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Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Use the Enneagram to Rewrite Your Story with Ian Cron

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

One of the most effective ways to change how we show up in the world is to identify and change our underlying personal narrative. On this episode, Forrest Hanson talks with Ian Cron about how we can use the Enneagram personality typing system to aid us in this process. About our Guest: Ian Cron is a therapist, master Enneagram teacher, best-selling author of The Road Back to You and his latest The Story of You, and host of popular Enneagram podcast Typology. Watch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction 1:30: Ian’s narrative and how it has changed over time 5:45: Overview of the Enneagram and its uses 11:30: A few examples of common limiting narratives 19:10: A quick primer of how the Enneagram works and each type 26:00: How people can push back on their unconscious narratives 35:25: Cultivating awareness of how your old story is playing out in the present 37:10: Ian’s inflection point 41:30: Integration and levels of development 43:15: The link between your virtue and your fixation 49:00: Recap Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Sponsors: Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Want to sleep better? Try the Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Try Splendid Spoon today and take meal-planning off your plate. Just go to SplendidSpoon.com/BEINGWELL for $50 off your first box Discover your full genetic potential by uploading your existing DNA test results at genomelink.io. No trial period, no credit card, and no hidden fees! Connect with the show: Subscribe on iTunes Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Forrest on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Visit Forrest's website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.

0:10.1

If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of lasting

0:14.1

well-being.

0:15.1

And if you've listened before, welcome back.

0:17.3

We all carry around this invisible backpack, filled with the beliefs we have about ourselves,

0:22.5

other people, and the world around us.

0:24.8

Those beliefs come together to form a personal narrative, a story we tell about ourselves.

0:30.0

That story is the lens we view the world through.

0:32.2

It's an incredibly powerful force in our lives.

0:35.1

And as we've talked about on the podcast in the past, one of the most effective ways to

0:39.4

change how we show up in the world is by changing that underlying story.

0:43.8

So today we're going to explore how we can change those stories into better narratives

0:48.0

through the lens of my favorite personality typing system, the NEagram, and to help us

0:52.1

do that, I'm joined today by a best-selling author, a therapist, and a master teacher of

0:56.4

the NEagram, Ian Cron.

0:58.7

Ian uses the NEagram personality typing system as a tool to help people cultivate self-awareness

1:03.6

and find happiness.

1:05.3

And he's the host of the wildly popular podcast typology, which has over, I think, 17 million

1:11.0

downloads or something crazy like that, his books included the NEagram primer, the road

1:15.5

back to you, the spiritual memoir, Jesus, my father, the CIA, and me, and his most recent

1:20.9

book, The Story of You, and NEagram Journey to Becoming Your True Self.

1:25.5

So Ian, thanks so much for doing this today.

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