The Vertical Climb 1.3 | Enneagram & Shadow Work | Waiman Ip Min Wan

You can't see the frame of your own glasses while you're wearing them. That's what a blind spot is, and it's exactly where the Enneagram helps. 📄 Free resources from this episode: https://newb.mu/personal-inquiry In episode 3 of The Vertical Climb, Sandra Viljoen and Margot Vannelet open the fourth portal, Shadows, with Waiman Ip Min Wan, New Beginnings' Enneagram specialist and personal inquiry coach. Before Waiman joins, Sandra and Margot turn the lens on themselves: how their own Enneagram types have been showing up while making this very podcast. Then Waiman explains the Enneagram in plain language, without boxes or jargon, and shows how it becomes a practical tool for shadow work. In this episode: → Why the Enneagram is a mirror, not a box → The childhood unmet need that drives every personality type → How to move from living a pattern to actually seeing it → What shadow work really is, and why waking up is only step one → Head, heart and body: the three centres, plus wings, arrows and instincts → Persona vs essence: what your personality keeps hidden → The leader who couldn't stop proving himself, and what changed when he saw it → The shadow of a team, and of a whole organisation → The nine types, their core beliefs and their "passions" "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." (Carl Jung, shared by Waiman) CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome to The Vertical Climb 00:46 Opening the fourth portal: Shadows 04:27 When you analyse everything 05:55 Our own blind spots while making this podcast 10:26 Margot: a Type 3 and the fear of not being enough 18:50 Meet Waiman Ip Min Wan 22:17 What is the Enneagram? Seeing the frame of your glasses 25:54 The childhood unmet need behind every type 29:20 From living the pattern to seeing it 32:25 What shadow work really is 34:56 Head, heart and body: the three centres 37:38 Wings, arrows and instincts: why it is not a box 43:32 Persona vs essence 44:56 Curious but cautious: the Enneagram at work 46:51 Inside the New Beginnings Personal Inquiry 50:13 Childhood trauma does not have to be big 53:39 The leader who had to keep proving himself 57:53 Healing, coaching and "waking down" 1:02:34 The shadow of a team and an organisation 1:03:39 The nine types and their core beliefs 1:06:46 The passions of each type 1:15:21 Team Discovery: the Enneagram on the floor 1:23:50 Healthy and unhealthy versions of each type 1:26:02 If this makes you uncomfortable 1:26:57 Closing words: facing the shadow 💬 Which pattern keeps showing up in your life? Tell us in the comments. 👍 If this episode opened a door for you, like, subscribe and share it with a leader who needs it. ABOUT THE VERTICAL CLIMB A podcast about the inner journey of leadership: honest conversations with CEOs, business leaders, HR professionals and coaches about the moments and beliefs that shaped the people behind the titles. Season One: Conscious and Systemic Leadership ◀️ Previous episode: 1.2, The 7 Portals of Personal Growth ▶️ Next episode: 1.4, Leading Beyond Our Blind Spots with Andre Viljoen 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0vZedbZxI... 🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-... ABOUT NEW BEGINNINGS & SYSTEMIC DEVELOPMENT The Vertical Climb is produced by New Beginnings, a Mauritius-based practice specialising in systemic leadership development and executive coaching for leaders and teams. Its Systemic Development Framework helps CEOs, executive teams and HR leaders transform leadership and culture, starting at the top and cascading through the organisation, across four pillars: Self-Mastery, Relational Mastery, Leadership Mastery and Systemic Integration. Because it's not systemic if you don't develop yourself first. 🌱 New Beginnings: https://newb.mu 🧭 Systemic Development: https://systemicdevelopment.com 🌐 The Vertical Climb: https://theverticalclimb.com #Enneagram #ShadowWork #TheVerticalClimb