With a clear vision for how the Enneagram could be taught in every jail and prison in the United States and in the world, Susan Olesek founded Enneagram Prison Project (EPP) in California in 2012. Since then, EPP has established programming in correctional facilities around the world, including California, Minnesota, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, and soon to be Colorado, Australia, and Canada. In this presentation, IEA attendees will engage with and learn from members of the EPP community, including EPP's Founder, as well EPP Ambassadors who learned the Enneagram while incarcerated and are now EPP Board Members, Faculty, and Guides in Training. You will hear about how the project's compassionate curriculum is transforming lives, and building a compassionate community, on both sides of the bars. We will explore how the Enneagram supports our ability to belong to ourselves, and each other, in a way that illuminates the deep interconnectedness of all life. Attendees will be invited to connect with EPP's vision to free people - all over the world - from the prisons of our own making, and hear how EPP is using the Enneagram to reach across the bars, both visible and invisible, to create relationship, lead with consciousness, and inspire transformation through greater self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-compassion.
Susan Olesek is Founder of Enneagram Prison Project, a paradigm-shifting model of self-awareness education for the incarcerated, and in passionate pursuit of what's possible for people. Founder of The Human Potentialists (THP) is a benefit corporation on a mission to democratize the Enneagram. For over a decade Susan has been building intentional collectives to bring consciousness to the world through the teachings of the Enneagram. THP is committed to guiding people to their highest human potential while connecting to the core of our shared humanity. From Boston and schooled in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and England, Susan lives in the Santa Cruz mountains with her three children, and husband, Rick, EPP's Executive Director. IEA Accredited Professional
Sue Lambert is EPP's Ambassador Liaison extraordinaire, a member of the EPP Ambassador Board of Directors, Co-Facilitator of EPP's Reconnecting Support Group meetings, EPP Guide, New Ventures West Coach, and EPP faculty member. She identifies with Type 1 on the Enneagram and loves to spend her time helping and supporting others as they navigate the challenges in their life, post-incarceration. Sue lives with her daughter, son-in-law, and grandkids, and is "Nanny Granny" to them all. IEA Accredited Professional