Beyond the Type: An Enneagram-Inspired Podcast about Being Human. · Sandy Swanson, PCC, NBC-HWC, A-CFHC, Holistic Communication and Relationship Coach

Why You Withdraw, Talk Too Much, or Bulldoze People

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Sandy advises being patient and not interrupting the slow process of withdrawing types.
Host Sandy Swanson explains the three behavioral stances in the Enneagram personality system—withdrawing, responsive, and independent—focusing on the withdrawing types (4, 5, and 9). She details why these types withdraw, how they take action, and offers advice for interacting with them, blending personal experience with coaching insights.

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A useful guide to how the Enneagram's stances shape withdrawal, support, and first moves.

The episode follows the Enneagram's stances through Sandy Swanson's own shifting sense of type, then uses that lens to show how people withdraw, wait, help, and move through the world.

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Why you'd press play

If you keep wondering which Enneagram stance you lead with under stress.

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