Podcast
From Armor to Ease
Hosted by Chichi Agorom · EN
From Armor to Ease is an enneagram podcast exploring how we return to our freest selves beneath the armor we carry. How does our armor–or our stories of who we think we should be–impact our relationship to concepts like intimacy, power, parenting, and politics? How do we expand beyond the limitations of our single stories so that we can become more free in all these arenas of life?
Hosted by Chichi Agorom, a Certified Enneagram Teacher & Coach, Associate Faculty at The Narrative Enneagram, and author of The Enneagram for Black Liberation, From Armor to Ease captures Chichi and her guests in candid discussions about life, vulnerability, armor, liberation, and ease. New episodes available every Wednesday!
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In Conclusion with Chichi Agorom
Jul 5, 202300:18:22Tap to summarizeIn the final episode of Season 1, Chichi reflects on what she's learned from all the guests this season around intimacy and armor, and shares more about her journey to understanding she's an enneagram five.Season 2 with an all-new theme will return soon so follow the podcast to be notified when we return!Have a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051.Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay
Transcribe →On Intimacy: Helpfulness As Armor with Becca Moravec
Jun 28, 202300:59:58Tap to summarizeChichi Agorom & Becca Moravec talk about:Honesty as central to intimacyThe fear of being fully who you areThe exhaustion and loneliness that comes with always needing to be the helperThe freedom of self-directionAbout Becca:Becca Moravec is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a certified enneagram practitioner in Denver, with a heart for Millennial Individuals and Millennial Couples. She’s been practicing therapy for 13 years and when she began learning about the enneagram, it completely transformed her practice.She is also the co-host of a Therapy Podcast with Sarah Brill called Two Therapists in Therapy, where they talk about self-acceptance, self-growth, self-love, and connection. When she's not in her office, she is out hiking and playing with her family and her dog, Pumpkin, or spending quality time with her friends.You can find Becca at www.FullBloomCounseling.com, on Instagram at www.instagram.com/takingbacktherapy, and as a co-host on the Two Therapists in Therapy podcast.Learn more about the enneagram by visiting our sponsor's website at www.narrativeenneagram.orgHave a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051.Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay
Transcribe →Friendship As A Container For Intimacy with Hollis Heath
Jun 21, 202300:48:27Tap to summarizeChichi Agorom & Hollis Heath talk about:What the purpose of friendship isHow context and culture influence the understanding and expression of friendshipFriends as soulmatesAbout Hollis:Hollis Heath is an award-winning theatre artist, writer, and girl’s empowerment leader. She is co-founder of Harlem KW Project, a theatre company that produced the Audelco award-winning play, “Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale.” Hollis earned her Master’s in Educational Theatre and has spent the last decade creating programming, content and curriculum to empower young women to identify purpose, own their unique voice and connect them with brands and organizations to increase their social capital. Brands she has produced events for with young women include Coach, Verizon, Refinery 29, Benefit Cosmetics, American Express, Jet Blue, Universal Records, Salesforce, and many others. Her work as an empowerment leader has led to invitations to speak at the White House and work as a Self-Esteem ambassador with Dove. She currently serves as an associate producer for VOICES, a new interdisciplinary performance arts project and campaign grounded in Black women’s stories to unify the vision of ending violence against women: cis women, trans women, and non-binary people across the world. Learn more about the enneagram by visiting our sponsor's website at www.narrativeenneagram.orgHave a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051.Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay
Transcribe →On Intimacy: Success as Armor with Amy Morrison
Jun 14, 202300:58:24Tap to summarizeChichi Agorom and Amy Morrison talk about:How the desire to be seen as successful can keep you from intimacyBreathwork as a way to reconnect to the fullness of who we areLearning how to be instead of always doing.About Amy:Amy Morrison is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Wellness Consultant who specializes in educating others about the nervous system. When Amy works with her clients she focuses on a holistic model of health and wellness that integrates breath work, mindfulness, physical fitness, and mental health. She envisions a world where anyone can get the help they need to experience the best version of themselves. You can find her on Instagram at www.instagram.com/truecorehealth or her website www.truecorehealth.com. Learn more about the enneagram by visiting our sponsor's website at www.narrativeenneagram.orgHave a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051.Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay
Transcribe →On Intimacy: Exceptionality As Armor with Adam Bailon
Jun 7, 202300:58:40Tap to summarizeChichi Agorom and Adam Bailon discuss:The desire to be seen and the pressure to be exceptionalGrief around not showing up fully The freedom of living a non-curated lifeAbout Adam:Adam Bailon is an Enneagram practitioner and teacher. He loves working with people using the Enneagram for the way it opens a soulful space that allows for self compassion and invites us back to the power of our own wholeness. Right now Adam is most excited about engaging at the intersection of Enneagram and Anti-oppression work as a way to support efforts for justice.Beyond his work Adam loves to fly fish and ski. He dreams of returning to the ocean and is always looking for the right playlist. Adam makes his home in Lafayette, CO with his wife and partner Emily, their two kids Maya and Matias and their new puppy, Toco. You can find Adam at https://theenneagramforfreedom.com/or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/enneagramforfreedom/ Have a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051.Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay
Transcribe →bell hooks, Barriers to Love, & Becoming Human with Jessica Denise Dickson
