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Episode Highlights:
Looking at your dreams through the lens of the enneagram
Your unique vice turned to virtue
A story of an actor who left New York and found creative success on their own terms
How to use the enneagram as an acting tool
Episode Summary:
In this episode Analisa interviews Elizabeth Newcomer, Actor turned Enneagram Coach. Analisa and Liz talk in depth about each type to help you identify your own number and Liz explains the core desires of each type as well as their greatest virtues and vices. Throughout their conversation, Liz and Analisa share stories of how the enneagram has helped them follow their big dreams and navigate interacting and communicating with others. Listen to this packed episode to learn how the enneagram can be an incredibly powerful tool and how to see beyond the “box” that personality types often lead us to feel trapped in.
Time Stamps
0:00 Analisa’s Intro
3:00 Elizabeth’s journey from actor to enneagram coach
8:30 Letting your dreams be a north store to guide you
13:29 Introduction to the enneagram and how it can help us or hold us back
16:48 Overview / definition of what enneagram is
20:38 Liz’s recommendation for how to find your type, examples of 2s, 4s, and 9s
26:36 The Body Triad: 1, 8, and 9
28:14 The Head Triad: 5 (motivated by knowledge), 6 (preparedness), and 7 (options)
30:55 Taking action upon your deepest callings through the lens of your enneagram
31:40 Vice to virtue, is an action in alignment with where you want to go
32:11 How this looks for the Heart Triad: 2 (the giver)
37:20 Type 3 (the performer) Type 4 (the dreamer)
40:53 Head Triad: Type 5 (the observer) Type 6 (the questioner) Type 7 (the adventurer)
44:39 Body Triad: Type 8 (the challenger) Type 9 (the peacemaker) Type 1 (the perfectionist)
51:20 Using the enneagram as an acting tool
54:40 Using the enneagram to work through triggers and find growth
1:02:35 Wrap-up, how to find & follow Elizabeth
Take The Narrative Enneagram test HERE
Take the Riso-Hudson RHETI test HERE
Follow Elizabeth on Instagram @liz.newcomer
A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor + soulful coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.