Big Hormone Enneagram

BHE 009 - THIRST TRAPS (Part 1): Sexual Types and Sexuality

How sexual types view sexual interest in comparison to sexual blinds. What are sexual types like? Sexual 8s, Sexual 2s, and Sexual 4/5.

BHE 008 - Let’s Talk Politics (A President’s Day Special)

We discuss current presidential candidates, their types, and the political landscape. Why Trump is so often mistyped. Why Bloomberg is an asshole and would be worse than Trump and so much more.

BHE 007 - Enneachella and How To Get More Young People Into The Enneagram. How 3s See Potential and Value

“Ok Boomer” and the generational divide in the enneagram. Why don’t enneagram conferences appeal to young people? Potential changes to make and our ideas for an Enneachella/Enneagram Fyre Festival. We discuss what sexual 3s are like and 3’s ability to see potential and value. We then wrap up with 8s and negativity.

BHE 006 — You Better Watch Your Six

The inner dynamics of 6 and Japan as a 6 culture. The ethics of typing and the blindspot of ’only you can know yourself’. Type 4 object relations and the differences between 4 and 6. How to describe the flavor of sexual 6.

BHE 005 — Diversity and Class in the Enneagram. #NotA4 Mistyping. A Deeper Dive Into The Inner Workings of Type 3

How diversity in the enneagram is limited by the prevailing middle class white culture. #NotA4 and the widespread issue of mistyping at 4. Integrating authentic ‘savage’ expression with spirituality and sensitivity. The approach of curiosity vs being overly certain in learning the enneagram. We discuss counter-intuitive insights we’ve discovered with types 8, 5, and 3. Nancy shares what ‘deceit’ really means for her as a type 3.

BHE 004 - Let’s Talk About SEX. The Sexual Instinct and the Function of the Centers. Libidinal Energy

After obligatory dirty jokes and Emeka riffing on Sexual type woes, John starts us off with Gurdjieff’s views on sex, “the three shits”, and sexual stagnancy. How sexual energy leaks into the other centers. What is Kundalini? David touches on the sexual instinct as an archetypal serpent. Nancy gets into her experience with the sexual instinct and the instinct sensation exercises we did at John’s IEA workshop. We wrap up with the generational and cultural awareness impacting our views on sexuality.

BHE 003 - Instinctual Drives: Origins and Definitions, Inner Work and Presence

The crew takes a dive into the instinctual drives. The evolution of instinct teaching and our own personal experiences uncovering a deeper understanding of our relationships to the instincts. John gets into the instinctual drives as a modality of inner work and presence. David briefly gets into his discovery of the elemental link between the instinctual drives and the wheel of life buddhist symbol called the Bhavacakra. Nancy waxes poetic about the Self-pres wonders of tea.

BHE 001 - Introductions Galore: Our Enneagram Backgrounds and Typing Journeys, Why Typing Is Important

Welcome to the genesis of Big Hormone Enneagram. Your hosts with the mostest are John Luckovich, Nancy Walter, David Gray, and Emeka Okorafor. In this episode you'll get to know us and hear how these 4 odd insurgents found their way to a thing called the Enneagram.

BHE 002 - Introduction Redux, Christian Culture and the Enneagram, The Sexual Instinct

Emeka fills in important BHE character and background missing in Ep 1 intros that underscore our collective approach to the enneagram. We take a look at the overlay of spirituality, religion, and christian culture on how people are approaching enneagram, and how that weaves together with generational and class differences. Why it's important to integrate light and dark in enneagram inner work.