“If the flesh came into being because of spirit, that is a marvel, but if spirit came into being because of the body, that is a marvel of…
Here are some methods where you fully accept your Enneagram style, embody your experience of the low side, cast around for the unconscious motives that drive your unwanted reactions and…
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If you are new to the Enneagram, you…
Enneatype Four is known for heightened sensitivity, dramatic feelings, and a profound sense of loss and disappointment. Ever longing for fulfilling connection, always finding something mysteriously lacking, it’s no wonder…
Our Enneagram type also affects our career path, growth and trajectory. What do Enneagram 3s need to pay particular attention to and why? Here’s a quick question to use as…
There is an organization called The Flat Earth Society whose purpose I used to assume was tongue-in-cheek. Through its literature and websites, it advocates a medieval view of the world…
Communication is…
The way we express ourselves verbally and nonverbally. These expressions contains conscious, unconscious, intentional, and unintentional messages. In addition, communication involves how we take in, listen, perceive, and…
There are many common questions on the Enneagram when we first discover it. Which type is best for me to relate to? How can we mobilize the most successful team?…
For a long time now, I have been obsessed with trying to understand the relationship between Evagrius’s ancient…
Eights, Nines and Ones usually have no inherent trouble with action. Instead, they tend to unconsciously overlook themselves and habitually react from an emotional ground of anger. These three styles…
To paraphrase the Beatles:
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Eights control through lust which includes sexual lust, but encompasses a lust for power, a drive to dominate and prevail. This is similar to Freud’s concept of the libido, which…
Connection is the heart of the Enneagram. From the living symbol, to awakening awareness, to transformation, the wisdom of…
Spiritual traditions generally portray the ego as a barrier we place between ourselves and divine transpersonal realms. In our personality trance we are amnesiacs,…
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Although your Enneagram type is not your final destination on your inner journey, you need to start somewhere. Any ongoing…
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The Enneagram is having a bit of a moment. Enneagram knowledge is readily available in books, websites, seminars, retreats,…
In his book, The Enneagram Spectrum of Personality Styles, author Jerome Wagner presents a list of each Enneagram style’s strengths paired with their neurotic, distorted counterparts, showing how they are…
After a recent Head Type panel, a student said, “My partner is a Five. I’ve been reading everything I could about Fives, but hearing from them directly was so helpful…
Swiss therapist Marie Louise Von Franz was once lecturing about applications of Jungian psychology. She was saying that most women have an imaginary little devil that sits on their right…
Communication loops are necessary to provide feedback within an organization between individuals, involving a critical assessment of an individual’s behavior or performance, both verbal and nonverbal.
Feedback is clear, concise,…
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