Type 5 Archives - Enneagram Monthly

August 20, 2024August 20, 2024

Conversation with michael damian Part 1

Jack Labanauskas & Sueann McKean In the Enneagram community we have been talking of seeking a state of freedom from neurotic traits and finding...

by Michael Damian, Jack Labanauskas, Sueann McKean

Relationships Type 1 Type 5 Understanding the Enneagram

The Perfectionist-Observer (One-Five) Couple

Jennifer P. Schneider and Ron Corn From the recently published reference book, Understand Yourself, Understand Your Partner: The Essential Enneagram Guide to a Better...

by Jennifer P. Schneider and Ron Corn August 4, 2024July 8, 2024

Family Dynamics Relationships Type 5 Type 7

the detective-adventurer couple

Jennifer P. Schneider M.D. and Ron Corn M.S.W. Here is another chapter from our reference book, Understand Yourself, Understand Your Partner: The Essential Enneagram...

by Jennifer P. Schneider M.D. and Ron Corn M.S.W. June 8, 2024June 3, 2024

Editorial and News MBTI Personal Growth/Self-Development The Nine Types Type 2 Type 3 Type 5 Type 9 Understanding the Enneagram

Who am I? A Quest for Understanding My Type

Melissa Thompson At first I wasn’t sure if being absorbed with determining my type was the best focus of my time while learning about...

by Melissa Thompson April 9, 2024April 9, 2024

Personal Growth/Self-Development Relationships Spirituality Type 5

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...

by David Banner March 9, 2024August 24, 2024

Instincts and Subtypes Type 5

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,...

by Antonio Barbato March 5, 2024February 7, 2024

Instincts and Subtypes Type 5

Self Preservation Five: Refuge

Antonio Barbato The combination of a very retracting Passion like Avarice and the Conservation Instinct - which requires defense and the interruption of contact...

by Antonio Barbato February 5, 2024February 7, 2024

Relationships Type 5

Couples’ Relationship & the Enneagram 5

In a couple’s relationship, 5’s are self sufficient, nonintrusive, calm and “low maintenance.” 5’s motto is, “I won’t ask anything of you and you...

by Michelle Joy June 30, 2020September 12, 2023

Personal Growth/Self-Development Relationships Type 5 Type 9 Understanding the Enneagram

The Observer-Mediator (Five-Nine) 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. Patricia,...

by Jennifer P. Schneider M.D. and Ron Corn May 8, 2015April 9, 2024