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Enneagram Type Five | Unleash Your Wisdom

The Investigator’s Quest for Knowledge

Enneagram Type 5, also known as “The Investigator,” is characterized by a profound thirst for knowledge and a penchant for analytical thinking. The unique traits of Type 5 individuals open the door to unlocking their vast potential for growth and self-discovery.

Embracing Intellectual Depth: Nurturing the Analytical Mind

Type 5s possess a remarkable depth of intellect, often delving into complex subjects with precision and detail. Life coaches can guide them to embrace and cultivate this analytical mindset, helping Type 5 clients channel their intellectual curiosity into avenues that promote personal and professional development. Encouraging a balance between intellectual pursuits and emotional engagement is crucial for a harmonious life.

Breaking the Barrier: Encouraging Social Connection

While Type 5s excel in intellectual pursuits, they may struggle with forming and maintaining social connections. When moving towards a healthier level, they are working on breaking down the emotional barriers that may inhibit meaningful relationships. We can all encourage Type 5s to share their thoughts and feelings, helping them build authentic connections, fostering a sense of belonging and support.

Navigating Overwhelm: Coping with Information Overload

The relentless pursuit of knowledge may sometimes lead to information overload for Type 5s. Life coaches can provide tools and strategies to help manage overwhelm, encouraging these individuals to prioritize and focus on what truly matters. By fostering a healthy balance between acquiring knowledge and applying it, coaches empower Type 5 clients to navigate life’s challenges with clarity and purpose.

Unleashing Creativity: Balancing Logic with Imagination

Having the self-awareness and developing for Type 5s involves nurturing their creativity alongside their analytical courage. Coaches can guide them to explore and express their imaginative side, fostering a balance between logic and creativity. By tapping into this duality, Type 5 individuals can unlock new dimensions of personal growth and find fulfillment in both intellectual and creative pursuits.

I’d love to help you explore your personality type and make strides towards growth. Contact me to chat more about how I can support you.

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Enneagram Type Six | Thriving Through Trust

The Loyalist’s Journey Towards Security

Enneagram Type 6, known as “The Loyalist,” is marked by a strong desire for security and a tendency to plan for potential challenges. The unique qualities of Type 6 individuals provide valuable insights for guiding them toward a more confident and empowered life.

Cultivating Trust: Nurturing the Loyalist’s Foundation

Type 6s thrive when they feel secure in their environments and relationships. Life coaches can guide them in building a strong foundation of trust in themselves and others. Encouraging Type 6 clients to recognize their own capabilities and fostering trust in their decision-making abilities enables them to navigate life’s uncertainties with greater confidence.

Overcoming Anxiety: Addressing Fear and Worry

One challenge for Type 6s is a tendency towards anxiety and worry about potential threats. When in a state of stress or worry, they can be driven by fear. It is helpful to use tools for stress reduction, mindfulness, and positive affirmations, and life coaches can empower Type 6 individuals to break free from the cycle of worry and approach life with a more optimistic mindset.

Balancing Preparedness and Spontaneity: Embracing the Unexpected

While planning is a strength of Type 6s, there’s also value in embracing spontaneity. Finding a healthy balance between preparedness and flexibility is necessary. A goal is to help them step outside their comfort zones and embrace the unexpected fosters personal growth and resilience.

Strengthening Independence: Building Self-Reliance

Life coaching for Type 6s involves nurturing their sense of self-reliance. Coaches can help them recognize and trust their inner strength, guiding them towards greater independence. By fostering a mindset of self-assurance, Type 6 individuals can face challenges with courage and build a strong sense of self that extends beyond external validation.

In conclusion, life coaching with Enneagram Type 6 clients centers around cultivating trust, addressing anxiety, balancing preparedness and spontaneity, and building self-reliance. By understanding and supporting “The Loyalist,” life coaches empower Type 6 individuals to navigate life with confidence, resilience, and a strong foundation of trust.

Ready to get to work? Contact me to chat about how I can help coach you through those tendencies of worry, fear and overplanning.

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Enneagram Type Seven | Power of Positivity

Life is a grand adventure, and for Enneagram Type 7s, it’s a thrilling rollercoaster ride that they wouldn’t trade for anything else. Enneagram Type 7, often referred to as “The Enthusiast,” is characterized by a zest for life, boundless energy, and an unsatisfied curiosity. Understanding the nuances of the Enneagram Type 7 can unlock powerful insights for guiding individuals towards a more fulfilling and balanced life.

At the core of the Type 7 personality is an innate desire for variety, excitement, and positivity. These individuals are the eternal optimists, always seeking new experiences and opportunities for joy. As a life coach, recognizing and harnessing the energy of a Type 7 client involves encouraging their creativity and helping them channel their enthusiasm into meaningful pursuits.

One of the key strengths of the Enneagram 7 is their ability to see the silver lining in any situation. Life coaches working with Type 7 clients can nurture this positive outlook by guiding them to focus on solutions rather than dwelling on challenges. By helping them develop resilience and adaptability, Enneagram 7s can transform obstacles into stepping stones for personal growth.

