Enneagram Communication: What Each Type Needs to Slow Down

About this episode

The episode discusses how each Enneagram type can improve communication by slowing down specific habits.

How do you communicate better through your Enneagram type? Each number has one habit to slow down. Here is the breakdown for Types 1 through 9. Kelly and Damon use James 1:19 (quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to become angry) as the lens for this episode, walking through one specific slow-down practice for each Enneagram type. What each type should slow down: Type 1: criticism. Notice the judgment and ask what is underneath it. Type 2: their yeses. Every yes is a no to something else. Typ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Kelly, Damon

Topics covered

• Enneagram
• communication
• self-improvement
• slow down practices
• relationships

Keywords

• Enneagram types
• communication
• self-improvement
• slow down
• relationships

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: James 1:19

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