Uncovering type thru lucid probing | mistaken identity…

Those of us who want to identify our Enneagram types correctly, as well as those of us who guide others, have a common intention: accuracy! But too often, one phrase…


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The value of values | type 9

Values are the guiding principles by which we live or, at least, they are aspirations that help us align our actions with our principles. Without values, we would be living…


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The value of values | type 8

Values are the guiding principles by which we live or, at least, they are aspirations that help us align our actions with our principles. Without values, we would be living…


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The Seven Centers of the Enneagram

The Enneagram of Personality teaches three centers of intelligence, the body, mind, and heart. This is a simplification of the…


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The value of values | type 7

Values are the guiding principles by which we live or, at least, they are aspirations that help us align our actions with our principles. Without values, we would be living…


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Feeling Good (or Bad) About Type

There’s understandable concern in the Enneagram community about how knowledge of the types gets used, especially in the wild world of social media today.  People often get excited about their…


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Balancing Your Practice For Strength, Resilience, Creativity, and…

At New York Enneagram, we teach that a fundamental skill for being present is increasing your capacity to be with the sensations of your body. One of the gifts of…


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What We Talk About When We Talk About…

Raymond Carver’s iconic short story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” struck me like a thunderbolt when I read it as a young man in the 1980s.…


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The value of values | type 6

Values are the guiding principles by which we live or, at least, they are aspirations that help us align our actions with our principles. Without values, we would be living…


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The Dynamic Enneagram: Parental Points

You also have in-built connections to the Enneagram styles of your mother and father – called parental points – and…


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The value of values | type 5

Values are the guiding principles by which we live or, at least, they are aspirations that help us align our actions with our principles. Without values, we would be living…


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Lecture: What’s Sufism Got To Do With It?:…

In the Enneagram literature there have been efforts made to situate the Enneagram within a spiritual framework whether Christian, Sufi, or the…


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The value of values | type 4

Values are the guiding principles by which we live or, at least, they are aspirations that help us align our actions with our principles. Without values, we would be living…


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The value of values | type 3

Values are the guiding principles by which we live or, at least, they are aspirations that help us align our actions with our principles. Without values, we would be living…


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Children and the Enneagram

“People often worry that their kids won’t turn out the way they want them to. Since we don’t get to choose our kids personalities,…


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The value of values | type 2

Values are the guiding principles by which we live or, at least, they are aspirations that help us align our actions with our principles. Without values, we would be living…


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Two pieces of music playing at the same…

…that’s how it can feel to talk about the Enneagram if you’re non-religious. You may be very fond of the one piece of music, but your focus is…


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The value of values | type 1

Values are the guiding principles by which we live or, at least, they are aspirations that help us align our actions with our principles. Without values, we would be living…


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Necessity of Practices to Support the Teaching

The sacred nature and dynamics of being privy to the inner life of another human being calls for a certain level of knowledge and skill in creating a safe space…


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Enneagram Type Affirmations

While planning and preparing for a workshop I offered in Charlotte, NC at the Charlotte Spirituality Center I was prompted from within to write these enneagram affirmations.  My desire was…


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