However, it’s essential to navigate the potential pitfalls of the Type 7 personality. The avoidance of pain and discomfort can lead to a constant pursuit of pleasure, potentially hindering long-term goals. Fostering a balanced approach to challenges is crucial, encouraging Type 7s to embrace discomfort as an integral part of their personal development journey.

In conclusion, the Enneagram Type 7 is a vibrant and dynamic personality that brings joy and enthusiasm to every aspect of life. It’s important to understand the motivations, strengths, and challenges of the Type 7 individual to allow for tailored guidance, empowering them to harness their positivity and navigate life’s twists and turns with resilience and grace.

You got this and I’m here to help! If you want to learn more about how coaching can support you, contact me for a complimentary call.

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Enneagram Type Nine | Embracing Harmony

Understanding Enneagram Type Nine

Enneagram Type Nine, known as “The Peacemaker,” is characterized by a desire for harmony and stability. Nines are typically easy-going, accepting, and supportive, often acting as mediators in conflicts due to their ability to see multiple perspectives. They seek to avoid confrontation and maintain inner and outer peace, sometimes to the point of neglecting their own needs and desires.

Core Traits and Motivations

The core motivation for Nines is a need for peace and harmony. They fear conflict and separation, striving to create an environment where everyone feels at ease. Their greatest strength lies in their adaptability and ability to bring people together, fostering a sense of unity and calm.

Challenges and Growth Areas

Nines may struggle with passivity and inertia, finding it challenging to assert themselves or pursue their goals. They may also tend to suppress their feelings and opinions to avoid discord. Personal growth for a Nine involves learning to assert their needs, developing a clearer sense of identity, and embracing conflict as a path to deeper understanding and connection.

How Enneagram Type Nine Supports Faith

The qualities of a Nine can greatly enhance one’s faith journey. Their natural inclination towards peace and unity can deepen their connection with God, emphasizing the importance of love and reconciliation. By fostering harmony within their communities, Nines can reflect their faith’s values, serving as examples of compassionate, Christ-like living. Their journey towards self-assertion can also mirror spiritual teachings about authenticity and inner truth, making their faith practice a balanced pursuit of peace and personal growth.

In close, coaching my clients using the Enneagram as a resource revolves around nurturing their peaceful energy, encouraging self-expression, and breaking through the avoidance trap. By understanding and celebrating “The Peacemaker,” life coaches empower Type 9 individuals to navigate life with a renewed sense of purpose, harmony, and fulfillment.

If you’d like to chat about how I can help support you with coaching, contact me. I’d love to help!

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Enneagram Type Eight | The Power Within

Unveiling the Challenger: Understanding Enneagram Type 8

In the realm of the Enneagram, Type 8 is known as “The Challenger.” These individuals are marked by their assertiveness, confidence, and a natural inclination to take charge.

Embracing Strengths: Harnessing the Leadership Prowess

Enneagram Type 8s are born leaders, unafraid to confront challenges head-on. At times, they need guidance to harness their assertiveness and natural leadership skills to inspire positive change. Encouraging Type 8 clients to channel their intimidating energy into productive avenues allows them to become catalysts for growth, both for themselves and those around them.

Navigating the Pitfalls: Balancing Control and Vulnerability

While the strength of a Type 8 lies in their assertiveness, there is a fine line between control and vulnerability. Life coaches can help Type 8s navigate this balance, fostering an environment where vulnerability is seen as a strength rather than a weakness. By addressing any tendencies towards dominance, coaches empower Type 8 individuals to build authentic connections and cultivate healthy relationships.

Transforming Conflict: The Art of Constructive Confrontation

Conflict is inevitable, but for Type 8s, it’s an opportunity for growth. Life coaches can guide them in transforming confrontations into constructive dialogues. By developing effective communication strategies and emphasizing empathy, Type 8s can navigate conflicts with grace, fostering collaboration and understanding.

The Journey to Self-Awareness: Unleashing the Potential

For Type 8s this is a journey of self-awareness and personal development. Coaches can help these individuals explore the layers of their personality, unveiling the motivations behind their assertiveness. By encouraging introspection and providing tools for emotional intelligence, life coaches guide Type 8 clients towards a more balanced and fulfilling life.

In conclusion, life coaching with Enneagram Type 8 clients involves tapping into their innate strengths, fostering vulnerability, and transforming conflicts into opportunities for growth. Understanding the multifaceted nature of “The Challenger” allows life coaches to empower these individuals to lead with authenticity, compassion, and resilience.

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It Starts with Us – Why Enneagram?

If you know me well, you know that I am a huge advocate for this Emotional Intelligence (EQ) tool and assessment – Enneagram. This assessment gives us information on ourselves that will help us become self aware of how we got here and why we are the way we are (not to say we can’t improve). I’ve taken various EQ assessments and in my opinion, the Enneagram made it easier for me to set goals for my own growth.

