The Neuroscience of the Enneagram | Dr. Dan Siegel (Ep. 15)

I'm joined by Dr. Dan Siegel—New York Times bestselling author, psychiatrist, and one of the world's leading voices on interpersonal neurobiology. We discuss his groundbreaking book on the Enneagram, how a chance meeting with EnneaTypes creator Claudio Naranjo changed the trajectory of his work, and why this once-skeptical neuroscientist spent the next two decades helping build a bridge between modern neuroscience and the Enneagram. You can stay up to date with all that Dan is doing at https://drdansiegel.com/ and you’ll also find a link there to his books, including *Personality and Wholeness in Therapy: Integrating 9 Patterns of Developmental Pathways in Clinical Practice*.  0:00 Audio Intro 0:30 Welcome 2:14 What Is Interpersonal Neurobiology? 6:51 Defining the Mind 15:18 Meeting Claudio Naranjo 19:00 Discovering the Enneagram 28:09 Building a Scientific Framework 41:26 Nine Patterns of Personality 45:46 Personality, Attachment & Wholeness 51:44 Final Thoughts 53:22 Outro ━━━━━━━━  **FREE Preview of 3-Hour Enneagram History Course** Enroll here: https://www.typeish.com/history  ━━━━━━━━  **FREE Enneagram Self-Typing Guide** Download here: https://www.typeish.com/free  ━━━━━━━━ **Binge the *Type·ish* Podcast** Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/type-ish/id1867815632 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hczBky5UIYxWaZypxdwyT?si=42d759b9c3c74816 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@typeishofficial ━━━━━━━━ **Follow *Type·ish*** Web: https://www.typeish.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/typeishofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gospelforenneagram TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@typeishofficial ━━━━━━━━ Music used with permission: 1EHGFXLKCSTV87DM, R1FX7HC5J8QQ4AG3, FKF90OE351KHV1DU **\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\***