Type 7 Archives - Enneagram Monthly

July 18, 2026July 18, 2026

Floating Islands and Flying Ideas: The Spirit of Type Seven

There’s a fascinating stop in Homer’s Odyssey where Odysseus and his crew arrive at Aeolia, the floating island home of Aeolus, the Keeper of...

by Michael J. Goldberg

Some Advice, Part 3

Rev. William J. Callahan, S.J. The Head Triad Type Five: The Watcher What you need to do, even when you are at your best,...

by Rev. William J. Callahan, S.J. June 21, 2026June 12, 2026

Type 7 Type Insights

Reflections of a Seven

Mona Coates In the following article, works of Don Richard Riso, Personality Types (1987) and Understanding the Enneagram (1990) along with works of Helen...

by Mona Coates June 10, 2026June 5, 2026

Type 7 Type Insights

Comparison of Two Authors’ Views of the Seven by a Type Seven

Mona Coates, Ph.D. In an attempt to understand my own SEVEN-ness more completely, I conducted the following search for deeper explanations by comparing and...

by Mona Coates Ph.D. April 9, 2026April 29, 2026

Relationships Type 2 Type 7 Understanding the Enneagram

Sex, Love & Your Personality

Social Type Two and Type Seven in Love Mona Coates and Judith Searle Twos with the Social subtypeSocial Twos, whom Ichazo associates with “ambition,”...

by Mona Coates and Judith Searle February 1, 2026January 31, 2026

Applications Type 5 Type 7

Understanding Art: Social Gatherings of 5 & 7

In the last issue our focus was on how the enneagram type, events and life stories of an artist influence a painting. This article...

by Marina Pierini and Antonio Barbato December 27, 2025December 26, 2025

Type 7 Type Insights Understanding the Enneagram

How Optimism Works for This Seven

Anne Hundman Our inner perspectives and beliefs, our personal points of view and how we arrived at then are among the most important gifts...

by Anne Hundman November 25, 2025December 3, 2025

Business/Workplace Leadership and Management Personal Growth/Self-Development Type 1 Type 4 Type 7

What Type of Leader are You: Part 3

Ginger Lapid-Bogda Excerpt from What Type of Leader Are You? Using the Enneagram System to Identify and Grow Your Leadership Strengths and Achieve Maximum...

by Ginger Lapid-Bogda October 27, 2025October 27, 2025

Graphology Type 7 Understanding the Enneagram

handwriting and type seven

Claudio Garibaldi Before investigating the graphological characteristics of type Seven, I need to point out that I have not known very many Sevens intimately....

by Claudio Garibaldi September 20, 2025September 9, 2025