Why Your Child's Enneagram Childhood Experience Isn't About You
About this episode
Ann Kaplan explores the Enneagram's childhood experiences and their implications for parenting and personal growth.
What if your child's struggles aren't evidence that you failed them… but part of what makes them them? In this deeply personal and emotionally layered episode, Ann Kaplan explores one of the most confronting parts of the Enneagram: the childhood experience associated with each type — and why it can feel so painful for parents to hear. Ann shares honestly about her own current season of identity deconstruction, intense personal growth work, and what it feels like to realize that even the most loving parents cannot protect their children from becoming human. This episode goes far beyond personality typing. It's about suffering, ego, self-actualization, parenting, spirituality, and the uncomfortable truth that growth often requires experiencing disconnection before we can reconnect to ourselves more deeply. If you've ever wondered: "Did I mess my kid up?" "Why does my child experience the world this way?" "Can I prevent my child from struggling?" "Why does healing feel like falling apart first?" …this episode will meet you there. What You'll Learn What the "childhood experience" in the Enneagram actually means Why your child's type is not caused by your parenting The difference…
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