Exploring Instinctual Drives and Enneagram Types and how they adapt to change

The Social Instinct (SO) is one of the three primary Instinctual Drives, alongside the Sexual and Self-Preservation instincts, and represents one part of the primal aspect of our human nature. It is connected to the reptilian part of our brain that constantly monitors ways to promote an individual's connection to others and ensures their belonging to a group ensure their survival. The Social Instinct highly emphasizes tribal belonging and connection due to the built in fear t

The One-to-One or Sexual Instinct (SX) is one of the three primary Instinctual Drives, alongside Social and Self-Preservation, and represents one part of the primal aspect of our human nature. It is connected to the reptilian part of our brain that constantly monitors ways to ensure attraction and connection with a special person and groups of people that will enable the procreation and survival of the individual. Beyond just attracting a mate, the Sexual Instinct aims to cre

Explanation of the Self-Preservation Instinctual Drive and how this looks depending on where it sits in and individual's Instinctual Stack.

Explaining Instinctual Stacking in the Enneagram--specifically the Dominant, Secondary, and Repressed Instincts.

Though often pushed to the back of our consciousness and buried under layers of ego, every human at their instinctual core is just trying to survive. At this instinctive level, there are three main areas of concern that help the individual survive in an uncertain world: Self-Preservation, Sexual, and Social. These make up the bestial side of us humans, a part of our lizard brain that watches for ways to keep the body safe, procreate, and live harmoniously with our fellow huma

Is there a difference between Instinct and Subtype? Yes. This can be a super confusing topic, so it is not uncommon to use these terms interchangeably even after you've hung around the Enneagram world for awhile. What are the Instincts? Instincts are basic human drives that influence a person's way of engaging with the world. Some scientists believe that these Instincts reside in the reptilian part of the brain and is something we cannot control or influence once it has been