Not My Type

The hosts are revisiting a topic with plenty more to discover: the instincts. This episode covers what it is to be dominant and over-focused in one instinctual arena and what happens when we're confronted with what we'd rather ignore.

Jack and Melea welcome two former roommates and two present 9s: Anna Mayo and Nate Hopkins. Enlightening all on the neurosis of Sloth, Nate and Anna share their blurry inner worlds (the best they can).

The hosts discuss how each neurosis perceives and places blame.

The hosts are taking a second look at Object Relations and the way the Frustration, Rejection, and Attachment types are all orienting so differently in the world. This episode covers the problems of hyper-specificity in the hexad types (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8) in contrast with the overly blurred and referential problems of the triangle (3, 6, 9).

The hosts interview Marissa Meizz on her experience with going viral on TikTok, having bad friends, and what it means to run with new opportunities and make the best of them.

The hosts dive into a crucial yet complex topic: trifix, the combination of a dominant neurosis in each Center of Intelligence. This episode helps unpack how we learn to handle the unknown (head fix), assert our presence (body fix), and present an image to the world (heart fix).

Uncovering lies: Jack and Melea share a confessional regarding their stance on and experience with Beatrice Chestnut’s theory of countertype.

Q&A episode discussing the origins of the Enneagram, its purpose, and how it applies broadly to culture and individuals alike.

Self-preservation, Social, Sexual: the instincts long misunderstood are being unpacked in a new way. Jack and Melea discuss how instinctual imbalance warps one's perspective.

Jack and Melea discuss toxics ways of using the Enneagram and how you can avoid that. What and what not to say; what the intent of the Enneagram should be. How have you misused it?

Jack and Melea briefly unpack the three Harmonic Triads: Competency, Reactivity, and Positive Outlook, differing responses to conflictual situations. The shortcomings of each are discussed, as well as the ideal of all three being used at once.

Your hosts discuss the ways the neuroses are all interconnected, and what those funky arrows mean — how each neurosis accesses two others as a way of returning to the default state.

Melea and Jack talk about the theory of Object Relations and how it connects to the Enneagram. The theory outlines the dominant affects of Frustration, Rejection, and Attachment as coping responses to childhood wounds.

How quickly do we process reality? Jack and Melea open a conversation about stances, time orientations formed by repressed centers of intelligence. 

Melea and Jack give a bird's-eye view of Enneagram basics: the 9 lies that form the neuroses, the vices that follow, and how wings alter our behavior.

Meet your hosts! Jack and Melea share what Not My Type is all about "at the end of the day". In this episode, the pair will discuss and define terms - neurosis, type, personality, talk about what the Enneagram is and what it's not, and hint to where the podcast is going next.