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What It's Like To Be You

What It's Like To Be You

Hosted by: Josh Lavine

Intimate, high resolution interviews with all Enneagram types and inner work practitioners. Produced by The Enneagram School & hosted by Josh Lavine. Watch on YouTube @TheEnneagramSchool.

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Episodes

#56: Ruth (SX/SO 9w1 973): Seductive Merging with the Divine, the Rude Awakening of Self-Care, and Reclaiming Sensation Through the Body

Ruth (SX/SO 9w1 973) joins us for a luminous and radical exploration of the Sexual 9's longing for union — with God, with others, and, ultimately, with herself. From an early age, Ruth’s life was shaped by profound...
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#55 Anna Palumbo (SO/SP 9w8 937) - Music as Mirror, Emotional Fragmentation, and the Integrative Pulse of the Body Center

Anna Palumbo (SO/SP 9w8 937) returns for a second conversation—this time reflecting on the shifts she's experienced since our last recording. We begin with a live performance of her original song Wings for the Heart,...
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#54 Bjarne (SO/SP 8w9 3w2 6w7): Will Over Emotion, the Fight Against Corruption, and the Longing to Galvanize Others

Bjarne is an SO/SP 8w9 with 3w2 and 6w7 fixes, though in this episode, he questions whether he might be a core Six. What emerges regardless is a portrait of a powerful, self-directed psyche shaped by an early...
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#53 Moses Williams (SO/SP 5w6 513) – Relationship Post-Mortem: A Young 5 Reflects, Grieves, and Chooses to Stay Open

Moses Williams (SO/SP 5w6 513) returns for a third and unexpected installment. After the emotional closing of our last conversation, the relationship he spoke about fell apart, and Moses recorded this solo reflection...
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Moses Williams (SO/SP 5w6 513) – Social 5-ness on the Spectrum, Sexual Blindness, and the Dangerous Hope for Mutual Desire

Moses Williams (SO/SP 5w6 513) is back for round two, and we dive straight into what he calls “the mortifying stuff.” We explore the dissonance of being autistic and socially wired — craving connection but feeling...
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Moses WIlliams (SO/SP 5w6 513) – The Horror of Naivety, Fascination with Taboo, and the Obsessive Drive to Self-Educate

Moses Williams is an 18-year-old Social/Self-Pres 5w6 who is also on the autism spectrum. Moses describes growing up feeling that adults were hiding the truth, that essential information was missing, and that everyone...
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#50: Julie (SP/SO 1w2 126): The Double-Edge Sword of Competence, Overextending for a Cause, and Trusting the Felt-Sense Yes

Julie (SP/SO 1w2 126) says being an Enneagram One is like trying to control the lightning bolt you’re riding. We talk about how her pursuit of competence — in painting, music, and even dog training — brought early...
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#49: Kim (SO/SP 8w7 863) – Gatekeeping my Reality, Blaming Myself for Naivety, and Protecting My Severed Soul

Kim (SO/SP 8w7 863) joins us for an intimate and unguarded exploration of the inner world of Eight — where sovereignty is survival, connection is a gamble, and straight talk is an act of love. From the first moments,...
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#48: Alice (SO/SP 9w1 973) – Opting In to Existence, Disturbing the World by Existing, and Aching to Crawl Back into a Dead Womb

Alice (SO/SP 9w1 973) joins us for a profound and poetic exploration of the inner world of Nine — where the background environment can overshadow the self, and the longing isn’t for pleasure, but for the peace of...
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#47: Sarah Fair (SP/SO 6w7 693) – Disarming Others, Reigning in Unchecked Reactivity, and Overcoming Victim Mentality

Sarah’s Type 6 mind moves fast—so fast it can create instant connection and obscure deeper intimacy. In this episode, she unpacks the whirlwind: the pull between independence and support, the trap of victimhood, and...
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#46: Kalla Mort (SO/SP 6w7 639) – Escaping High Control Religion, Coming Out as Queer, and Learning to Orient Myself

Kalla Mort shares her jaw-dropping story of escaping the high control religion of her youth (read: cult) and coming out as queer. This is an incredibly rich exploration of Attachment in the Mental Center, and how Type...
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#45: Sara Pryde (SP/SX 6w7 614) - Curating Delicious Environments, Raging About Rotten Bananas, Being Accidentally Available,& Zig-Zagging as I Talk

Sara Pryde (SP/SX 6w7 614), trauma-informed massage therapist, joins us from Wyoming. We dive into the existential crisis sparked when her partner didn't finish his weekly banana quota—forcing her into making muffins...
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