71. Coach Hilary Langford and the Enneagram

A Journey With Bernie & Chip

Our listeners love it, when A Journey With Bernie & Chip takes full advantage of the wisdom of the years and that's exactly what this episode does so abundantly. It's a one-hour chat with Hilary Langford, who at 75 years of age has most certainly experienced the fullness of life. She was born in India where she spent the first 7 years and even though that was 68 years ago, she can still recognise how those early years impacted her life to this day.

Professionally, she has been a dynamo, where she has led 1000s of teambuilding workshops and leadership trainings for any number of local and global companies in so many countries. However, when it comes to identifying that one coaching instrument in which she is 'Queen', then you need to hear Hilary talk of the Enneagram. The Enneagram is a powerful self-awareness tool that allows any individual to recognise how the events and experiences of childhood helped to mould a pattern of responses that move with you throughout life. These 9 fundamental patterns, which effectively define how one sees and responds to the world, arise from the child's want for acceptance and approval from parents and one's immediate environment. The fascinating learning is that as they travel with us. They can work for us or against us for the rest of our life. Hilary Langford is an expert in facilitating the teachings and learnings that the Enneagram has taught for 18 centuries, when first conceived by a Christian mystic who lived in Alexandria, Egypt during the 4th century. So you can imagine, the value Hilary brings to this episode, as she shares with us how our layer of patterned responses can determine our own capacity to find joy and love for self and others. It makes this episode rich in 'take home pays'.

Hilary is a storyteller. She loves to quote those who are even wiser than her (and there aren't too many). Couple this with her high degree of transparency and comfort with vulnerability and you have a listening experience that is engaging and ever so rich in valuable learnings. For example, in the final third of this interview, you will hear Hilary speak of the second love of her life. It is there that you will learn of some beautiful ingredients that inspire true 'treasured love' between dedicated partners.

Then there was her discovery of space before busyness and why we are all born with a reservoir of love deep inside us. In Hilary's words, we were born as a gem ... a rare jewel ... a light of love. I sense these may well be the words and phrases you will use at the end of this episode to describe our beautiful guest.

This podcast makes reference to a wonderful book which should be on your must-read list: 'Sapiens' by Yuval Noah Harari (ynharari.com)

Please visit www.journeywithbernie.co to receive your FREE GIFT FOR YOU from our podcast guests.

Chip's Take Home Pay

The Enneagram Personality Test (truity.com)
Enneagram Type Descriptions - The Enneagram Institute

Hilary Langford welcomes your enquiry ... [phone]
So too does Bernie and Chip ... [phone]