From Armor to Ease

Chichi Agorom

From Armor to Ease is an enneagram podcast exploring how we return to our freest selves beneath the armor we carry. How does our armor–or our stories of who we think we should be–impact our relationship to concepts like intimacy, power, parenting, and politics? How do we expand beyond the limitations of our single stories so that we can become more free in all these arenas of life? Hosted by Chichi Agorom, a Certified Enneagram Teacher & Coach, Associate Faculty at The Narrative Enneagram, and author of The Enneagram for Black Liberation, From Armor to Ease captures Chichi and her guests in candid discussions about life, vulnerability, armor, liberation, and ease. New episodes available every Wednesday!

  1. 2023/06/21

    Friendship As A Container For Intimacy with Hollis Heath

    Chichi Agorom & Hollis Heath talk about: What the purpose of friendship isHow context and culture influence the understanding and expression of friendshipFriends as soulmatesAbout Hollis: Hollis Heath is an award-winning theatre artist, writer, and girl’s empowerment leader. She is co-founder of Harlem KW Project, a theatre company that produced the Audelco award-winning play, “Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale.” Hollis earned her Master’s in Educational Theatre and has spent the last decade creating programming, content and curriculum to empower young women to identify purpose, own their unique voice and connect them with brands and organizations to increase their social capital. Brands she has produced events for with young women include Coach, Verizon, Refinery 29, Benefit Cosmetics, American Express, Jet Blue, Universal Records, Salesforce, and many others. Her work as an empowerment leader has led to invitations to speak at the White House and work as a Self-Esteem ambassador with Dove. She currently serves as an associate producer for VOICES, a new interdisciplinary performance arts project and campaign grounded in Black women’s stories to unify the vision of ending violence against women: cis women, trans women, and non-binary people across the world.  Learn more about the enneagram by visiting our sponsor's website at www.narrativeenneagram.org Have a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051‬. Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay

    48 分钟
  2. 2023/05/31

    bell hooks, Barriers to Love, & Becoming Human with Jessica Denise Dickson

    Chichi Agorom & Jessica Denise Dickson talk about: Internal barriers to love and intimacybell hooks' definition of love and its 6 componentsConsidering how our socialization into whiteness, patriarchy, and capitalism influence our pursuit of love.About Jessica: Jessica Denise Dickson is a life empowerment coach who teaches and coaches for the reclamation of our full humanity, equity, justice, and freedom through the intersections of the Enneagram, antiracism, and embodiment. She does this in one-on-one coaching, in groups and workshops, and with organizations. To this work, Jessica brings a Master’s degree in Counseling, a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a career counseling certificate, and embodiment training with several teachers. She also has over 15 years of experience in diversity education; 10 years as an Enneagram student and teacher; years recruiting, training, and providing professional development for staff; and a commitment to her own personal and professional growth . . . and more. She believes when we do this work, we live more authentically with self-trust, self-safety, and fully-embodied freedom. When we do this, we change the world. You can find her at instagram.com/jessicaddicksoncoaching Have a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051‬. Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay

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  3. 2023/05/24

    On Intimacy: Knowledge as Armor with Nikki Blak

    Chichi Agorom and Nikki Blak talk about: The power of using your thoughts to shape your experienceCultivating joy as a practiceHow  the desire to share knowledge can sometimes be selfishQuestioning and releasing the meaning we give to other people's requestsAbout Nikki: Nikki Blak is a writer, sociologist, and womanist, whose art interrogates social constructs and affirms Blackness. Her thought leadership and radical education work centers historically marginalized and oppressed folks. She holds a B.A. in Sociology and a Master of Arts in Social Justice and Community Organizing. She uses her extensive education in combination with her lived experience and ancestral knowledge to interrogate anti-Black ideologies and challenge patriarchal cultural norms. Her incendiary art provides unrelenting socio-political critique and activates liberatory praxis to dismantle systems of oppression. As a public speaker and performer, Nikki's work has been featured on radio, national television, college universities, and at historic performance venues across the country. She is a founder and Executive Director of The Interrupt Series, a virtual workshop and lecture program dedicated to producing anti-racism curriculum and providing education and resources to interrupt racism and patriarchy. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Inglewood, California, Nikki resides on unceded Tongva land with her partner and children, where she works to make her ancestors proud and leave a just, equitable society for her descendants. You can find her at blakisbeautiful.com, interruptseries.com, instagram.com/nikkiblak Have a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051‬. Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay

    57 分钟
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From Armor to Ease is an enneagram podcast exploring how we return to our freest selves beneath the armor we carry. How does our armor–or our stories of who we think we should be–impact our relationship to concepts like intimacy, power, parenting, and politics? How do we expand beyond the limitations of our single stories so that we can become more free in all these arenas of life? Hosted by Chichi Agorom, a Certified Enneagram Teacher & Coach, Associate Faculty at The Narrative Enneagram, and author of The Enneagram for Black Liberation, From Armor to Ease captures Chichi and her guests in candid discussions about life, vulnerability, armor, liberation, and ease. New episodes available every Wednesday!

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