What's Your Enneagram Type? Understanding Your Rock Bottom | Courtney Smith

About this episode

Courtney Smith joins Ned Fulmer to discuss the Enneagram personality system and its implications for personal crises and self-understanding.

Fortune 500 consultant and celebrity Enneagram coach Courtney Smith joins Ned for an illuminating exploration of the ancient personality system that reveals why we get stuck, how we create our own crises, and what it takes to break free. Unlike typical rock bottom episodes focusing on one person's story, this conversation offers a practical framework for understanding your own patterns—whether you're the perfectionist leaking rage, the helper who can't stop giving until they collapse, or the achiever chasing external validation while feeling hollow inside. Courtney breaks down all nine Enneagram types and their unique pathways to crisis. Type One (The Reformer) obsesses over moral perfection until hypocrisy or bitter loneliness forces a reckoning. Type Two (The Helper) gives endlessly while denying their own needs, leading to depletion or empty nest identity crises. Type Three (The Achiever) conflates worth with performance, facing rock bottom when reputation crumbles or retirement strips away their identity (think Michael Jordan's crisis after his father's death, or Tom Brady's difficult broadcasting debut). Type Four (The Individualist) actually seeks suffering, believing depth…

People in this episode

Host: Ned Fulmer

Guest: Courtney Smith

Topics covered

• Enneagram types
• personality crisis
• self-discovery
• mental health
• personal growth

Keywords

• Enneagram
• personality types
• crisis
• self-awareness
• mental health
• personal development
• Ned Fulmer
• Courtney Smith

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fortune 500

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