Enneagram Interviews

On our Podcast and YouTube show What It's Like To Be You, we interview accurately typed guests about their inner experience and inner work practitioners about their modality. Watch our most recent episode below, or browse Enneagram interviews by category.

#49: Kim (SO/SP 8w7 863) – Gatekeeping my Reality, Blaming Myself for Naivety, and Protecting My Severed Soul

Kim (SO/SP 8w7 863) joins us for an intimate and unguarded exploration of the inner world of Eight — where sovereignty is survival, connection is a gamble, and straight talk is an act of love. From the first moments, Kim’s presence is unmistakable: a force of nature, all-in from the outset, inviting others to meet her at full throttle. We explore the emotional paradox at the heart of the Social Eight — the innocent hope that others will meet her with the same raw honesty she offers, the crushing self-blame that follows when that trust proves misplaced, and the instinct to amputate not just relationships but parts of her own soul in self-protection. We delve into the Eight’s preemptive numbing, the hardened stance of being the gatekeeper of her world, and the quiet grief of being valued only for what she gives — not for who she is. Kim’s story is a vivid portrait of Eight’s vulnerability beneath the armor, and of the slow, courageous return to wholeness.