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Midlife Advice | Perimenopause, Hormones & Midlife Women’s Health
55: Ditch the Sunday Scaries & Plan Your Most Aligned Year Using Your Enneagram Type
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This episode explores how midlife women can use the Enneagram to plan a more aligned year at work and at home, instead of bracing for the Sunday Scaries every week.
Leadership coach and Enneagram facilitator Ali Dunn returns to the podcast to help midlife women plan a year that actually fits—without forcing goals, burning everything down, or fantasizing about moving to Fiji (tempting though it may be).
The Enneagram isn’t about personality labels or behavior. It’s about motivation—and when you understand what truly drives you, you can make better choices in your career, relationships, parenting, and daily life.
Take Ali's quiz to learn your Enneagram type and what motivates you!
In this conversation, we talk about how deep self-awareness can help you advocate for yourself at work and at home, recognize when something is out of alignment, and set goals that support your energy instead of draining it.
In this episode, we cover:
•Why the Sunday Scaries are often a sign of misalignment—not weakness
•How knowing your Enneagram type and what motivates you helps you plan a more aligned year
•The difference between goals that stretch you and goals driven by “shoulds”
•What to do when your job or work environment feels off
•How to advocate for yourself at work without quitting or blowing everything up
•Why your strengths can quietly become blind spots—and how to work with that
Whether you know your Enneagram type or not, this episode will help you get more intentional, self-aware, and aligned as you plan the year ahead.
How to Get Really Clear About What Matters to You
It’s not about resolution-setting or vision boarding (no shade). It’s about asking yourself specific questions and getting really honest about the answers.
Get my full list of New Year reflection questions here!
Connect with Ali Dunn
Episode Highlights:
00:00 Understanding the Enneagram
05:48 How to Use Your Enneagram Type to Plan Your Year
10:29 How to Know If Your Goal is Right for You
15:02 When Your Job is Not Aligned with Your Enneagram Type
19:56 Use the Enneagram to Improve Your Relationships
26:14 Use Your Enneagram Type to Identify a Theme for the Year
29:02 Key Takeaways
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