How Your Enneagram Type Affects Your Bank Account: A New Approach to Abundance
What happens when a Benedictine monk becomes a money manager? In this rich and engaging conversation, Harmony talks with Doug Lynam about his extraordinary journey from the Marine Corps to monastic life, and ultimately into the world of finance. Drawing on his unique spiritual and intellectual background, Doug shares how childhood trauma, Enneagram types, and attachment styles shape our financial lives—and how we can transform our relationship to money with awareness and integrity.
Doug’s groundbreaking new book, Taming the Money Monster, introduces an innovative blend of psychology, neurobiology, and spiritual insight, using the Enneagram as a roadmap to financial healing. Whether you’re a yoga teacher struggling with shame around wealth, or someone seeking a more spiritually aligned path to abundance, this episode offers tools and perspectives that can change the way you think about money forever.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How early emotional wounds impact your financial patterns
- The connection between your Enneagram type and money behaviors
- Why wealth and spirituality aren’t mutually exclusive
- What it means to have a conscious relationship with money
- Practical steps for addressing financial anxiety or avoidance
- How to integrate giving, saving, earning, and investing in a values-based way
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Website: www.douglynam.com
Book: Taming the Money Monster (Available July 8)
Instagram: @douglynam
Take the Enneagram Test: https://www.douglynam.com/resources
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00:00 - Introduction to Finding Harmony
00:43 - Meet Douglas Lyman: From Monk to Money Manager
01:59 - Exploring Enneagram Types and Money
05:02 - Douglas's Journey: From Marine to Monk
10:54 - Life in the Monastery
12:46 - Transitioning Back to Regular Life
14:53 - Discovering a Passion for Finance
17:18 - The Birth of a Financial Advisor
21:08 - The Enneagram and Financial Success
25:03 - Understanding the Enneagram's Foundations
30:13 - Understanding the Enneagram Triads
30:58 - The Sacred Wound and Ego Development
31:32 - Money and the Enneagram
33:24 - Attachment Theory of Money
36:20 - Enneagram Type Three: The Achiever
39:51 - Enneagram Type Nine: The Peacemaker
55:46 - Conclusion and Resources
Douglas Lynam
Former Monk and Marine, Financial coach, Author, Speaker and Teacher
From Marine to Benedictine monk to financial expert, Doug Lynam’s unconventional journey reflects his unique perspective on wealth and purpose. After graduating top of his class from Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, Doug spent two decades as a monk while leading a prestigious school’s math department. Transitioning to finance in 2017, he became a partner at LongView Asset Management, overseeing $250 million in assets.
His bestselling book, “From Monk To Money Manager: A Former Monk's Financial Guide To Becoming a Little Bit Wealthy—and Why That's Okay,” revolutionized the conversation around spirituality and wealth, proving that financial success and ethical living go hand in hand—not just coexisting, but enhancing each other.
In his latest work, “Taming Your Money Monster: Nine Paths To Money Mastery With The Enneagram,” Doug combines the Enneagram with modern psychology to help individuals transform their financial behaviors. Today, he is a sought-after speaker and coach, helping clients align money with their deepest values and purpose.
