Enneagram Essentials: Basic Fears (S10-003)
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Your Basic Fear is the motivational engine underneath everything the Enneagram describes. It's what your type is running from — and what every coping strategy, defense mechanism, and behavioral pattern is ultimately designed to manage. If you only know your type, you have a description of your personality. If you know your fear, you have an explanation for it.
In today's episode, Anthony and I walk through all nine — the fear, the corresponding desire, and what it looks like when that fear is running the show. I also talk about what the Four's fear of being ordinary has looked like in my own life, which was not a comfortable thing to share but felt like the right thing to do.
We also end with a practice. It's simple and slightly unsettling, and if you actually try it for a week, I think it will tell you more about yourself than most assessments.
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