May 31, 202301:06:36Tap to summarizeChichi Agorom & Jessica Denise Dickson talk about:Internal barriers to love and intimacybell hooks' definition of love and its 6 componentsConsidering how our socialization into whiteness, patriarchy, and capitalism influence our pursuit of love.About Jessica:Jessica Denise Dickson is a life empowerment coach who teaches and coaches for the reclamation of our full humanity, equity, justice, and freedom through the intersections of the Enneagram, antiracism, and embodiment. She does this in one-on-one coaching, in groups and workshops, and with organizations.To this work, Jessica brings a Master’s degree in Counseling, a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a career counseling certificate, and embodiment training with several teachers. She also has over 15 years of experience in diversity education; 10 years as an Enneagram student and teacher; years recruiting, training, and providing professional development for staff; and a commitment to her own personal and professional growth . . . and more.She believes when we do this work, we live more authentically with self-trust, self-safety, and fully-embodied freedom. When we do this, we change the world. You can find her at instagram.com/jessicaddicksoncoachingHave a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051.Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay
Transcribe →On Intimacy: Knowledge as Armor with Nikki Blak
May 24, 202300:57:01Tap to summarizeChichi Agorom and Nikki Blak talk about:The power of using your thoughts to shape your experienceCultivating joy as a practiceHow the desire to share knowledge can sometimes be selfishQuestioning and releasing the meaning we give to other people's requestsAbout Nikki:Nikki Blak is a writer, sociologist, and womanist, whose art interrogates social constructs and affirms Blackness. Her thought leadership and radical education work centers historically marginalized and oppressed folks.She holds a B.A. in Sociology and a Master of Arts in Social Justice and Community Organizing. She uses her extensive education in combination with her lived experience and ancestral knowledge to interrogate anti-Black ideologies and challenge patriarchal cultural norms. Her incendiary art provides unrelenting socio-political critique and activates liberatory praxis to dismantle systems of oppression.As a public speaker and performer, Nikki's work has been featured on radio, national television, college universities, and at historic performance venues across the country.She is a founder and Executive Director of The Interrupt Series, a virtual workshop and lecture program dedicated to producing anti-racism curriculum and providing education and resources to interrupt racism and patriarchy.Born in Los Angeles and raised in Inglewood, California, Nikki resides on unceded Tongva land with her partner and children, where she works to make her ancestors proud and leave a just, equitable society for her descendants.You can find her at blakisbeautiful.com, interruptseries.com, instagram.com/nikkiblakHave a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051.Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay
Transcribe →Enneagram Types & Sexual Desire with Sam E. Greenberg
May 17, 202300:58:25Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Sam E. Greenberg and Chichi Agorom talk about:The difference between arousal and desireSelf-preservation, social, and sexual instincts and how they impact our sexual desireDesire cues by enneagram typeHow to work with your repressed instinctAbout Sam:Sam E. Greenberg is a sexuality researcher and Enneagram coach specializing in sex and relationships. Her doctoral research focuses on how type and dominant instinct impact patterns of sexual desire and expression. You can find her on Instagram at @ennea_gasm and on her website at www.enneagramsexpert.comHave a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051.Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay
Transcribe →On Intimacy: Vigilance as Armor with Kennesha Rodgers
May 10, 202300:59:41Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Kennesha Rodgers and Chichi Agorom talk about:How overthinking limits our ability to be present for intimacyThe importance of felt safety even while life and people remain uncertainHow vigilance is used to protect against rejectionAbout Kennesha:Kennesha Rodgers is a Project Manager and Personal development coach. In 2022 she launched her enneagram-based coaching practice, Amity Coaching. She is also pursuing a MA in Clinical Counseling, which she hopes to integrate into her coaching practice in time. Kennesha is passionate about creating paths of honesty and freedom for herself and others. She also enjoys coffee, houseplants, and good books. She currently lives outside of Philadelphia with her family. You can find her at www.amitycoaching.com and @amitycoaching on Instagram.Have a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051.Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay
Transcribe →Pleasure & Sexual Intimacy with Kaycee Polite
May 3, 202300:59:57Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Kaycee Polite and Chichi Agorom talk about:What intimacy is and why it's different from sexHow to cultivate and own our pleasureVulnerability and communication around sexual desiresHow to deepen our experience of sexual intimacyAbout Kaycee:Kaycee Polite is a certified Sex Therapist, clinical social worker, intimacy coach, social media influencer and international speaker who values comprehensive and culturally informed sexual health education. As a clinician, Kaycee brings an empowered perspective to her work with clients and organizations to help people unleash the untapped pleasure in their lives.With over twenty years of mental health clinical experience, a knack for making taboo conversations about sex and pleasure comfortable and fun, and an insatiable appetite for helping others own their pleasure, Kaycee knows how to connect people with their authentic sexual self and learn how to give themselves permission to experience the simple pleasures of life.When she’s not in a therapy session or coaching, Kaycee can be found researching local restaurants and plotting a delicious foodie experience with her best friend and husband Mr. Polite. When she’s not planning the next restaurant excursion, she’s immersed in “girl talk” with her 16 year old daughter and giving lots of belly rubs to two fur babies, Neo and Zora. You can find her at kayceepolite.com and on Instagram at @k_spot_therapy.Have a question or just want to share your response to this episode? Text Chichi or leave a voicemail at (657) 452-0051.Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenneagramforblackliberation Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay
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