Intro / Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVLBaNQjQro

Today we’re starting a brand new series on the INSTINCTS. Ahhhhh this is going to be SO EXCITING.

In this episode, we kick it off with an introduction the instincts. We cover:

• what the instincts are (i.e. biological survival drives)
• language around describing instincts (variants and drives vs. using the word ‘subtype’)
• a breakdown of each instinct (self-preservation, sexual and social)
• why sexual does not mean one-on-one relationships
• what instinct stackings are or ‘sequences’
• how being neurotic or ‘unhealthy’ shows up in instinct land
• 8s and mob bosses - is Tony Soprano a sexual 8?

Resources and additional learning:

Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery (there’s a small section on instincts at the end), The Shift Network audio download on instincts with Russ Hudson, https://beatricechestnut.com/blog/