Self Preservation 3 - Episode 52

*General instinct knowledge @ 16 min
*Self-pres 3 starts @ 26 min

In this episode, we talk about the self-pres 3 (aka "Vanity No Vanity") and explore how they deny their passion of vanity (in a fixated state of mind).

In our typical style, we kick the episode off with a personal catch-up and some banter.  

We apologize ahead of time for the audio situation.

• In the intro, we talk about what we’ve been up to
• Review and refresher of all the instincts and levels of health in the instincts
• SP 3s can look like 1s
• Tara talks about her personal experiences with SP3
• Compare the sexual/social/SP instinct’s relationship to vanity
• SP3 motivations and fixations
• Enneagram 3 anxiety and how it shows up from their over-identification with roles
• Celebrity examples of 3s - mostly of the reality trash TV variety
• Ideas for being less fixated

Resources we used and may have mentioned for this episode:

EnneagramMonthly.com, Beatrice Chestnut - The Complete Enneagram, Sandra Maitri - The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-discovery, A variety of books on the Enneagram by Russ Hudson, Oscar Ichazo