Enneagram Teacher Interviews Type 8 Teacher: Emeka Okorafor

Emeka Okorafor is a top world expert in Enneagram typing. He co-runs Enneagrammer.com, co-hosts the Big Hormone Enneagram Podcast and the Dark Arts Academy -- weekly classes where you can watch the Enneagrammer team type a celebrity live. See previews of the videos on their YouTube channel:‪@enneagrammertyping‬ Emeka is also an Enneagram Type 8, and he speaks very clearly about his inner experience. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro to What It's Like To Be You 1:35 Intro to Emeka 6:05 Emeka's Enneagram Origin Story 8:27 Learning as an 8, needing it to be “real," alive; discovering my own type 15:30 "I'm gonna leave a mark on you"; Creating a before and after; "making it happen" 18:27 Ppl getting upset, cutting through bullshit as an 8 teacher, making the Enneagram unignorable 21:40 The inner experience of 8ness right now 25:00 Feeling "separate from my experience" 28:00 "Getting high on my own momentum" 30:07 Inner work for me as an 8: getting in touch with my heart, letting people in, allowing things to happen (not “making” them happen) 36:00 On boundaries, the terror of being violated; the inner circle, "my box" 39:27 8s and Protectiveness 43:00 Instinctual understanding of consequences, intimidation; Having others rely on me while I’m not relying on them 45:42 Not realizing I'm being provocative or pushing people into psychological corners 51:23 #nota4 and why it matters; common delusions in typology circles 55:09 On typing people, and the controversy of telling someone their type; the skill of seeing type 1:02:00 - the wisdom and soul of the 8; making something invisible visible; making it “real” 1:08:44 - Advice for 8s, allowing for things to happen 1:12:00 - Advice if you have an 8 boss, partner, friend, etc; not triggering the “well I didn’t care about this anyway” response 1:20:00 Conclusion & Where to find Emeka #enneagram #enneagram8 #enneagramtypes #enneagrameight #enneagramtype8 Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay Coma-Media: https://pixabay.com/users/coma-media-... Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/