The Couch Next Door

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Let's check in on our emotional intelligence!  Giving space to the experience of our emotions helps us to name our emotions.  When we develop our emotional intelligence we feel empowered to regulate emotions effectively. 

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DBT
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There is hope in healing when we speak to our inner child.  Giving words of comfort to our younger self can offer up emotional stability that wasn't offered up in the exact way we needed as a young person.  We each have the tools within ourselves to find that healing.  Let's check in with our inner-child and find out what they need! 

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What do our rants tell us?  What information can we pay attention to?  Let's check-in on our rants!  Going first, giving space to your feelings, and sharing your rants can promote community with others because it gives an opportunity for validation and connection.  Rants have intention while complaining does not.   

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SURPRISE!  Here I am in your podcast feed on a Monday with a big announcement.  On Thursday, May 2nd, you'll see 6 new episodes from The Couch Next Door.  These are short quick check- in episodes addressing an area of introspection in our mental health.

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My husband, Jason, came back to help me wrap up the Ennea-Season.  We discuss his initial skepticism of the Enneagram and what really helped him to come around.  We also deep dive into how the Enneagram has helped us as a couple.  I can’t speak enough about how it has transformed our perspectives of one another.  Be sure to listen to this episode past the cre...

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This bonus episode dives into typing and mistyping.  I talk with a podcast regular, Brittany Holmstrom, on her typing journey.  She mistyped as a 2 for over 10 years and just recently discovered she is a 4.  I’ve said throughout this season that mistyping is common and I wanted to feature an episode of encouragement and knowledge to help us with our typing jo...

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I brought the podcast’s Enneagram Coach back to the show to answer questions I received over this season. Marty Munger joined us again to dive a little bit deeper and clarify some of the ins and outs of the Enneagram for us to have a better understanding of this personality typing system.  Marty also really brought the rant today.  I can’t wait to hear what y...

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Leigh & Melody brought the party to The Couch Next Door!  I would expect nothing less from these Enneagram 7s.  What a joy it was to hear what it’s like to see the world as a 7.  It is a lot of fun but it’s also important for us to understand that their motivation for fun is a way to cope with unpleasant feelings.  What a gift their superpower of reframin...

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The enneagram 6 is the number that is most represented in the world.  On the surface we can see the reason being because we live in a stressful world with anxiety on the rise.  But hearing what these 6s have to say about the importance of being prepared and adaptable makes having a lot of 6s in the world a comfort in my opinion.  Rhonda and Kristen both came ...

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This show was extra special to me because Sean and Ellie gave insight into my favorite 5, my husband.  Listen closely to how we can support them well and value all of the thinking that they do.  It’s always a good reminder to be aware of their motivation to conserve energy and that the idea of recharge means something very different for a 5.  Let’s give them ...

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The conversation with the Enneagram 4s was so beautiful.  It was such a joy to be a part of the connection that Brittany and Julie had as they discussed what it’s like to see the world through the lens of a 4.  To feel a sense of belonging and acceptance for their uniqueness is something that 4s deeply desire.  They bring such authenticity to the world and tr...

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The 3s brought the info today!  From learning what failure looks like to them to explaining how being a chameleon is an asset to their achievements not something for the rest of us to be suspicious of.  Today these Enneagram 3s let me ask the deep, hard questions to get to know what it’s like for them to live in this world and the joy they find in a lot of th...

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My fellow 2s came on the show today, so you really got 3 perspectives on being a 2!  I’m a sucker for validation so I had so much fun chatting with Elizabeth and Jessica on how we see the world as Enneagram 2s.  We all agree that our focus is so much on others that knowing what we need is a very tricky question to answer but we definitely love acknowledgment ...

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Our Enneagram 1s are joining us today to talk all about that pesky inner critic and also how they value a job well done and right.  Mike and Melaina give us all some good advice on how to care for the 1s in our life well.  

Vanessa Queen’s episodes:

Enneagram 8

Loving a Family Member with Mental Health Struggles

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Today we get to hear from our 9s!  Andrew Bowles and Donna Looper share with us the gifts that the 9s bring to the world, as well as, the tensions they tend to sit in as they are doing repressed and doing dominant.  So complicated!  I learned so much in this episode as Andrew and Donna shared how they see the world through the lens of a peaceful mediator.

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Our friends with the most energy are on the show today.  Welcome two of my Enneagram 8 Friends back to the show.  Vanessa and Amy both appeared in my first season and have returned to talk all about how they see the world through the lens of an Enneagram 8.  We laughed a lot!  And I also learned a lot! 

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Welcome to the Ennea-Season brought to you by the Couch Next Door!  On this first episode, you'll be introduced to the podcast's official Enneagram Coach, Marty Munger.  Marty will give us some basic information and insight on how to navigate and better understand one of my favorite pieces of homework for clients. 

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