Ep. 16: Cracking the Code to Confidence and Self-Discovery with Enneagram Powerhouse Ali Dunn
Welcome Ali Dunn!
In this episode, I am speaking with my friend, Ali Dunn, a Bay Area certified Enneagram practitioner, speaker, and leadership coach for ambitious female professionals and entrepreneurs. We discuss Ali’s professional path from sales to business coaching and how the Enneagram is a tool for communication barriers, relationships, identifying your purpose, and a way to empower self-trust.
Ali illustrates how the Enneagram is a tool for communication barriers, relationships, identifying your purpose, and a way to empower self-trust. Then, Ali dives into each of the nine Enneagram types, (including my own!), their subtypes and wings, and how they show up in our daily life. Plus, Ali shares how the Enneagram helped her attune to her life’s purpose, and invites anyone listening to challenge society’s status quo and focus on living a life authentic to you.
Topics Covered
(4:08) Ali’s life transition from sales to launching her own business
(10:42) How the Enneagram is a tool for self discovery
(15:44) A detailed explanation of each Enneagram type
(31:46) Using the Enneagram to build a successful team
(33:29) Ali’s thoughts on my Enneagram test results
(41:47) What Enneagram types, subtypes, and wings can teach you
(50:46) Ali’s top recommendations for affordable online Enneagram tests
(57:28) How burnout manifests within the Enneagram types
(1:01:11) Why Ali believes women's awareness of their own Enneagram type can empower them to more effectively challenge societal expectations
PLUS:
Listen at 24:25 to find out Ali's Secret Sauce as an Enneagram type 7
Be sure to tune in at 45:05 to to find out why Ali gives Marisa a triple-gold star ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tune in at 43:52 to find out why Marisa told her husband to book an Airbnb as part of her Enneagram type homework.
Listen at 32:06 to hear Ali's Enneagram-informed Personal Philosophy on self-awareness.
Listen at 57:48 to hear Ali's definition of burnout, why women are "always going, always going, always going," and how it manifests in her work with her clients.
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What’s your Enneagram type? Does it resonate, or did it surprise you? How will you use this data point of self-awareness to show up more fully and authentically in your business, your brand, and in your life? Drop me a comment below or email me hello@marisalavalette.com.
