Enneagram with JB: A Podcast About Enneagram Personalities

Jackie Brewster
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Certified Enneagram coach Jackie Brewster offers a fun, fresh approach to learning more about the Enneagram, while encouraging listeners to grow in empathy and understanding with both themselves and the people around them.

  1. 1d ago

    I Thought Life Would Look Different by Now

    What happens when you arrive at a season of life you thought would look completely different? In this solo episode, I get personal about turning 49 and realizing that life hasn’t exactly slowed down the way I imagined it would. With kids growing up, aging parents, changing relationships, empty nesting on the horizon, and a new book in the works, life feels both incredibly full and incredibly good—and also exhausting. I explore the quiet expectations we carry about the future: When the kids get older, I’ll have more time. When I accomplish this, I’ll finally feel successful. When things settle down, I’ll be present. When I finally get there, I’ll be okay. But there is always another “then.” Through the lens of the Enneagram, I look at how each personality type has its own version of what it believes will finally bring safety, worth, peace, satisfaction, or freedom. I also share how my own Type Seven patterns can keep me living slightly ahead of my life—physically present today while mentally organizing tomorrow. This episode is an invitation to notice where your personality may be keeping you focused on the past or future instead of experiencing the life that is happening right now. Connect with Jackie: Instagram | Website

  2. Jul 15

    Understanding the Intersection of the Enneagram and Emotional Intelligence (with Scott Allender)

    Most of us assume that if we understand ourselves, change will naturally follow. But that's rarely how growth works. You can know your Enneagram type, recognize your patterns, understand your childhood experiences, and still find yourself reacting the same way in your relationships. Why? Because self-awareness is only the beginning. In this conversation, I sit down with emotional intelligence coach and author Scott Allender to explore the intersection of the Enneagram, emotional intelligence, and emotional healing. Together we discuss why personality isn't the destination—it's the doorway. You'll discover why awareness alone doesn't create transformation, how our bodies and emotions shape the way we experience the world, and why curiosity is one of the most important tools for lasting growth. Reflection Questions What pattern do you notice yourself repeating most often?What might that pattern have originally been trying to protect?What story have you been believing about yourself?Where do you notice emotions showing up in your body?What would change if you responded to yourself with curiosity instead of judgment?If this conversation encouraged you, share it with someone who is ready to move beyond simply knowing themselves and begin experiencing real transformation. Be sure to subscribe to Enneagram with JB for weekly conversations that integrate the Enneagram, psychology, emotional health, and faith to help you understand yourself, strengthen your relationships, and continue the lifelong journey of becoming who you were created to be.

  3. Jul 1

    How to Apologize & Repair (The Skill Most of Us Never Learned)

    Most of us were never actually taught how to apologize. We learned by watching the adults around us, and for many of us, conflict was either avoided altogether or escalated without meaningful repair. So it's no wonder so many of us enter adulthood, marriage, parenting, and friendships without knowing how to repair after we've hurt someone. In this episode, Courtney and I have an honest conversation about conflict, emotional regulation, childhood patterns, and why healthy relationships aren't built on perfection; they're built on repair. You'll learn why apologies often fall flat, what gets in the way of genuine connection, and five practical steps that can help you rebuild trust after conflict. If this conversation encouraged you, share it with someone you love. You never know who needs permission to believe that relationships don't require perfection—they require people who are willing to repair.

  4. Jun 3

    The Emotions You Were Never Taught To Feel

    Most of us were taught what to do with our thoughts. Few of us were taught what to do with our emotions. In this episode, Courtney Bareman and I explore why certain emotions feel uncomfortable, overwhelming, or even inaccessible. Together, we'll unpack how family systems, personality patterns, and protective strategies shape our relationship with emotions and why avoiding what we feel often creates more suffering than feeling it. You'll learn: Why many of us were never taught how to safely experience difficult emotionsHow personality influences the emotions we struggle to accessWhy unprocessed emotions often show up in our relationships, behaviors, and nervous systemsPractical ways to increase emotional awareness without becoming overwhelmedWhether you're new to the Enneagram or have been doing personal growth work for years, this conversation offers practical insights to help you move from automatic patterns toward greater awareness, freedom, and connection. Because healing doesn't begin when we stop feeling. It begins when we become willing to feel what is already there. Connect with Jackie: Instagram | Website Connect with Courtney: Instagram | Website Interested in coaching? Learn more about one-on-one coaching and Enneagram-informed personal growth work at ennegramwithjb.com. If this episode encouraged you, be sure to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend.

