Reflecting On the First Month of the New Website
Dear friend and Enneagram Monthly subscriber, Warm thanks to you for supporting Enneagram Monthly and our new website launched on February 13. Since plugging...
The Neuroscience of values
Somik Raha “I need to go relieve myself,” came the thought of alarm. It was Day 5 of the 10-day Vipassana meditation course I...
Nine Story
(Republished for Enneagram Monthly online) If you are anything like me, learning about the Enneagram encourages a little voice inside which repeats “if only...
Psychological and Spiritual Perspectives
The Enneagram distinguishes between our essence and our personality. Other traditions speak of our real self vs our false self. In this article I will present some psychological perspectives on...
Thoughts on Typing: EM Group Facebook
Bernadette & Frederic Schmitt, Kirby Olson, Jack Labanauskas Is this woman necessarily a type 4 because she has a sad and tormented face? Can...
The Romantic-Leader (Four-Eight) Couple
Jennifer P. Schneider M.D. and Ron Corn A chapter from Understand Yourself, Understand Your Partner: The Essential Enneagram Guide to a Better Relationship. We...
The Awakened heart
David Banner “We love purely when we release other people to be who they are. The ego seeks intimacy through control and guilt. The...
Sexual Nine: Union
Antonio Barbato The strength of Sloth and the fixation of Self-forgetfulness cause the people with this predominant instinct to use the original drive of...
Sexual Eight: Desire for Possession
Antonio Barbato Like the analogous One subtype, in an Eight there is a reversal of the dynamics that we will find acting in a...
hiding in plain sight – A Hidden Dynamic of the Enneagram
Jim Jennings Some years ago Don Riso and Russ Hudson gifted us with their classic The Wisdom of the Enneagram. The word Wisdom has...
Sexual Seven: Enthusiasm
Antonio Barbato Among all the subtypes of the ET, this is probably by far the most sensitive to the passing of time and the...
The Seed of Splitting in All of Us
Lately, I have been wondering about what makes a person drawn to co dependent relationships with those who suffer from a Borderline Personality Disorder....
Somebody? Nobody?
Mary Bast and CJ Fitzsimon The introduction and transformation journey of an Enneagram Four below are from our book Somebody? Nobody? The Enneagram, Mindfulness...
Sexual Six: Strength
Antonio Barbato Like the other Sixes, in people of this variant Fear is not a healthy expression induced by the Self-Preservation instinct naturally swinging...
Sexual Five: Confidence
Antonio Barbato As we have already seen, the Expansion Instinct requires that people spend their energy in the external world and to grow, therefore,...
Sexual Four: Anger
Antonio Barbato The passion of Envy, invading the Expansion Instinct, leads people to express their desire for growth through a strong predominance of Claim...