Episode 2: Three Centers of Intelligence – The Gut Center

In this episode, your hosts Lee and Caryn will introduce you to the Enneagram's Three Centers of Intelligence. This week we're kicking off with "The Gut" or "Body Center." This instinctual group, which is home to Enneagram Types 8, 9, and 1, is also referred to as the "Anger Triad." The body center copes with their dominant emotion of anger in the way they respond to gut feelings or physical sensations. Type 8s express their anger outwardly, 9s deny, push aside, and/or likely feel threatened by these emotions, and 1s repress, try to control, and/or turn these emotions inward.

We hope you enjoy this banter episode because we go a little all over the place! Since the gut/body triad is the instinctual group, we briefly sidebar into talking about the three Instincts: Self-Preservation, Sexual, and Social. In this three-episode series, we'll break down how each of the Centers of Intelligence teaches us about our habitual responses or how we filter information: Instinctual (Gut/Body), Feeling (Heart), and Thinking (Head).

For more on the Centers of Intelligence, check out the following episodes:

Episode 3: Three Centers of Intelligence – The Heart Center

Episode 4: Three Centers of Intelligence – The Head Center

For more on the Gut Types, check out the following episodes:

Episode 12: Enneagram Type 8 - The Protector, The Challenger, or The Leader

Episode 13: Enneagram Type 9 - The Mediator, The Peacemaker, or The Harmonizer

Episode 5: Enneagram Type 1 - The Reformer, The Idealist, or The Perfectionist

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