Typing the dominant instinct in the Enneagram requires observing where a person is being 'taken' as they communicate and attribute specific qualities to their understanding of life. The instincts inhabit various spaces of psychic reality and we understand them best by locating the value, needs, and drive in each one.
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House of Enneagram Network:
Official Typing Team @ https://www.enneagrammer.com
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Official Typing/Inner Work Modality Interviews @ What It’s Like To Be You (YouTube/Spotify/Apple podcast) https://www.youtube.com/@TheEnneagramSchool
Dreams and the Enneagram Podcast @ Sinsomnia (Spotify/Apple podcast) https://open.spotify.com/show/5I8hvknTdatmtSvW8LGMCM?si=f76019854909416c
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction to the three instincts and their significance
01:21 - Case study: 9w8's and their shared themes, body language, instinct identification
03:48 - Julian Casablanca's self-preservation instinct and connection to objects
06:55 - FKA Twigs' social instinct and self-expression
11:10 - Donna Summer's sexual instinct and being turned on
14:28 - Conclusion; each instinct's role in human behavior
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