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E74: Is Your ‘Courage’ Just a Cover?

Episode 74
46m | Aug 6, 2026

The Hard Conversation Each Enneagram Type Avoids


Tannah opens the episode anxious that her air conditioner and Nest thermostat are malfunctioning, then shares lake-trip updates and chaotic back-to-school and kids’ soccer logistics, including a messy car and her son’s “helicopter collection” of applesauce tops. The hosts of Enneagram Adventure—certified Enneagram coaches—introduce the topic of courage as the willingness to stay in discomfort, especially during hard conversations, emphasizing curiosity, directness, and kindness. They discuss practicing timely conflict repair (a 48-hour rule), how twos may keep score and struggle to ask for needs without feeling selfish, and how eights’ directness can mask fear of vulnerability. They note head types can intellectualize patterns without embodying change, compare discomfort training to cold plunging and running, and end relieved that Tannah’s AC is working.


00:00 AC Panic Cold Air

01:23 Lake Trip Recap

03:27 Chaotic Family Schedule

05:47 Podcast Intro Enneagram Basics

07:18 Courage Hard Conversations

08:58 Workplace Conflict Skills

12:05 48 Hour Rule Resentment

15:52 Brave Words Kid Boundaries

17:54 Write It Down Dont Send

21:02 Eights And Vulnerability

22:35 Directness Without Cruelty

26:18 Calling Out Judgment

27:48 Curiosity And The Stories We Tell

30:52 Twos Asking For Needs

32:12 Breaking Childhood Patterns

34:35 Letting Others Find Their Way

37:57 Knowing Versus Feeling It

39:40 Training Discomfort Tolerance

42:16 Workout High And Rewards

43:14 AC Update And Wrap Up

45:07 Listener Questions And Goodbye

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