Episode 9: Beatrice Chestnut, An Enneagram Two's Journey Toward Finding Real Love
Typology
Ian Morgan Cron
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Enneagram Twos are some of the most caring, kind, supportive, upbeat, and tenderhearted people on God's good green earth. Three of my closest friends are Twos, and together they radiate enough love and generosity of spirit to heat a metroplex. In Enneagram-speak they're called The Helpers.
On today's episode, I'm joined by renowned Enneagram teacher, author, consultant, and Enneagram Two, Dr. Beatrice Chestnut Ph.D. A student of the Enneagram system of personality since 1990, she is the author of my all-time favorite Enneagram book, The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge.
Enneagram Twos are far more complicated than they appear at first glance. Who better to describe what it's like to be a Helper than a Black-belt Enneagram expert and teacher. Beatrice was so good we decided to record two shows with her! Whether you're a Two or not, this show contains so much insight into the Enneagram it will blow your mind!
Beatrice has taught at Northwestern University and was trained in group facilitation at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. She served as President of the International Enneagram Association from 2006-2007 and teaches workshops on the Enneagram internationally, focusing on using it as a tool for leadership development and personal transformation.
Books and Resources for Enneagram Twos
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No-To Take Control of Your Life, Dr. Henry Cloud
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Who are we? |
| 0:09.6 | How do we see and experience the world? |
| 0:12.9 | What are the hidden forces that drive us? |
| 0:15.7 | Why do we act, think and feel the way we do? |
| 0:19.0 | And how can we become our best, most authentic selves? |
| 0:23.9 | Welcome to Typeology, a series of free-wheeling conversations in which we use the Enneagram |
| 0:29.4 | typing system to explore the mystery of the human personality. |
| 0:33.8 | I'm Ian Cron. |
| 0:41.4 | Hey everybody and welcome to Typeology. |
| 0:44.2 | We are delighted and honored to have you with us today. |
| 0:47.2 | And before we get started, I have a couple of quick reminders for you. |
| 0:50.2 | The first is, if you are a new student of the Enneagram and you just want to know a little |
| 0:56.7 | bit about it so that you're more informed while we do these interviews and shows in |
| 1:03.3 | the future, I want to encourage you to go to our website, typologypodcast.com, where |
| 1:09.5 | you can download the first chapter from my book titled Finding Your Type. |
| 1:16.2 | Okay? |
| 1:17.2 | Now if you're not a reader, you don't have time to read, you'd rather listen to it in |
| 1:21.0 | the car, kind of a nice primer. |
| 1:23.8 | You can go to our typologypodcast.com website and download the episode introducing typology |
| 1:32.2 | and the Enneagram. |
| 1:34.0 | And while you're there, you can also take my introductory Enneagram assessment as well. |
| 1:38.9 | And finally, if you dig the show, please go subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever |
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