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I\u2019m often asked how trauma affects your Enneagram type.\xa0 The answer is: it\u2019s complicated.\xa0

Trauma is the result of an extraordinarily stressful event that shatters your sense of security and safety and makes you feel isolated and helpless in the world.\xa0 It can be a one-time event or ongoing, complex trauma.\xa0 Your response to trauma largely determines the type toward which you gravitate as a little child as a way of coping in the world.

In today\u2019s episode, Chris Cook opens up about his childhood trauma and how healing his broken spirit exposed his true self.\xa0 We also dig into unconscious motivations, subtypes, and the inner critic.\xa0 You don\u2019t want to miss this in-depth conversation.

Christopher Cook believes people should be able to live successful, meaningful lives, far above the status quo of \u201cjust getting by.\u201d Put simply, he believes people should be able to win today. He exercises this belief as a leadership coach and business consultant to both Fortune 1000 and non-profit organizations. Additionally, he is the host of \u201cWin Today with Christopher Cook,\u201d a weekly podcast available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and most other outlets. Through his work at WINTODAY.tv and as a featured writer for SUCCESS Magazine, he serves as a guide to wellness-minded men and women who are eager to confidently design their roadmap to wholeness and show up each day fully-alive in their true identity.