Austin Enneagram - Ep19 - Instincts - Self Preservation, Sexual, & Social

Check out this new episode I produced for Elizabeth Chapin and Leigh Jackson’s Austin Enneagram podcast. Helping people capture and create their podcast is fun but it’s extra nice when I get to learn something that I can apply to my life in the process!

In this episode podcast hosts Elizabeth Chapin and Leigh Jackson delve into the three Instincts; Self preservation, Sexual, and Social. The goal is balance, awareness, and your relationship with all three, and typically there is one instinct that is more dominant, one more in the middle, and one that is a blind spot.

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Each Instinct is also broken down into three even more specific zones. By surveying a broad range of teachings and by attempting to integrate their own realizations, challenges, and how they personally relate to this level of work, Elizabeth and Leigh are able to expand and elaborate on this deeper aspect of the Enneagram that is separate from the types.

Elizabeth and Leigh have been apprentices of Enneagram master Suzanne Stabile. Their goal is to share this practical and transformational tool with others in a way that is narrative, inclusive and accessible. Have a listen to Episode 1-10 if you haven’t, to get an introduction to the 9 types and overview of the Enneagram.

  • An introduction to Instincts and their relative dominance

  • Self Preservation specifics and zones - 14:20

  • Sexual specifics and zones - 27:21

  • Social specifics and zones - 44:33

  • Closing comments - 1.00.10

Austin Enneagram - Virtues

Check out this new episode I produced for Elizabeth Chapin and Leigh Jackson’s Austin Enneagram podcast. Helping people capture and create their podcast is fun but it’s extra nice when I get to learn something that I can apply to my life in the process!

This one-on-one with hosts Elizabeth Chapin and Leigh Jackson goes in-depth to explore and help us understand the specific virtue of each Enneagram type. They share and combine perspectives from many resources while relating their own realizations and personal experiences to paint a picture of the higher nature and essence of each type.

Elizabeth and Leigh have been apprentices of Enneagram master Suzanne Stabile. Their goal is to share this practical and transformational tool with others in a way that is narrative, inclusive, and accessible. Have a listen to Episode 1-10 if you haven’t, to get an introduction to the 9 types and an overview of the Enneagram.

  • Type 6 specifics - 42:50

  • Type 7 specifics - 52:09

  • Type 8 specifics - 1:02:18

  • Type 9 specifics - 1:08:44

  • Type 1 specifics - 1:17:26

  • What are virtues?

  • Type 2 specifics - 09:21

  • Type 3 specifics - 19:46

  • Type 4 specifics - 25:22

  • Type 5 specifics - 32:58

“I think it’s kind of our essence or when we are present. When we do the work and personality stands down in a way. That space where we live into what is really true. ”
— Leigh

How I Produce An Austin Enneagram Episode

Recording at Elizabeth’s gorgeous house. Two hosts, two in-person guests, and one on a computer through Zoom.

Recording at Elizabeth’s gorgeous house. Two hosts, two in-person guests, and one on a computer through Zoom.

Just produced another new episode for Elizabeth and Leigh over at Austin Enneagram. There was a new challenge this time since one of their guests was on Zoom. After doing some research I decided at the last minute to just allow Zoom to record the call on the computer while recording the guests in person with my equipment. Zoom allowed me to choose to save the audio of the remote guest on its own track. Luckily the audio had the same timing as my local recordings and matched up perfectly. It ended up sounding pretty good!

I’m already maxing out the capability of my Zoom H4N Pro recorder (not the same company), by recording 4 people at once using two XLR Male to Dual XLR Female Y-Cables connected to two Shure SM58 Dynamic Microphone’s for the guests, one Audio-Technica ATR2100x-USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone for Leigh, and an Audio-Technica BPHS1 Broadcast Stereo Headset for Elizabeth. Essentially recording four separate voices onto two tracks. Adding another element I thought might be too much, but it worked out. Looking forward to a likely upgrade to a Zoom PodTrak P8 soon.

As I have stated previously, my goal and responsibility with any production is to make sure that I capture the best audio possible so a quality episode can be created and shared. With the recorded audio in hand, I first use Audacity to split the stereo track created by the H4N into two mono tracks so I can edit the different voices separately. Then I drag those files into Garageband to do the second by second editing, and then finally run the full-size AIFF audio file through web-based Auphonic for algorithmic leveling, normalization, and encoding to a 64 kbps mono MP3. Makes it sound great and fixes a lot of voice level issues.

In the case of Austin Enneagram, I then add the final episode MP3 file to their Squarespace website by creating a new post, writing a title and episode summary, transcribing a quote, and customizing all of the back end settings so that the episode will broadcast properly and look professional. I even provide photos taken during the recording for use on social media. If you have any questions about this process let me know. I’m not an audio engineer but I will do my best to share what I know.

If you’ve ever thought about having your own podcast, but don’t have the time or inclination to buy all of this equipment and deal with the technical learning curve, let me know. Check out my post from October 20th for more about this podcast.

New Austin Enneagram Episode

Just produced a new episode for Elizabeth and Leigh over at Austin Enneagram. What that first means is I met with them and their guests to record a conversation. My goal and responsibility with any production is to make sure that I capture the best audio possible so an episode can be created and shared with the world. Once we have the recording, I then edit and tighten it up to create a more succinct and articulate version, worth of any listener’s time. Finally, I add the podcast to their website and write a summary along with tweaking all of the back end settings that make it broadcast properly and look professional.

If you’ve ever thought about having your own podcast, but don’t have the time or inclination to buy all the equipment, and deal with the technical learning curve, let me know. Learn more by checking out my post from October 20th all about it.

What Is The Enneagram? Ever Heard Of It?

If you are into personality type tests and learning more about why you and your family and friends do the silly things they do, this will I suspect be of interest to you. If you want to go deep, there is a lot to learn, and I think it is really interesting.

“The Enneagram of Personality, or simply the Enneagram is a model of the human psyche which is principally understood and taught as a typology of nine interconnected personality types.”
— Wikipedia

In addition to being a photographer and creating my own podcasts, I also offer my knowledge and expertise to help others realize their own podcast goals. One of those is the Austin Enneagram podcast, hosted by Elizabeth Chapin and Leigh Jackson, both of whom have apprenticed under author Suzanne Stabile. As they state on their website, “we find the Enneagram to be both a practical and transformational tool and hope to share it with others in a way that is narrative, inclusive, and accessible.”

When it comes to who I produce podcasts for, I recently realized I only want to work with clients whose goal is to help others and attempt to make the world a better place. Maybe that is idealistic, but that is where I am at. It’s also fun when the subject is interesting to me and could help enhance my own journey. The more I learn about Enneagram, the more compassion I find I have for others, and the better I understand myself. It’s been great being a curious fly on the wall with recording equipment.

So last week I showed up at Elizabeth’s fabulous house to record episode 15, got all of the equipment set up, and it turned out one of the guests was not showing up. I just happened to be the same number as them. I fit the requirement and became the guest. It was actually a nice experience that if had I known about it ahead of time, probably would have made me a bit anxious.

If you know nothing about Enneagram I would recommend listening to their series on all 9 types, the first 10 episodes. See if any of it resonates with you and maybe start figuring out your own number if you don’t already know. Once you get your bearings, have a listen to #15, a great conversation about the dependent stance, with a lot of honest sharing.

If you are interested in starting your own podcast let me know and maybe I can help. One of my goals is to assist those who want their own show but don’t have the time, interest, or money to acquire the knowledge, skills, and equipment needed to create a great sounding professional podcast. Email me at scott@scottdavidgordon.com or call/text 512-470-1574.