{"podcast":{"title":"Around the Circle | An Enneagram Podcast","slug":"around-the-circle-an-enneagram-channel-86508","podcast_index_feed_id":86508,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/aroundthecircle/","website_url":"https://www.aroundthecircle.org/episodes/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/a43f1443-610f-4ec4-b4c3-253d9ada0975/AN-ENNEAGRAM-PODCAST-63.jpg","author":"Jeff Cook and T.J. Wilson","episode_count":400,"summary":"The Enneagram is a map of the human personality. It’s a tool for navigating relationships. It creates language for what motivates us and helps us look at the way we look at everything else. Most importantly the enneagram is a mirror; because sometimes you need help seeing yourself.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T02:21:11.609301+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/around-the-circle-an-enneagram-channel-86508"},"episode":{"title":"When Your Body Stops Cooperating | Brenden Wynn (6)","slug":"when-your-body-stops-cooperating-brenden-wynn-6","published_at":"2026-07-30T11:35:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/around-the-circle-an-enneagram-channel-86508/when-your-body-stops-cooperating-brenden-wynn-6","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/around-the-circle-an-enneagram-channel-86508","url":"https://www.aroundthecircle.org/episodes/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/52f65fb0-5d41-499d-be2d-c0165b062e68.mp3","summary":"Jeff Cook and TJ Wilson are joined by Brendan, an Enneagram Six living with chronic pancreatitis, chronic pain, PTSD, and life after a total pancreatectomy. Alongside TJ's experience with fibromyalgia, they explore how chronic illness interacts with Enneagram type, revealing why two people facing similar pain can respond in profoundly different ways. Together they discuss the invisible burden of chronic illness, the struggle to be believed by doctors and loved ones, how different personality types advocate for themselves (or don't), and why pain so often compounds our deepest patterns of fear, responsibility, identity, and control. The conversation also explores work, marriage, shame, recovery, grief, and the difficult process of accepting a \"new normal\" when life cannot return to what it once was. Along the way, they offer hope through meaningful connection, mindfulness, movement, and the possibility that understanding ourselves can help us navigate suffering with greater compassion. Connect with us at aroundthecircle.org #Enneagram #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #MentalHealth","meta_description":"Jeff Cook and TJ Wilson are joined by Brendan, an Enneagram Six living with chronic pancreatitis, chronic pain, PTSD, and life after a total pancreatectom…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4532,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/around-the-circle-an-enneagram-channel-86508/episodes/when-your-body-stops-cooperating-brenden-wynn-6/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/around-the-circle-an-enneagram-channel-86508/when-your-body-stops-cooperating-brenden-wynn-6.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}