Are you an enneagram number that is part of the head center? Do you have family or loved ones that are types 5, 6, or 7s that you would like to learn about to understand them better? How do these numbers cope with fear and joy in their lives? In this podcast episode, Billy and Brandy Eldridge speak with Jackie Coban about the Head Center: Enneagram Numbers 5,6 and 7 Meet Jackie Coban Jackie is a triple-certified coach in Life Coaching, Enneagram Coaching, and Neurolinguistic Programming. She is the founder of Table For 9 Coaching and the host of the Table for 9 podcast. She is a quick-witted, passionate, fire-cracker woman whose personal philosophy is that it IS possible to see people win in life, love, and work. Jackie is a coach who works with various individuals and groups to help them embrace who they are and what they bring to the table, no pun intended. She is well-balanced in where she has worked: law offices, anti-sex trafficking movements, the non-profit sector, human resources, finance, and the like. She had one thing in common in all places: the pull to “make it work” for everyone. After leading 5+ teams simultaneously at a non-profit organization, she realized what everyone brought to the table was truly different and equally valuable, and she wanted other people to see it, too. Visit Jackie’s website and connect on Instagram. Listen to her podcast here. In This Podcast Summary * Head center * Type 5: The Theorist * Type 6: The Loyal Skeptic * Type 7: The Enthusiast Heard center People who have their enneagram numbers in the head center analyses and rationalize information in a way that places focus on security, safety, and keeping options open. This triad, this center of intelligence, usually struggles with anxiety and really works for security in their own way. (Jackie Coban) Type 5: The Theorist They are highly intelligent, deep-researching people. They do not react, they respond. They are fact-based and highly cerebral people. * Typical goals of Type 5’s are to gain knowledge and preserve energy. This may make it look like they are introverts or have social anxiety, and sometimes they do, but for the most part, they collect information so as to not feel foolish or be made the fool for not knowing something. * Due to their thinking-intensive nature, they can be suspicious of constructs and of people but they are always looking for answers. Another aspect of Type 5’s is that they are incredibly emotionally detached however they do have a huge capacity and depth for emotions and are sensitive people. They can be moody at times, although their emotions do not have such stringent control over their perception since they strive to be fact-based people. Everything Type 5’s do stems from wanting to preserve energy: * They ration their energy from the very start of the day and place boundaries around their energy and do not allow many interruptions. Type 5s are very good at honoring boundaries, both yours and theirs. * Knowledge takes up less energy than feelings, therefore knowledge is the route they often turn to. Type 5’s deal with their fear through acquiring knowledge. Type 6: The Loyal Skeptic They have a strong need for order and consistency. They can be misunderstood as negative or against your plans, but they rather try to ring the alarm on possibly difficult things because they love us. They are similar to guardians, like lighthouses, and they experience anxiety and fret about what could go wrong as a way to protect the...