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We finish out our episodes on emotions with a heavy-hitter: shame.

This week's conversation is all about guilt, how it helps us stay true to ourselves, and the dangers of living out other people's standards.

This week we talk about happiness, battling perfectionism, and taking time to celebrate our goals regardless of how other people may feel about them.

This week we discuss the role of sadness in our life and practical ways to "pay off" our grief.

In this difficult but important episode we talk about being hurt, the way we hurt others, and how to apologize well.

This week we discuss one of the most important of all emotions, and the only one that is also a need: safety.

This episode we talk about loneliness, a very real but often ignored emotion, especially during the holidays.

This episode we continue our conversation about emotions by discussing fear, what it helps us do, and why we are so prone to cover it up with other emotions.

We kick of season 2 with our favorite licensed professional counselor talking about anger.

Today we wrap up Season 1 of Story Shaped Life answering your questions about finding your Enneagram type, resources, and what we are doing next!

We interview KayLee and Benjamin about Enneagram Type 1's, what makes them so good at overcoming chaos, and why they secretly want other people to plan their vacation.

We interview Mariah and Nicolas about Enneagram Type 9's, what makes them so good at dealing with divergence, and why they don't mind walking away from a party.

We interview Nika and Martin about Enneagram Type 8's, why they are always ready to fight injustice, and how you can pick them out at a baseball game.

We interview Lauren and JJ about Enneagram Type 7's, what makes them so good at fighting trepidation, and why they so often get friend crushes.

We interview Chelsea and Vince about Enneagram Type 6's, what makes them so good at overcoming isolation, and why they never send food back at a restaurant.

This week we interview Suzanne and our host Ben about type 5's, the way they play dungeons and dragons and their innate ability to bring clarity to confusion.

We interview Allie and our own host Sam about enneagram type 4's, what makes them so good at acceptance, and why their individuality plays an important role in our world today.

We interview Nicole and Mike about Enneagram Type 3's, what makes them so good at taking hold of possibilities, and why we need them to call bs on our culture.

We interview Emily and Carter about Enneagram Type 2's, what makes them so good at dealing with people’s insecurity, and why they hate birthdays.

We discuss the goal for this show and introduce the topic for our first season: the Enneagram.