Enneagram Subtypes 401: The 27 Instincts & Your Three-Layer Cake
Update: 2025-11-05
Description
Kelly and Damon kick off a brand-new series on Enneagram subtypes, the instinctual variants that turn 9 core types into 27 flavors. This is the deep end: self-preservation (sp), social (so), and one-to-one/sexual (sx), plus the “three-layer cake” of dominant, secondary, and repressed instincts.
In this episode:
- What sp/so/sx really mean, and how they shape each number’s style
- The “cake” model: why your dominant instinct runs on autopilot (and what to do about the blind spot)
- How subtypes explain look-alikes (e.g., a social Eight that resembles a Two)
- What’s next in the series: Week 1, Self-Pres (Types 1-9), Week 2—Social, Week 3, One-to-One
- A quick reflection homework to help you spot your stack
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