Sarajane Case on Using the Enneagram to Connect with Your Inner Voice
/Sarajane Case is a writer, speaker, podcaster and course creator based in Asheville, NC. She is the host of Brave Radio as well as The Enneagram and Coffee Podcast.
Here are some of the big topics we talked about…
Enneagram is personality typing that changes with your circumstances
Only you can know your type! Quizzes are great but reading can help you uncover your motivation and thus your enneagram number
The Enneagram helps you become more aware of your behaviors and work with yourself better
How your number changes when you feel safe, open, able, and secure
What signs indicate needing self-care
Notice your indicators of being in a state of stress and being in a good place
Sarajane describes the light and dark sides of the enneagram numbers
Allow and embrace both the greatest parts of yourself and the ones you’d rather hide
External and internal qualities: experimenting with what you need to show up the best
Subtleties, knowledge and awareness that allow you to ask powerful questions
In Sarajane’s Voice
“The enneagram is essentially a personality typing tool, except it’s internally motivated and movable based on what drives you, what you’re afraid of, and levels of stress and health.”
“Enneagram is living and breathing. You can use it as a thing to work with.”
“In the nine basic Enneagram numbers, certain numbers play with other numbers in different seasons and different ways.”
“The moment of understanding your description and being like, ‘Oh, I resonate with this number!’ is where most tests end. The enneagram starts there. ‘Okay so I know my number. What does that mean for me? How does that impact my life? What behaviors that stem from that number that are serving me beautifully? What are the ones that aren’t serving me at all?’”
“When elements of a rest number show up, such as feeling spontaneous as a seven, it means your environment is supporting you.”
“When behaviors show up that only exhibit in your season of stress, how can you nurture, comfort and support yourself?”
“A lot of times we forget to ask ourselves the questions and we think that we’re out of touch with our intuition. But they’re there, just waiting for us to ask.”