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The Enneagram Edge: Drive Life & Biz Success With The Enneagram
Welcome to The Enneagram Edge, the go-to podcast for entrepreneurs ready to unlock the power of their Enneagram type to create thriving businesses and lives they love.
Join me, Margot Zaher, a certified Enneagram coach and business coach, as we dive deep into how your personality influences everything from decision-making and productivity to relationships and success. Episodes are packed with practical tips, real-world stories, and interviews with entrepreneurs who’ve leveraged their Enneagram type to overcome obstacles, tap into their strengths, and achieve their goals.
Whether you're a visionary Type 7 with endless ideas, a Type 1 perfectionist striving for excellence, or a loyal Type 6 navigating fear and self-doubt, The Enneagram Edge is here to help you understand your unique wiring and turn it into your ultimate business advantage.
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The Enneagram Edge: Drive Life & Biz Success With The Enneagram
Episode #30: How Stress Hijacks Each Enneagram Type and How to Return to Your Innate Brilliance
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In this episode of The Enneagram Edge, we explore what happens when stress takes over and pulls each Enneagram type away from their natural strengths. Stress does not just affect your mood. It impacts how you think, lead, relate, decide, and show up in both business and life.
Margot walks through all nine Enneagram types to reveal how each one tends to respond under pressure, what deeper fear is driving that pattern, and three practical remedies to help each type return to clarity, groundedness, and self-trust.
If you have ever felt more reactive, controlling, scattered, withdrawn, self-doubting, people-pleasing, or hard on yourself during stressful times, this episode will help you understand why that happens and what you can do about it.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
Why stress responses are often predictable patterns rather than random reactions. (1:18
How each Enneagram type tends to get hijacked under stress, the deeper fear under this stress response, and three remedies to interrupt stress to return to your innate brilliance.
- Type One – The Reformer (3:01
- Type Two – The Helper (6:25)
- Type Three – The Achiever (9:58)
- Type Four – The Individualist (13:56)
- Type Five – The Investigator (19:27)
- Type Six – The Loyalist (24:10)
- Type Seven – The Enthusiast (28:37)
- Type Eight – The Challenger (33:16)
- Type Nine – The Peacemaker (36:57
Three Powerful Reflection Questions (40:48)
- How does stress hijack me?
- What am I trying to protect?
- What would it look like to respond with more awareness the next time I feel pulled off center?
Your stress response is not the truest thing about you. It is a protective pattern your system has learned over time. The more quickly you can recognize when you have been hijacked, understand what you are trying to protect, and choose a different response, the easier it becomes to return to your natural strengths.
Resources & Links
Stress to Strength Coaching Sessions:
These powerful coaching sessions will help you uncover what is driving your stress response, calm the pattern underneath it, and reconnect with your natural strengths. Email her at margot@margotzaher.com to learn more.
Not sure of your Enneagram type?
Take the free 10-question assessment:
https://tinyurl.com/Enneagram-Assessment
Deep-Dive Enneagram Typing & Integration
Book a private session with Margot:
https://margotzaher.com/enneagram-typing-session/
Let’s Connect
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Questions or feedback? Email: Margot@margotzaher.com
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