Using the Enneagram to Rewrite Your Story with Ian Morgan Cron | Being Well Podcast

As we’ve talked about often on the podcast, 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, I talk 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.
Key Topics:
0:00 Introduction
1:25 Ian’s narrative and how it has changed over time
6:15 Overview of the Enneagram and its uses
12:25 A few examples of common limiting narratives
20:35 A quick primer of how the Enneagram works and each type
26:55 How people can push back on their unconscious narratives
36:00 Cultivating awareness of how your old story is playing out in the present
37:50 Ian’s inflection point
42:50 Integration and levels of development
44:45 The link between your virtue and your fixation
50:50 Recap
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[@amydavis5174]

Forrest and Ian -- I have already listened twice to this dynamic podcast. I loved it! and I plan to be sharing it on all my social media platforms and on my blog about personal growth. Ian Morgan Cron has been an instrumental part of my self development and personal growth journey - and it started with this book, The Road Back to You. I read and shared copes of The Story with You a few months ago. Dr. Rick Hanson piqued my interest in neuroscience and mindfulness six years ago with Hardwiring for Happiness and so many of his teachings. I have listened to Being Well regularly for years....as well as Ian's Typology podcast. I love them both....I learn a lot and get introduced to all kinds of new people and new tools to help my ongoing personal growth experience. The enneagram was remarkably helpful for me not only to understand myself, but also others I care about. It has totally transformed how I view myself and how I show up for others. I have a big toolbox of resources I use for personal growth and I share them with like minded followers on my blog. This podcast is one that needs to be shared and I am going to do just that! Thank you from the bottom of my healed and happy heart!

[@dublingirl1691]

I’ve love the Enneagram since the early 1990s. Took the trainings with the Enneagram Institute. It’s a very powerful system. Love this conversation. Thank you. 🙏🏼

[@ForrestHanson]

Thanks Amy, I think there's probably a fair amount of audience overlap so it was a fun collaboration!

[@coppersense999]

@AmyDavis link to your blog!

[@sunnyadams5842]

At 57, and 2/3rds of the county away I am, somehow, still responsible for the cat puking on mother's rug. Didn't even know she HAD a cat!! I've heard it said that kids of parents like this can feel responsible for the rain, which leaves one feeling oddly wrong and yet almost omnipotently powerful, but wrong for being that as well!!

[@celinesgomez4334]

The way you speak and the amazing way to communicate of your guest make really essy for me to understand even when i speak spanish. So thank you very much. A big hug from Puerto Rico.

[@barbaradash5510]

My husband and I love your podcasts. As a trauma therapist who has used the enneagram for over two decades, it would be wonderful if you spoke with one of the well known, and highly respected enneagram teachers. I recommend Mario Sakora. There is a weather of knowledge to be learned from someone with his experience.

[@thomasalbert6687]

First time (and not the last) listener: Forrest, I think you have a real flair for this as your knowledge tied into a sincerity and then keeping the broadcast shaped, all the while asking good questions...well, hats off. Kudos to you & keep up the meaningful work!

[@margotclemente5478]

Forrest from the future! Thank you for this recording; very informative, insightful and practical.

[@dawnp9804]

This was an outstanding conversation. So helpful in my personal growth journey. Thank you both!! 🙏🙏

[@haysoundswrite2607]

Fantastic talk, packed with powerful stories of redemption, inspiration, and transformation. What a delight to have met Ian, for the first time, after my long journey, which is yet restarting in so many ways. Thank you Ian for sharing your stories of transformation, for your creativity and love for what you do, which inspires us all to SOAR🙋‍♀️ Forrest, you are a fantastic teacher. Keep being loyal to what you believe in, because the outcomes are awakening starters for your followers🤗🤗🤗🌈🌈🌈 Haydee Windey

[@canadianhappyinitalytruest6556]

I really got a lot out of this interview, thank you Forest for being so open and clear and communicative.

[@barbaracasler1858]

Another excellent show, Forrest! Thank you.

[@johnluke37]

Thank you both. Great, gentle and powerful explanation of the nine stories. Insight after insight.

[@PM-zw9xz]

This is SO good!! Thank you!!!!

[@sondrapope180]

Thank you for this information! Well done!

[@kailani1138]

This was such a wonderful and beneficial conversation, thank you greatly. I'm hoping maybe you will/could elaborate more upon this subject in regards to someone who has experienced depression for the past 35 years. Some of these self loathing, melancholy, and low self esteem seemly make it harder for me to navigate.

[@healthdoc]

We build walls for protection, but those walls can also be our prison.

[@RealEstateTrenches]

Thank you for the rundown in the middle. I’m new to enneagram and searching for where I land. Do people change over time or is it fixed from young adulthood?

[@reprogrammingmind]

34:17 Be less prideful.

[@maitri1429]

What is the narrative/problem of the 4??

[@attheranch873]

They feel a lack of what they perceive others to have.

[@staleyexplores]

the loyalist aka "the buddy" depending on those wings.

[@lavenderchai1613]

Lots of similarities in my childhood ❤️ thanks you guys for creating this helpful podcast!

[@clairebard]

Gna

[@Calebeqz]

Ian sounds like Mickey Mouse 😂

[@Plasmafox]

You should stick to topics grounded in reality.