“They will beat their swords into plowshares 
and their spears into pruning hooks.”

Isaiah the Prophet
Hi friends,

How is it with your soul? Do you feel the effects of…

Like nature, people cycle through distinct seasons. Autumn is the season of “harvest” – it is a time when we turn our attention inward to reflect on what the year…

Type 1
Core belief:  I am not accepted unless I am perfect.
Habit: Heavy self-criticism which leads to external criticism
Trust…

When I first knew Enneagram, it was just some friends who took a module or two and came out telling me that I look like a type 2…

The fall season is approaching and with it comes the need to reflect on how we play and prepare ourselves for this transitioning time of year. This is a time…

This month on the IEA Great Lakes Midday Café we hosted an amazing discussion on “Christianity’s Conflicted Relationship with the Enneagram.”  Those on the panel included Chris Heuertz, Liz Jackson, Jan…

The Instinctual Drives are pathways by which life force moves through us to express deep somatic wisdom. When these motivational drives are attending to a real instinctual need — whether…

As we prepare to send our children back to school we might want to visit our own arena for learning, LIFE. As adults we are faced each and every day…

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time,…

Voice & Enneagram

Our voice is far more than a communication tool. A breath of air flows into your body, taking on your unique thoughts, feelings and emotions,…

Transformation is about making changes, sometimes dramatic changes. When we are looking at an individual human being, change occurs in only two ways, very slowly or through a traumatic incident.

By Chris Heuertz, Clare Loughrige, and Liz Jackson

“It looks like two pentagrams having sex.”

“I’m outta here, they are using new age heresy!”

“I want to know more…

The Enneagram by 3’s

I first heard about the Enneagram when I was spending time at one of my favorite places in the world.  It’s a cabin on a…

My colleague Maureen Metcalf hosts a radio show on Voice of America in which she interviews people on topics related to innovative leadership.   Since we collaborated in leadership consulting…

Utbrändhet, utmattningssymptom, utmattningsdepression..ja, det har många namn och är idag vår största folksjukdom. Först och främst vill vi säga att roten till problemen ligger i ett alltför stressigt och prestationsinriktat…