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  • The Nine Types
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Type 6

Personal Growth/Self-Development Type 6 Understanding the Enneagram

SixMix – Listening

Ann Kirby The first duty of love is to listen.—Paul Tillich Yesterday, I visited my aunt. She is 91 years old, in hospice care....

by Ann Kirby August 14, 2025August 5, 2025
The Nine Types Type 4 Type 5 Type 6 Type 8 Type 9 Understanding the Enneagram

Harry Potter – Personalities

Penny J. Whillans Ed.D. II am fascinated with the psychic structures of the Enneagram Personalities 1 and, I am also a keen fan of...

by Penny J. Whillans Ed.D. August 12, 2025August 6, 2025
Type 6 Understanding the Enneagram

SixMix: Regrets

Ann Kirby You get used to hanging if you hang long enough. ~ Blanche Kirby My mother was undoubtedly not the first to utter...

by Ann Kirby August 3, 2025July 27, 2025
History Latest Research Type 1 Type 5 Type 6 Type 7 Type 8 Understanding the Enneagram

Philosophy and Personality, part 3.2: Hume, Kant, Hegel – as Individuals

Nicholas Reitter In this chapter the early modern exemplar-philosophers are considered with regard to their personal Enneagram-types. Overarching patterns connecting typology with philosophical outlooks...

by Nicholas Reitter July 20, 2025July 22, 2025
Centers of Intelligence Personal Growth/Self-Development Type 5 Type 6 Type 7 Understanding the Enneagram

Enneagram Defense Mechanisms: Guardians of the Fixations – Part 1

Peter O'Hanrahan Working with the Enneagram presents a number of challenges to us as students of the system. One of these is the sheer...

by Peter O'Hanrahan July 7, 2025June 9, 2025
Editorial and News Type 6 Understanding the Enneagram

Blue Dot, Sure Shot

Ann Kirby Call me obsessive. Call me hypervigilant. Call me Six. As soon as I saw the name badges lined up on the registration...

by Ann Kirby June 10, 2025June 1, 2025
Business/Workplace Leadership and Management Type 6 Understanding the Enneagram

The “Four-Point-On” Theory

And a Six Organization in Distress Judith Searle Arthur Schnitzler’s comedy La Ronde consists of ten love scenes with overlapping characters who represent a...

by Judith Searle June 2, 2025May 26, 2025
Type 5 Type 6 Type 7 Type 8 Type Insights

The Enneagram of Death – Part 3

Elizabeth Wagele Two stories, one from chapter 6 the other from chapter 8 are this month’s sample. There’s no substitute for reading all the...

by Elizabeth Wagele May 20, 2025May 11, 2025
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