The thing is, when we start with us first, when we are self aware, we can better understand how we react to other personalities and understand how to best interact with them. After all, we can only control our actions/reactions when interacting with others. So why not use it to our advantage?

I use Enneagram in a personal and professional environment and I’ve seen firsthand the benefits. So many conflicts, frustrations, and assumptions come from COMMUNICATION, or lack thereof to be honest. Whether that be clarity, tone, timing, delivery, approach…it all ties back to communication and the Enneagram is a great way to foster healthy communication.

There are many EQ tools out there which all serve their own purpose and resonate with various teams and situations. I will use those when necessary but I like to start with Enneagram to help individuals and teams know one another on a more personal level, after all, we spend more time with our work families than our home families. We live in a “what’s in it for me” kind of world and I think it’s okay to put ourselves first to learn and grow so that it will in turn, benefit those around us.

If you’d like to take the Enneagram Personality Assessment, you can contact me for a test code and to setup a 30-minute results session. In the results session, I’ll review your Enneagram report with you, explain the basics and help you navigate towards setting growth goals.

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Why I’m Here

Hey! I’m Meaghan. I’m glad you’re here – I take that to mean you are ready to live your life unapologetically YOU, just like I am working to do.

I consider myself a recovering perfectionist. My whole life I’ve thought I needed to be perfect to feel validated – for people to like me, to make the next career move, to turn in a perfect assignment, to be a perfect wife, perfect mom, perfect daughter…the list goes on. Quite possibly most of all, to have everything in perfect working order before taking any real action on big dreams I have. What I’ve grown to know and trust over the last few years is that by God’s grace, I am not called to be perfect. Perfect is not possible. As crazy as it sounds, perfect is never coming. Little by little, I’m overcoming those perfectionist tendencies.

What hasn’t changed is my desire to help others. I’ve always had a heart to serve (I get it from my Mama!) and so this is where coaching allows me to support others while holding healthy boundaries. To me, coaching is God-calling, fulfilling, inspiring, and motivating! So, here I am…taking action now instead of waiting for everything to line up perfectly because we both know that won’t happen.

Now I want to support you in taking action in your own life and live authentically who you are meant to be!

Let’s Goooo!!

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About Me

I was born and raised in a small town outside of Orlando, Florida. I still live nearby with my husband of 12 years, Hampton, and our two daughters, Harper Mae (8) and Avery Ann (5). Our family hobbies include listening to a variety of music, spending time with friends, watching movies, going on golf cart rides around the neighborhood, going to church, hanging out at the pool, and weekly trips to Waffle House to see our most kind friend and waitress, Miss Missy! We are also dedicated Georgia Bulldog football fans! Go Dawgs!

In 2022, I became a Co-Active Certified Professional Coach to help others in this journey we call life. Though I had been coaching others prior to that, I felt being certified enhanced my coaching skillset. I currently coach externally through my business, Meaghan Scott Coaching, LLC. and internally at a global organization where I have a career in Talent Development that I love! My role in a nutshell means I’m dedicated to helping our employees grow in their careers and advocate for them however I can. Whether it be facilitate high-performing team sessions, lead training classes or have 1:1 connections, I am always working towards helping others show up as the best version of themselves. This is something that comes naturally as I’ve always been a “helper” and “nurturer.” The only difference is that in the past, I helped others so much that I sacrificed my own health and well-being; now I’m able to help and motivate others in a more professional manner with healthy boundaries for myself. It’s a win win! This passion of mine (and what I call my God-given gift) is what uniquely brought me to professional coaching.

What are my coaching niches? We all have our own experiences, tools, and expertise in specific areas. I started off with general life (mindset) coaching and recently have made the decision to focus on supporting those that are looking for financial freedom or are in the midst of parenting a neurodivergent child(ren). Both are near and dear to my heart.

Why? I have experience and testimony with both of these areas. First, Hampton and I are passionate about living financially (debt) free and planning for our future. In 2017, Harper was just a baby and we were able to pay off over $70k of debt in less than 18 months. Yes, it was hard but it was worth it and change our mindset on money and freedom! There is more to this testimony that I share with my clients to understand our mindset around money. My other niche is special because our Avery was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Harper with ADHD. As parents we realized we have to parent differently. Thank God for parent coaching through ABA therapy that gave us the tools to do this! Our lives have changed so much and I’ve learned a lot and so much of the parent coaching received can be applied to anyone, adults and children! I want to share what I’ve learned with you.

If you’d like to talk more about how I can support you in coaching, I’d love to chat with you! Contact me

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The Importance of Early Mornings

Hey Friend! Are you an early riser? Or do you roll out of bed 30 minutes before you have to leave the house for the day? Everyone is different based on their current lifestyle and schedule. Of course, there are seasons where you have to be a night owl (night school, new baby, work event, …

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Go Make Your Bed

Hey Friend! Have you ever wondered why people make their bed when they are just going to mess it up again in 16 hours? I know, me too! Over the years while on my personal development journey, I’ve learned that it’s not about cleaning up before you head to the office or because it’s something …