Beyond the Type: An Enneagram-Inspired Podcast about Being Human.

Sandy spends this episode on the passions of the Enneagram.

Sandy Swanson outlines eight common mistakes in goal-setting, such as setting too many goals or lacking specificity, and provides practical tips like using SMART goals and measuring intangibles through body awareness.

Host Sandy identifies five common but often unnoticed communication habits that sabotage conversations, including interrupting without realizing it, listening to reply instead of understand, asking vague questions, over-explaining, and skipping alignment checks.

Sandy Swanson explores the concept of conversational safety, explaining how its loss triggers nervous system responses like fight or flight.

A communication coach debunks common myths about communication, explains why body awareness and presence are crucial for effective conversations, and shares practical tools like reflecting, pausing, and needs-based language.

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).

Host Sandy explores the counterintuitive value of boredom, arguing that our smartphone-driven avoidance of idle time is harming mental health, creativity, and relationships.

The episode starts with a reminder about a free September training on communication through Enneagram energy.

Host Sandy Swanson explores how a lack of precise emotional language fuels strong, reactive responses in relationships and daily life.

Host Sandy Swanson explores how the inner critic manifests differently across all nine Enneagram types, from Type Eight's vulnerability shamer to Type Seven's distracting clown.

Host Sandy uses a vivid story about a bullied kid dropping books in a school hallway to explore how all nine Enneagram types would help—but for completely different unconscious motivations.

Sandy Swanson introduces Marshall Rosenberg’s nonviolent communication framework, created in the 1960s and 1970s and organized around observation, feeling, need, and request.

Sandy strips manifesting out of the hype and treats it more like training.

Sandy Swanson explores why people feel stuck despite having access to information, emphasizing that inner work—like body awareness, trusting your gut, and understanding motivation—is key to moving forward.

Beyond the Type: An Enneagram-Inspired Podcast about Being Human examines five reasons people fail to listen, including problem-solving, forced positivity, denying another person’s experience, inserting personal stories, and rehearsing a response.

Sandy Swanson introduces the Enneagram's three centers of intelligence and asks listeners which one they lead with.

Host Sandy Swanson introduces the podcast and discusses safety, anxiety, and making changes for a happier life.

Host Sandy Swanson introduces the Enneagram types by discussing the energy of type eight, the challenger, and how understanding different energies can improve relationships.

Host Sandy Swanson introduces the Enneagram personality system and how it can help listeners understand themselves and improve their relationships.

Sandy Swanson introduces a three-step self-coaching process inspired by a psychologist interview to help listeners gain clarity and achieve breakthroughs.

Host Sandy Swanson introduces herself as a certified coach specializing in communication and relationships, explaining her coaching approach of holding space to help clients discover their own answers.