David Thomas has seen some patterns develop over the years. "Some of the…
TypologyFinding Meaning Beyond Motherhood with Erin S. Lane (Type 5) [S06-0016]
Is motherhood really the hardest job in the world? Is there such a thing as a biological clock? Is motherhood the highest calling? And is it true that you…
TypologyColin O'Brady Achieves It All (Type 3) [S06-0015]
In addition to breaking ten world records, Colin O'Brady's feats include the world's first solo, unsupported, and fully human-powered crossing of Antarctica…
TypologyPantsuit Politics' Sarah and Beth Explore the Divide (Types 1 and 2 ) [S06-0014]
This week, we step bravely into the world of politics, investigating the reasons it feels more divided than ever, and how we can truly listen to one another…
TypologyMaud Newton on the Repetitions in Her Family (Type 4) [S06-0013]
When Maud Newton read about the traits of the Enneagram Four, she had to laugh out of pure recognition. "On my mother's side, there was this impulse toward…
TypologyMattie Jackson Wanted to Be The Best 28-Year Old Widow (Type 3) [S06-0012]
Just three weeks shy of their one-year anniversary, the unthinkable happened. Mattie's 28-year-old husband died unexpectedly, leaving her with a massive hole…
TypologyMary Gauthier Has Six Decades Worth of Story (Type 8) [S06-0011]
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier has experienced abandonment from her mother, put herself in positions where she would inevitably be betrayed…
TypologySuccess is Never Enough with Steve Taylor (Type 7) [S06-0010]
Every creative has a dream project: something they'd love to do if they had infinite time and resources. But what if you got the chance to pull off that dream…
TypologySpiritual Bypassing with AJ Sherrill (Type 3) [S06-009]
This week, we're going deep! With the help of the author of The Enneagram for Spiritual Formation, we discuss the various ways the Enneagram can be used…
TypologyAfter Grief, Shauna Niequest Finds a Deeper Empathy (Type 7) [S06-008]
In the span of a few years, Shauna Niequest found herself experiencing a series of changes and heartbreaks that left her feeling like a completely different…
TypologyJulie Solomon's Search for Acceptance (Type 3) [S06-007]
When her husband discovered Julie Solomon's thirty thousand dollars of credit card debt, she became acutely aware of how her narrative about herself had failed…
TypologyLiving in the Present with Jeanne Stevens (Type 8) [S06-006]
For Jeanne Stevens, it didn't take long to see herself in her Enneagram type. But it took the experience of facing three deep losses in a short period of time…
TypologyMallory Ervin Shares the Blessing of Her Crash (Type 3) [S06-005]
Known for exuding energy, joy, and laughter, former Miss Kentucky and three-time contestant of The Amazing Race, Mallory Ervin reveals her fear of being…
TypologyIdentify Your Origin Story with S.O.A.R. (Step 4: Rewrite) [S06-004]
What is the life that you want to live? The final step of S.O.A.R. is to rewrite your old story and write a new one that is fulfilling and true to who you are…
TypologyIdentify Your Origin Story with S.O.A.R. (Step 3: Awaken) [S06-003]
This week, we're talking about Step 3 of S.O.A.R. and what it means to awaken. We'll explore mindfulness practice, why all of us need to develop this muscle…
TypologyIdentify Your Origin Story with S.O.A.R. (Step 2: Own) [S06-002)
What has your broken narrative cost you? This week, we're moving on to step 2 of the acronym S.O.A.R. from The Story of You, which is to 'own' your story. I…
TypologyIdentify Your Origin Story with S.O.A.R. (Step 1: See) [S06-001]
For the next four weeks, I'm going to walk you through each step of the acronym S.O.A.R. to help you identify and rewrite your origin story. The S.O.A.R…
TypologyFeeding Your Brain to Become Your Best Self, feat. Max Lugavere, Type 3 [S05-049]
When growing in self-awareness, it's important to be able to recognize, or identify, what your triggers are. If you're a regular listener, you've heard me talk…
TypologyPathological: More than a Diagnosis, feat. Sarah Fay (Type 5) [05-048]
After reading Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses, I was delighted to have the opportunity to sit down and discuss the book with author Sarah Fay…
TypologyThe Resilience of the Mind, feat. Dr. Caroline Leaf [S05-047]
This week we're continuing our series on feeding the brain. There's an ample amount of research about the importance of tapping into the mind-body connection…
TypologyUnveiling Wholeness through Neuroscience and the Enneagram, feat. Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest Hanson (S05-046)
Your brain is a fascinating place that makes you who you are. It is also an endless source of information about how all of humanity not only organizes…
TypologyCouples' Insights from Ian and Anne Cron
Today, our longtime friends, Michael and Julianne Cusick, join us as special co-hosts to interview Anne and me about how the Enneagram has strengthened our…
TypologyCouples Insights from Ian w/Jon and Tristen Collins [S05-044]
Expressing our emotions is vulnerable, and vulnerability is the secret sauce of relationships. So how do an Enneagram Two and an Enneagram 5, who approach…
TypologyCouples Insights from Ian w/Abner and Amanda Ramirez (Johnnyswim) [S05-043]
This week we continue our focus on couples and the Enneagram by taking another look at my conversation with Abner and Amanda Ramirez (better known as…
TypologyCouples Insights from Ian w/Kim and Penn Holderness [S05-042]
Taking an Enneagram assessment is a great first step in learning about yourself and how you relate to others and the world. So, how do you use that information…
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Saying Yes to the Truth About Yourself (Enneagram 4) [S05-041]
Life doesn't always go as we plan. As we grow up, we develop certain expectations about who we are and what we'll become. But sometimes those dreams don't come…
TypologyFinding Self-Worth as an Enneagram 3 with Pat Flynn [S05-040]
Enneagram Threes tether their identity and self-worth to how others see them and strive for validation through their accomplishments. So, how does the Achiever…
TypologyQuiet the Mind, Awaken the Soul, feat. Rick Hamlin (Enneagram 2) [S05-039]
As most of you know, I have long been an evangelist for a daily meditative practice if for no other reason than to help people on their journey of…
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Redefining Masculinity with Enneagram 5, Brant Hansen [S05-E38]
What does it mean to be "masculine." Unfortunately, there are a lot of conflicting ideas and messages about what a "real man" is (and is not). In today's…
Typology7 Courageous Questions from Ian Cron [S05-037]
When was the last time someone asked you a question that set you back on your heels? I've always been more interested in questions than answers. So, I keep a…
TypologyProcessing Trauma through the Mind-Body Connection, feat. Aundi Kolber (Enneagram 4) [S05-036]
Trauma impacts not just our mental state, but also our emotional and physical health. So, in a world that teaches us to just "try harder" and keep pretending…
TypologyThriving in the marriage-business relationship between Type 8 and Type 9, feat. Christine and Steve Bailey [S05-035]
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an unmovable object? Well, it can either be a recipe for a really great relationship…or a not-so-great one. But…
TypologyExploring Enneagram Ones with Ian's Editor, Jana Riess [S05-033]
We have a very special guest for you today…author, editor, and Enneagram One, Jana Riess joins me for an in-depth discussion about The Improvers. As the very…
TypologyFinding Deeper Meaning with Enneagram 7, Bob Goff (S05-033]
This week, attorney, author and Enneagram 7, Bob Goff shares how committing to therapy gave him a common language to better understand and communicate with…
TypologyFrom Felon to Fitness to Freedom, feat. Doug Bopst (Enneagram 3) [S05-032]
Every personality style has a story that includes a catalog of false beliefs about themselves and the world. But what happens when you take those false beliefs…