046: How an Enneagram 8 learns to be vulnerable, feat. Patrick Chappell

Typology

Ian Morgan Cron

Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Eights are often called the Challengers, but I like to call them the Protectors or Defenders. Every type has a basic fear and desire coloring the waters of their personality. The basic fear of an Eight is being not in control of their self. The basic desire is to avoid feeling weak or vulnerable.

But Eights can often be misinterpreted. Though they can often appear blunt and aggressive, Eights are truly about justice and looking out for their tribe and making sure others feel like they belong. Eights have lots of energy. They are high energy, movement people who like to see things get done. The downside of Eights might be that they are low on the vulnerability side of things. They only trust a small amount of people, and though it may take a lot to get in the trust circle, it doesn't take much for you to get out. It's very hard to get on the list, and then you just have to do one thing and you're off the list.

But what does it look like when an Eight has done their work and views life through the healthy lens of an Eight? Listen in as Patrick Chappell discusses various triggers and how he approaches them from the lens of an Eight.

Patrick is southern born and bred, having been born in Birmingham and raised in Chattanooga. Patrick earned his degree in Oral Communication and Public Relations from Lipscomb University. He then served as an Admissions Recruiter for the University, traveling the country to bring students to Nashville for a Christian education. He is currently the College and Young Adult Minister at Otter Creek Church in Brentwood, TN.

Patrick is passionate about life, spending many hours reading, going to concerts, taking in movies and his favorite TV shows, as well as spending countless hours over coffee with friends. He's also a big fan of the band Weezer.

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0:00.0	Hey folks and welcome to typology. The show in which we explore the mystery of the human
0:09.0	personality through the lens of the iniogram. I'm Anthony Skinner, producer of the show.
0:14.0	75 degrees here in Franklin, Tennessee today. Some thunderstorms, Ian and I have been sitting
0:19.5	on his porch, dreaming up future typology podcasts. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram
0:26.3	and Twitter at typology podcast. And of course you can follow Ian on Twitter at Ian Cron and Instagram
0:35.1	at Ian Morgan Cron. Hey we've got a great show for you today. Our guest is Patrick Chappelle. He is
0:41.7	Southern born in bread, having been born in Birmingham and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Patrick
0:47.3	earned his degree in oral communications and public relations from Lipscomb University and he is
0:52.2	currently a college and youth adult minister at Otter Creek Church and Brentwood, Tennessee. Patrick is an
0:59.2	eight on the iniogram and he offers up some really helpful insights and his conversation with Ian today.
1:04.6	So I know you're going to enjoy the show. So without any further ado, here is the host of our show Ian Cron.
1:11.2	Patrick, Chappelle, welcome, welcome to typology. Glad to be here. It's been what a year maybe since we were
1:28.2	together on a podcast. That's right. That sounds about right. Yeah, about a year. It's been about a year. All right, so tell me you are
1:35.2	on any a gram eight, the challenger. Describe for from your perspective, what what's what isn't any
1:43.2	gram eight? Like what what's their fear? What's what drives them? What what's their passion? They're deadly
1:49.2	say all that stuff to help get folks context. Oh man. I would definitely say that eights are often
1:58.2	misinterpreted like people don't get it. What eights are trying to be about eights are about justice about
2:10.2	looking out, especially if someone's in their group in their tribe, they want to protect them at whatever
2:22.2	that means, whatever it looks like. So that's a big thing. Also, high energy movement. We like to see things get
2:32.2	done. Probably most eights that listen to this have already accomplished or already have on schedule to do a lot
2:43.2	of things within a day. Eights have lots of energy. I would say the downside of eights is that we're not high on the
2:56.2	vulnerability side of things. We only trust a small amount of people and it doesn't take much for you to get off that list.
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