The Nine Types Archives - Page 27 of 34

On the nature of enneagram subtypes

[Author’s note: I wrote the following article about four years ago as an introduction to the enneagram subtypes. That’s why it’s pretty basic at...

by Susan Rhodes October 28, 2009October 18, 2023

Childhood Wounds Education Personal Growth/Self-Development Relationships Spirituality

Seeing your child

“Love the child in front of you, not the one in your mind.” I don’t remember where or when I first saw this quote,...

by Barbara Whiteside September 28, 2009October 18, 2023

Biological Markers Community Spotlights Type Insights

Enneagram Gone to the Dogs (and one Cat)

As a way to offer a fun visual tool that highlights the differences between the fixations, I have made (and admittedly, it’s rather daft)...

by Clare Cherikoff July 2, 2009October 18, 2023

Personal Growth/Self-Development Type Insights Understanding the Enneagram

The Enneagram as a Living System

Excerpt of Chapter 9 from The Positive Enneagram The best thing about working with the enneagram from a positive perspective is that it really...

by Susan Rhodes May 27, 2009October 18, 2023

Education Type Insights Understanding the Enneagram

Story Genres and Enneagram Type

Finding Buried Treasure: Getting Reacquainted with Innovative EM Articles and their Authors continues with a conversation we had a few days ago followed by...

by Judith Searle interviewed by Jack Labanauskas May 27, 2009October 18, 2023

The Nine Types Type 8 Understanding the Enneagram

Dynamic Enneagram: Fine Distinctions, Eights

Self Preservation Eights Strongly focused on physical security; very hard workers. When healthy they are exceptionally self-reliant, independent and responsible. Self-preservation Eights can be...

by Tom Condon April 27, 2009October 18, 2023

Holy Ideas Type 8 Understanding the Enneagram

Sacred Ideas of Type Eight

Sacred Omnipresence, Sacred Expanse, Sacred Resistance In a previous article (EM, Nov. 08), I summarized the Sacred Ideas—the spiritual aspects—of each Enneagram type. In...

by Stephen Hatch, M.A.R. March 1, 2009September 23, 2023