Transcend Identity: The Power of the Enneagram with Courtney Smith, Part one

Allowed: Conscious Leadership and Personal Growth with Dr. Caneel Joyce

Dr. Caneel Joyce and guest Courtney Smith explore the impact of identity on personal growth and development. Gain valuable insights into how rigid childhood identity structures can become limiting and problematic in adulthood, leading to dissatisfaction, burnout, and a lack of fulfillment.

In this thought-provoking podcast episode, Caneel and Courtney delve into the motives and challenges people face when embarking on personal growth journeys. Learn about the issue of rigid identities and how identity creates feedback loops, reinforcing existing patterns and limiting exploration of alternative ways of being. Uncover the common stages of life where identity crises often occur, like the midlife crisis, and learn strategies to navigate these periods of transition.

Throughout this episode, Caneel and Courtney stress the importance of questioning and challenging the underlying stories and assumptions that shape your identity. They highlight the limitations of off-the-shelf personal growth tools and advocate for tools that facilitate deep self-exploration and reevaluation of identity, like the Enneagram.

Discover the power of breaking points and embracing discomfort as a catalyst for personal transformation.

This episode offers valuable insights into the role of identity in personal growth, highlighting the significance of examining and evolving your identity structures as you navigate life's complexities so you can achieve sustainable growth in both your professional and personal life.

For complete show notes and additional resources, visit allowedpodcast.com

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1. Enneagram, personal growth, and conscious leadership (00:01:43)

2. Enneagram sheds light on professional/personal journey. (00:04:17)

3. Enneagram skeptic-turned-lover. (00:06:55)

4. Find where you're stuck, seek growth. (00:10:30)

5. Why most people seek personal growth (00:12:00)

6. Change formula: discomfort x vision = change (00:16:04)

7. What is identity? How is identity formed? (00:18:00)

8. Identity creates a lens through which you experience the world (00:20:39)

9. Unconscious habits shape identity and behavior (00:21:58)

10. Why do you have a midlife crisis? (00:30:50)

11. How personal growth tools can often cement limiting identity beliefs (00:33:24)

12. Explore beliefs to improve desired results (00:39:05)

13. Enneagram can create validation but can also calcify identity (00:40:53)

14. Personal growth means breaking out of identity (00:44:39)