News from the Minnesota Chapter of the IEA

Southside Enneagram Discussion Group – February 4th Meeting

Join us to discuss clearing up common misconceptions and stereotypes of our types. Since we can only see behaviors and not inner…


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The Journey to Health in Addiction Recovery 12…

The Healthy One

John, a Type One, is a delight when he’s healthy. Light-hearted, kind, reasonable, fair, wise, discerning, Jon Stewart-funny (of The Daily Show) and self-effacing, he can laugh…


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News from the Minnesota Chapter

Join us February 26 for the Roseville Enneagram Discussion Group

The Roseville Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. This month we will…


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Instincts and Subtypes – Looking Through a Modern…

Procrustes was a nasty fellow.

The mythological innkeeper had strong opinions about beds, believing that a bed should fit perfectly. Of course one can’t get a new and perfectly fitting…


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News from the Minnesota Chapter

Please mark your calendar for the February 11th meeting of the Minnesota Chapter of the IEA. We will continue the series on the Harmonic Triads – Part II: The Heaven…


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Keys to Change

Fours may be motivated to change for a variety of reasons: conflicts about their identity; to resolve their sense of alienation and mismatch with the outside world; creative blocks; to…


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Somebody Before Nobody 9 – Enneagram Style Eight:…

This abbreviated life story from my forthcoming book with C.J. Fitzsimons is condensed from an interview with an Enneagram Eight. In the book there will be eighteen life stories, two for…


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Minnesota Chapter News

Southside Enneagram Discussion Group at Starbucks Tuesday January 21, 7-8:30 p.m.

We have moved our discussion group to a new location – Starbucks downstairs in Barnes and Noble at the Galleria.…


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Minnesota Chapter News

Join us January 22 for the Roseville Enneagram Discussion Group

The Roseville Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. This month we will…


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Keys to Change

Threes may be motivated to change for a variety of reasons, among them: a brush with mortality that gives the Three a sense that life is short; a medical problem…


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Keys to Change

Broadly speaking, a Two’s basic life choice is to be either honestly selfish or blindly selfish. In the former case, he takes direct responsibility for meeting his own needs and…


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Somebody Before Nobody 8 – Enneagram Style Seven:…

This abbreviated life story from my forthcoming book with C.J. Fitzsimons is condensed from an interview with an Enneagram Seven. In the book there will be eighteen life stories, two for…


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Brev fra formanden –

Godt Nytår!

Jeg kan godt lide at tænke på begyndelsen af ​​et nyt år som en mulighed for at se tilbage og fejre det der blev opnået i det forgangne…


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Letter from the President

Happy New Year!

I like to think about the beginning of a new year as an opportunity to look back, and celebrate what was accomplished as well as to see…


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Carta del Presidente

Feliz Año Nuevo!

Me gusta pensar sobre el comienzo del año como una oportunidad para mirar atrás, y celebrar lo que se logró, así como también identificar lo que podemos…


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Keys to Change

Ones may be motivated to change for a number of reasons. Presenting problems to therapists and counselors can include: depression, a sense of maladaptation or melancholy, creeping alcoholism, romantic instability,…


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LES NEUF BASES : la base 4

Le 4 est un de ceux que j’appelle pour plaisanter, « la Base ennéagramme de la Nature ».

A un âge avancé, ils ont tendance à ralentir le tempo, à devenir laconiques…


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Somebody Before Nobody 7 – Enneagram Style Six:…

This sixth life story, from the forthcoming book co-authored by C.J. Fitzsimons, is condensed from an interview with an Enneagram Six. In the book there will be eighteen life stories, two…


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De l’idolâtrie à la realite ou comment cesser…

"goldencalf"Les Un cherchent à être au mieux. Ils tiennent à réaliser tous leurs potentiels, à devenir ce qu’ils sont…


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IEA Evening in Copenhagen: Nine Lenses on the…

To celebrate the release of Jerry Wagner’s “Nine Lenses on the World” in Danish, the Danish IEA invited its members to come for an evening of reflection and exercises. Lone…


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