Instincts and Subtypes Archives

April 26, 2025April 22, 2025

Sex, Love & Your Personality Type (3)

Type Three: Sexual and Social Achiever in Love Mona Coates and Judith Searle Threes are energetic, goal-driven natural salespeople, adept first of all at...

by Mona Coates and Judith Searle

Business/Workplace Instincts and Subtypes

The Instincts at Work

Mario Sikora Working with clients as an executive coach and teaching the Enneagram to coaches, consultants, therapists, and other professional users, I find it...

by Mario Sikora April 25, 2025April 14, 2025

History Instincts and Subtypes Understanding the Enneagram

Instincts as Celtic Knot — A Moving System

One Moving Symbol meets another — the Celtic Knot Barbara Whiteside When considering the Instinctual Subtypes, there seems to be widespread belief amidst teachers...

by Barbara Whiteside April 2, 2025April 1, 2025

Centers of Intelligence Comparative Systems Instincts and Subtypes

About Expanding Subtypes from 3 to 5

Jack Labanauskas, Kirby Olson, Frederic Schmitt, Sueann McKean Jack Labanauskas: This thread is a ground breaking alternative or rather an addition to “traditional” explanations...

by Jack Labanauskas, Kirby Olson, Frederic Schmitt, Sueann McKean March 5, 2025February 16, 2025

Instincts and Subtypes Latest Research The Arrows Type Insights Understanding the Enneagram

The Circle, Triangle & the Hexad Part I: Gender Polarity & the Enneagram

Susan Rhodes Ever since I started working with the enneagram, I’ve been interested in looking at its patterns. Some of these patterns are well-known,...

by Susan Rhodes February 20, 2025February 13, 2025

Centers of Intelligence Instincts and Subtypes Personal Growth/Self-Development Type 1 Understanding the Enneagram

Type One: Austere A Variant of Self-Preservation and Moral Rigidity

Antonio Barbato A weak Zeal does not prevent these individuals from taking action or making sacrifices in pursuit of what they believe is right....

by Antonio Barbato February 4, 2025February 4, 2025

Centers of Intelligence Instincts and Subtypes Personal Growth/Self-Development Relationships Spirituality

The 108 Subtypes: Variants with Retracted Sexual Instinct

Antonio Barbato The retraction of the Sexual Instinct often creates a tension between the desire for connection, the constraints of social norms, and the...

by February 4, 2025February 4, 2025