Why We Do What We Do: Using the Enneagram & Self-Awareness to Meet Your Moment

What happens when we stop moving through our lives on autopilot and actually look within? In this episode of the Inner Light podcast, executive coach and organizational leader Krista Johnson joins the show for a rich conversation on self-awareness, personal growth, and self-discovery. Krista unpacks how tools like the Enneagram that helps give us language to our core motivations and exploring not just what we do, but why we do it. Together, we break down what it really looks like to move from insight to embodied action, navigate relationship friction with curiosity, and cultivate grounding practices that bring us back home to ourselves. In this episode, we explore: • Why looking within is the foundation for accepting yourself and sharing your inner light • The Enneagram as a lens for core motivation, including the strengths and shadow sides of different types • Action dominant, thinking dominant, and feeling dominant patterns, plus how each can flex out of default autopilot mode • Practical strategies for overthinkers and overfeelers to process emotions and make conscious decisions • Moving from self knowledge to real world transformation: choosing your hard and doing the work in safe spaces • The role of breathwork and somatic regulation in staying grounded as a leader, creator, and partner