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  • Understanding the Enneagram
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  • The Nine Types
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      • Type 5
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Instincts and Subtypes

Instincts and Subtypes Type 1 Type 8 Type 9

Enneagram Defense Mechanisms: Guardians of the Fixations -Part 2

Peter O'Hanrahan Instinctually based defenses Mental types in general tend to withdraw energy from their emotional and instinctual centers and concentrate on mental activity....

by Peter O'Hanrahan July 10, 2025June 9, 2025
Centers of Intelligence Instincts and Subtypes Latest Research Understanding the Enneagram

Comment on Replacing Triad of Instinct to Triad of Will

Tom Isham In Judith Searle’s positive response (“Understanding the Body Center,” April 2012 EM) to an earlier article by Susan Rhodes, more than one...

by Tom Isham May 11, 2025April 24, 2025
Editorial and News Instincts and Subtypes Relationships Therapy and Counselling Type 9

Sex, Love & Your Personality Type 9

Type 9 the Sexual Peacekeeper in Love Mona Coates & Judith Searle Generally accommodating, serene and self-effacing, Nines are driven by a strong desire...

by Mona Coates & Judith Searle May 6, 2025April 23, 2025
Instincts and Subtypes Personal Growth/Self-Development Type 3

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 April 26, 2025April 22, 2025
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, 2025November 21, 2025
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