
S10E3 - Enneagram Essentials: Basic Fears
Published: July 16, 2026
Duration: 28:22
Most people who know the Enneagram know their type. Fewer know their Basic Fear. And even fewer have sat with it long enough to understand why knowing your basic fear is so important.
In this episode — the second in our Enneagram Essentials series — Anthony and I go beneath the type descriptions and into the motivational core of the system: the nine Basic Fears and their counterparts, the nine Basic Desires. These are the engine underneath every pattern the Enneagram describes.
We go through all nine — what each type is running from, what it's running toward, and wha...