  5. May 13

    Becoming Who You Are: Risk, Reinvention and the Path You Didn’t Plan (with Stephen Brewster)

    What happens when life doesn’t go according to plan, but somehow still becomes exactly what it needed to be? In this deeply personal episode, I sit down with my husband, Stephen Brewster, to talk about becoming — not through a straight line, but through risk, pivots, disappointment, growth, counseling, faith and learning to trust the next step before you can see the whole picture. Stephen shares his journey from the music industry, to church leadership, and eventually into artist management in his early 40s. We reflect on marriage, frequent moves, starting over, learning through counseling, understanding personality patterns through the Enneagram and the tension between safety and risk. This conversation is honest, grounding, and full of wisdom for anyone who feels like they’re behind, stuck or questioning whether it’s too late to step into something new. Follow along for more conversations around the Enneagram, nervous system awareness, growth, relationships, and becoming who you were created to be: On the web | On Instagram

  6. May 6

    Becoming You Isn’t What You Think It Is (with Abbey Howe)

    What does it actually look like to become yourself? In this conversation, I sit down with Enneagram educator and author Abbey Howe to explore the real, often messy process of growth. From building a platform through storytelling and humor, to navigating identity shifts in motherhood, to learning how to move from awareness into real transformation, this episode goes deeper than surface-level Enneagram insight. Abbey shares openly about her journey as an Enneagram 3, including the tension between productivity and presence, the identity loss that can come with major life transitions, and the work of redefining worth beyond performance. We also talk about her new book, My Enneagram: A Visual Guide to Find Your Personality Type, Stress Less, and Live Your Dreams. If you’ve ever felt stuck in your patterns, overwhelmed by a life transition, or unsure how to actually apply what you know about yourself—this conversation is for you. Jackie: On the web | On Instagram Abbey: On the web | On Instagram | On TikTok

  7. Apr 29

    When Stress Hits, Your Type Tightens: Part 2

    This is part two of a two-part conversation with licensed mental health counselor Rob Goetsch. This episode explores a different kind of stress; the kind that comes from your relationships, not just your to-do list. This is attachment stress, and it activates your nervous system quickly, making your Enneagram patterns feel louder, faster, and harder to shift.  When stress hits, your body responds almost instantly, and it can stay activated long after the moment has passed, especially if your mind keeps replaying it. Defense mechanisms kick in during in these moments, not as flaws, but as protective strategies aimed at helping you cope and guard what matters most. Awareness won’t immediately change these responses, but it does create space to understand them. And real change starts with regulation, supporting your body so your patterns can soften, instead of tightening, under pressure. Jackie: On the web | On Instagram Rob: On Instagram

  8. Apr 22

    When Stress Hits, Your Type Tightens: Part 1

    This is part one of a two-part conversation with licensed mental health counselor Rob Goetsch. This episode explores a different kind of stress; the kind that comes from your relationships, not just your to-do list. This is attachment stress, and it activates your nervous system quickly, making your Enneagram patterns feel louder, faster, and harder to shift.  When stress hits, your body responds almost instantly, and it can stay activated long after the moment has passed, especially if your mind keeps replaying it. Defense mechanisms kick in during in these moments, not as flaws, but as protective strategies aimed at helping you cope and guard what matters most. Awareness won’t immediately change these responses, but it does create space to understand them. And real change starts with regulation, supporting your body so your patterns can soften, instead of tightening, under pressure. Jackie: On the web | On Instagram

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