The Enneagram Edge: Drive Life & Biz Success With The Enneagram

Episode #14: Resilience by Type: How to Bounce Back from Setbacks Without Losing Your Edge

Margot Zaher

Setbacks are part of the entrepreneurial journey — but they don’t have to derail your momentum or your mindset.

In this empowering episode of The Enneagram Edge, we’re exploring resilience through the lens of the Enneagram. Whether you tend to shut down, spiral into self-doubt, or power through with gritted teeth, your Enneagram type holds the key to how you respond under stress — and how you can bounce back stronger, smarter, and more aligned.

You’ll walk away with type-specific strategies to handle disappointment, rejection, and failure without losing your edge — or your self-worth.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Why resilience is a learnable skill, not just a personality trait
  • How each Enneagram type typically reacts to failure or setbacks
  • What your unique “stress signature” is — and how to rewire it
  • How to recover faster and rebuild confidence after a slump
  • Simple resilience practices that work for every type

Featured Segments:

Why Resilience Matters in Business (3:15)

Discover why resilience is a leadership superpower — and why burnout, overworking, or freezing up after failure is more common than you think.

 Setback Responses by Type (6:12) 

How each of the 9 Enneagram types typically responds to disappointment — and personalized “Resilience Builders” to reset and reengage.

Type 1 – The Reformer: When failure feels like a moral failing. (7:21)

Type 2 – The Helper: When being unneeded feels unbearable. (9:09)

Type 3 – The Achiever: When you’d rather hustle than feel. (10:57)

Type 4 – The Individualist: When it feels like you’re uniquely failing. (12:50)

Type 5 – The Investigator: When retreating feels safer than re-engaging. (15:36)

Type 6 – The Loyalist: When anxiety takes the wheel. (17:11)

Type 7 – The Enthusiast: When you want to skip the pain and chase the next idea.
(19:41)

Type 8 – The Challenger: When vulnerability triggers intensity. (21:49)

Type 9 – The Peacemaker: When you check out instead of stepping back in.(24:04)

 Real Talk: When the Clients Stop Coming  (26.32)

Margot shares a vulnerable story about navigating a client drought — and how she moved through the fear, self-doubt, and pressure to realign with purpose (not panic).

Universal Resilience Tools for All Types (33:45)

Quick, actionable tools to help you center yourself and regain traction — no matter your Enneagram type.


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