Interview | Cultivating Open-Heartedness with Nan Henson

Drew and the Seths interview their teacher, the one and only Nan Henson. Nan is a master enneagram teacher based in Atlanta, Georgia. She’s one of a select few of  Enneagram Institute authorized teachers in the world. Nan is the founder of Enneagram Atlanta and co-founder of Enneagram Georgia. And you’ll want to stick around to the end of this episode, because Nan leads us through a brief and powerful meditation exercise. 

 

• How Nan is continuing her enneagram teaching amid COVID-19 [3:20]
• Nan’s enneagram origin story [4:41]
• How long it took Nan to feel confident in her enneagram teaching [9:02]
• Advice for stepping into something bigger than yourself [9:45]
• As a Type 2, how Nan has learned to live from a more authentic sense of self [11:00]
• Living in the heart [14:00]
• How to cultivate the capacity for presence [16:45]
• The difference between merely eliminating distraction and cultivating presence amid distraction [21:08]
• How each enneagram type loses presence [22:45]
• On the fear of living from a more authentic self [29:30]
• Nan-wisdom on healing the heart [33:00]
• The power of repeating questions practices to access the heart [37:10]
• Relatedness vs. relationship [39:00]
• Supporting others in their inner work [41:00]
• Where to find Nan and a bit about her certification program [43:45]
• Nan leads us through a closing meditation [46:45]

 

Follow Nan:

• www.enneagramatlanta.com [Nan’s workshops]
• www.enneagramgeorgia.com [Nan’s certification program with Lynda Roberts]
• Instagram: @ennegramatlanta 

 

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Fathoms | An Enneagram Podcast: “Discovering our inner depths, one fathom at a time.”

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Co-hosts: Seth Abram, Seth Creekmore, Drew Moser

Production/Editing: Seth Creekmore

 

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• Follow Abram: @integratedenneagram
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