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Finding Your Purpose and Authentic Self in Motherhood with the Enneagram :: Suzanne Stabile *top 10 episode* [Ep 562]

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Education, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Suzanne Stabile, internationally recognized Enneagram expert and mom of four adult children, shares her personal story and how the Enneagram has shaped her approach to parenting. She explains that the Enneagram isn’t about changing who we are, but about understanding how we see the world and choosing how to act with intention. She reminds us that there’s no one right way to parent; motherhood requires recognizing differences, extending grace, and embracing our own authentic path.

Suzanne dives into the practical applications of the Enneagram in family life, showing how it can transform relationships with your children, your spouse, and other moms. She explains the energy and tendencies of different Enneagram types—from aggressive and dominant types to dependent and withdrawing types—and how understanding these patterns can bring unity instead of conflict. Parenting is never easy, and mistakes are inevitable, but Suzanne emphasizes that grace covers our shortcomings. By using the Enneagram as a tool, we can parent with more awareness, respond with empathy, and honor our own authentic selves while guiding our children with love. Here is some of what we cover: 

  • Enneagram Types as Animals: Ones are Worker Bees, Twos are Kangaroos, Threes are Eagles, Fours are Butterflies, Fives are Owls, Sixes are Bunny Rabbits, Sevens are Monkeys, Eights are Lions, and Nines are Turtles.
  • Grace covers the places we fall short
  • Set appropriate priorities: You can’t do it all.
  • Be mindful in child-centered families: When the focus is entirely on the children, much can get overlooked, and it often reflects a broader cultural expectation.
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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast.

0:10.2

I'm your host, Heather McFaddean, and this is the place where I get to walk alongside you

0:14.4

and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone.

0:19.3

And in this episode number 562, it's another one of our top 10 episodes.

0:24.6

We have decided there are so many great conversations that are buried deep in the archives.

0:29.1

And so we're bringing them up to the service this year.

0:31.2

And so once a month, we are going to share one of our top episodes.

0:35.3

And this is number two on the most downloaded list.

0:38.6

It is with Suzanne Stabil.

0:41.6

The Antigram is about how you see.

0:43.8

And you can never change how you see.

0:46.0

All you can do is change what you do with how you see.

0:49.8

And I think we expect other women to be more like us than they are. And I think we expect other women to be more like us than they are.

0:55.7

And I think we struggle to accommodate difference because when we're tired, insecure,

1:05.1

overcommitted, then we settle for sameness.

1:09.8

And where we don't experience sameness, we tend to kind of disassociate with what

1:17.3

isn't us or like us. And I don't think sameness makes much of anything better. It certainly doesn't

1:24.8

create better community, but it's difficult to create a community of

1:29.2

moms like you're doing unless there is recognition that there's not one right way to do things.

1:35.6

There's not one method to follow. There's not one way of being a mom. There's not one pattern.

1:43.4

After our school choice series, we realized that so many of the moms I interviewed

1:49.1

mentioned knowing yourself, knowing your family, knowing how you're uniquely wired, and applying

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