8 is the Fighter-Boss. Eights are chiefly concerned with power, strength and avoiding weakness. Their primary defense is denial and arrogance and their fundamental issue is anger which they use to make contact and resort to instead of thinking. Their intellectual center is in the gut and their most comfortable style of being is doing. 9 is the Floater-Harmonizer.
Nines are chiefly concerned with harmony and avoiding conflict.
Their primary defense is slowing down, becoming unfocused and ambivalent. Their fundamental issues are anger turned inward and a denial of the essential self. Their center of intelligence is in the gut and their most comfortable style of being is feeling. Other People's positions or point of view. Following that are some NLP techniques that would work well for each number.