Interview | Trauma: Trauma Before Type with Sharon K. Ball

In this first episode on trauma, we interview Sharon K. Ball. Licensed therapist and enneagram professional who specializes in trauma and the enneagram. Sharon is the author of Reclaiming You: Using the Enneagram to Move from Trauma to Resilience. 

[1:10] Abram asks Sharon for her “top strength in her Myers-briggs finder” (?)

[2:00] Clarifying some terms: trauma and resilience

[4:15] The 4 Types of Trauma: Chronic, Insidious, Acute, & Complex

[9:30] Big T vs. little t trauma

[12:00] How important is it to label one’s type of trauma?

[16:10] The difference between a stressful experience and a traumatic one

[22:30] On being trauma informed…and not reducing people to a type

[27:40] Finding specific practices for our type

[29:45] The triad of resilience/trauma resolution

[33:00] The difference between an enneagram type as a coping strategy vs. a trauma response. 

[36:20] How knowing your type can engage your trauma work

[39:05] How can we honor each other and arrive at a greater sense of unity? 

Follow Sharon’s work: @sharonkball // www.ninepaths.com

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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, Lindsey Marks, Drew Moser

Production/Editing: Seth Creekmore

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