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Enneagram Eights (The Challengers) are hard driving, tough, decisive, innovative, and resourceful people who make things happen. They\u2019re larger than life presence and boundless energy instills confidence in others, and people follow them. As long as they\u2019re a man, that is.

Our culture reveres male Eights. People admire men who \u201ckick ass and take names.\u201d Sadly, we all know the word folks use to describe a woman who takes charge, stands up for what she believes, refuses to take crap from people and gets the job done. I don\u2019t need to spell it out for you, right? All to say, emale Eights are arguably the most misunderstood and unfairly treated number on the Enneagram.

On today\u2019s episode of Typology, I talk with pastor, activist, musical artist, and Enneagram Eight, Melissa Greene. Affectionately called the \u2018The Velvet Hammer\u2019 by her friends and fans, Melissa is true to her type. In our conversation, Melissa shares her challenging but often humorous journey as a female ight who grew up and still lives in the American South--a culture in which women are expected to be sweet and gentee...ot made of steel.

You can find more of Melissa\u2019s current work through Hope Curator for Timothy\u2019s Gift (http://timothysgift.com/)\xa0hich curates concert tours with other artists designed to entertain and uplift those in maximum security prisons. Melissa is also the Cofounder of Imaginarium (www.imaginarium.life)\u2014a fresh expression of a spiritual community in Nashville.

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