Enneagram with JB: A Podcast About Enneagram Personalities
Certified Enneagram coach Jackie Brewster offers a fun, fresh approach to learning more about the Enneagram, while encouraging listeners to grow in empathy and understanding with both themselves and the people around them.
Enneagram with JB: A Podcast About Enneagram Personalities
Letting Go of Control and Allowing Yourself To Be Seen
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Jackie: On the web | On Instagram // Courtney: On the web | On Instagram
In this episode, I sit down with my friend Courtney to have an honest, unfiltered conversation about what it really looks like to let go of control and begin allowing yourself to be seen.
Courtney is an Enneagram 8—strong, decisive, and deeply protective. But like so many 8s, that strength didn’t come out of nowhere. It was built over time as a way to stay safe, stay ahead, and avoid being hurt.
What we explore in this conversation is what happens when that strength stops working the same way it used to.
This isn’t a polished story of arrival. It’s a real-time look at becoming.
This episode gently explores the shift from:
- Self-protection → Connection
- Control → Trust
- Armor → Access
Not by forcing change… but by increasing awareness.
Even if you’re not an Enneagram 8, this conversation will likely hit somewhere personal. Because at the core, this isn’t just about type—it’s about the human experience of protecting yourself, staying guarded, and slowly learning it might be safe to let someone in
You don’t have to force yourself to change. But you can begin to notice. And sometimes, that awareness is the very thing that starts to shift everything.
You’re not behind. You’re becoming.
