Who are we?

How do we see and experience the world?

What are the hidden forces that drive us?

Why do we act, think and feel the way we do?

And how can we become our best, most authentic selves?

Welcome to Typeology, a series of free-wheeling conversations in which we use the Enneagram

typing system to explore the mystery of the human personality.

I'm Ian Cron.

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people.

That's what one of my favorite authors and Lamont writes in her wonderful book on life

and writing titled Bird by Bird.

To use struggle with perfectionism in general or like me and only one or two domains of your

life, you know how stifling and sometimes tortuous it can be.

Now here's the questions.

Are there ways to overcome perfectionism?

Are there practices or tools we can use to quiet the stream of negative self commentary

that our inner critic directs at us sometimes?

How can we awaken more compassion toward ourselves, avoid judging others and ourselves

and find peace in a perfectly imperfect world?

You're going to hear answers to these and other questions in this podcast from my dear

friend, Dr. Lee Camp.

He's a professor of ethics at Lipscomb University here in Nashville and he's the host of the

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