Upbuilding The Self

Famous personalities like Fred Rogers, Sally Field, and Stevie Wonder are discussed as Enneagram Type 2s, exploring their tendencies to care for others while neglecting their own needs. The podcast delves into the insecurities and motivations driving Type 2 behaviors, highlighting the importance of self-awareness and healthy boundaries in relationships. It offers tailored practices for Type 2s to enhance personal growth and for others to better understand and support them.

Explore the essence of Enneagram Type 1 The Moralist, from their principles to guilt, and famous examples like Nelson Mandela. Discover their journey through consciousness levels and tailored practices to thrive. Uncover their pursuit of purity, perfection, inner conflicts, and the path towards self-compassion and acceptance.

Dive into Enneagram typing with discussions on ego impact, wing influence, and test pitfalls. Learn about accurate typing with tips for self-discovery and growth.

Discover how the Enneagram Levels of Consciousness can help us be the best version of ourselves, regardless of our type. Explore the significance of varying consciousness levels by comparing figures like Martin Luther King, Jr and Osama bin Laden. Learn how shedding ego layers can lead to personal growth and self-realization.

This podcast introduces the Enneagram framework and its focus on motivations and insecurities. It explores discovering your Enneagram type and accepting yourself. It discusses skepticism and the power of the Enneagram to break free from limitations. The podcast also explores the levels of consciousness and how they form the foundation of the framework, offering teachings for personal growth.

The inner critic is commonly thought of as the voice in our head that negatively judges and demeans us. This is true, but it is also has another job that is rarely spoken about. In this episode, Hari Prasada, Michael, and Rasanath do a deep dive into the strategies and nuances of our inner critics. They address the damage that can be done by taking the inner critic too seriously, how our relationships with our inner critics mirror abusive relationships, and how our addictive personalities play a role. Finally, they leave us with strategies to break free of the games that our inner critics constantly get us to play.  LinksEnneagram Library Live:  Join our bi-weekly conversations and teachings on the Enneagram to help you see yourself, others, and the human condition more clearly. Thursdays at 6pm ET on Zoom.Upbuild Coaching Certification Training. Starts in October.Upbuild WebsiteInstagram: @upbuildnycFacebook: UpbuildLinkedIn: Upbuild

Dive into the intriguing concept of motivation levels, inspired by the Bhagavad-Gita. The discussion contrasts fear-driven and joy-based motivations, exploring how they affect relationships and work. Discover the complexities of love versus lust and the impact of cultural influences on personal fulfillment. The journey emphasizes self-awareness and accountability in fostering healthy connections. Finally, a call for collective consciousness invites listeners to reflect on their values while promoting positive societal change.

If you are not having an existential crisis, well, you are not looking hard enough.In this episode, Hari Prasada, Michael, and Rasanath do a deep dive into existential crises, their causes, and how to deal with them. They discuss the link between existential crises and the fear of death, how the fear of not being my ego and the fear of death is essentially the same thing, the importance of spirituality, and how their own existential crises led them to having this conversation.LinksEnneagram Library Live:  Join our bi-weekly conversations and teachings on the Enneagram to help you see yourself, others, and the human condition more clearly. Thursdays at 6pm ET on Zoom.Upbuild Coaching Certification Training. Starts in October.Upbuild WebsiteInstagram: @upbuildnycFacebook: UpbuildLinkedIn: Upbuild

We all have a need for validation, and yet most of us don’t like to acknowledge that we need it.In this episode, Rasanath and Vipin explore the definition of validation, why most of us have a difficult relationship with our need for validation, and why it is essential to our identities. They share personal examples and examples from their experience as coaches to illustrate how to move from an unhealthy to a healthy pursuit of validation. LinksEnneagram Library Live:  Join our bi-weekly conversations and teachings on the Enneagram to help you see yourself, others, and the human condition more clearly. Thursdays at 6pm ET on Zoom.Upbuild Coaching Certification Training. Starts in October.Upbuild WebsiteInstagram: @upbuildnycFacebook: UpbuildLinkedIn: Upbuild

What is one thing you are judgmental of others about? How is this also true about you? In what way does knowing it is true about you bring up shame? Michael and Hari, building off of Michael’s piece, I Dislike in You What I Dislike in Me, explore how our judgments of other people are often a mirror for what we don’t like about ourselves. They look at how this hypocrisy disconnects us from other people, why we sometimes feel the need to knock others down, the role of envy, and how we can use judgments as opportunities for personal growth.LinksEnneagram Library Live:  Join our bi-weekly conversations and teachings on the Enneagram to help you see yourself, others, and the human condition more clearly. Thursdays at 6pm ET on Zoom.Upbuild Coaching Certification Training. Starts in October.Upbuild WebsiteInstagram: @upbuildnycFacebook: UpbuildLinkedIn: Upbuild