25: How facing your flaws might help you find your greatest strengths with Lindsey Schwartz (Enneagram 9)

How one woman turned her people pleasing tendencies into her greatest asset<br /><br />This week’s episode is one that I believe a lot of you want and need to hear. This week’s guest is deeply and truly authentic, someone who truly cares about each person she encounters—her name is Lindsey Shwartz. In a filtered world where only highlight reels are shared, people pleasing and living up to an unrealistic reality is a constant pressure. Lindsey digs deep into her inherent tendencies of people pleasing, how she worked through her self-doubt, and the journey it led her on to create a community of love, support, honesty, and compassion. <br /><br />Listen to this week to hear the captivating story of how an Enneagram 9 evolved and faced her unhealthy aspects to truly embrace herself and turn her “flaws” into her greatest strengths. <br /><br />Listen now<br /><br />Your environment will either push you or paralyze you <br /><br />Lindsey Shwartz shares the version of herself several years ago—a woman who was working at 70% of her potential, which looked like 150% of most people’s, and gaining recognition and awards as a result. A tiny voice inside of her was calling her to greatness, to exert herself to 100%, but her environment failed to push her. <br /><br />She shares the significant moments of being called to action, being challenged by criticism, called out by strangers, and how this led to her writing a book, her in depth soul searching, and her recognition of her strengths. <br /><br />Getting out of your own way and into action<br /><br />Lindsey discusses that while she was sifting through her own people pleasing tendencies and self-doubt, she watched numerous women in her life stop short of pursuing their own entrepreneurial dreams because of their own fear and self-doubt. She shares how this helped her identify a need for more honest conversations about the trials and successes of entrepreneurship, and to show that you don’t need to have it all together to get started. <br /><br />Today, Lindsey has grown a