{"id":27935,"date":"2026-10-20T03:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=27935"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:55:11","slug":"beatrice-chestnut-going-deeper-with-the-enneagram","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/beatrice-chestnut-going-deeper-with-the-enneagram\/","title":{"rendered":"Beatrice Chestnut: &#8220;Going Deeper with the Enneagram\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/1632d73c-91ea-42a8-a3db-a62b135d081c\/episodes\/d45cd4e5-5339-47f6-a7f2-c8c34b9225f5\/embed?theme=light-gray-orange\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if the type you&#8217;ve been typing yourself as isn&#8217;t the whole story? Tami Simon sits down with Enneagram pioneer Beatrice Chestnut to mark the re-release of her classic guide, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Complete Enneagram<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and to ask why facing our shadow, not avoiding it, is the real path to waking up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beatrice Chestnut, PhD, is a global expert, researcher, and educator on the Enneagram. She holds a PhD in communication studies and a master&#8217;s degree in clinical psychology, and is a licensed psychotherapist, coach, and business consultant based in San Francisco. She is the author of several acclaimed books on the Enneagram, including the newly re-released edition of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, widely considered a classic in Enneagram literature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this conversation, Tami and Beatrice explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference between personality (the protective &#8220;false self&#8221; formed in childhood) and our essential, true nature<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why each of the nine Enneagram types has its own distinct shadow challenge to confront and integrate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 27 subtypes, and why Beatrice believes they matter far more than Enneagram &#8220;wings&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How the connecting lines, or arrows, reveal each type&#8217;s specific growth pathway \u2014 and why the order matters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What each type looks like at its highest, most evolved expression<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why more people may be ready to &#8220;wake up&#8221; to who they really are now than ever before<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This episode is for anyone who&#8217;s taken an Enneagram test and wondered what to do next, as well as therapists, coaches, and longtime students of the system looking to go deeper with the subtypes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen now to discover your own path to greater self-knowledge. \u2192<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This conversation offers genuine transmission, not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together, and it originally aired on Sounds True One.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get a FREE month of membership at<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/STOne-Free-Month\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/bit.ly\/STOne-Free-Month<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27936,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[392,1085],"tags":[170,242],"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-27935","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-healing","category-personal-growth","tag-insights-at-the-edge","tag-tami-simon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Beatrice Chestnut: &quot;Going Deeper with the Enneagram\u201d | Sounds True<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beatrice Chestnut: &quot;Going Deeper with the Enneagram\u201d | Sounds True\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What if the type you&#8217;ve been typing yourself as isn&#8217;t the whole story? 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