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The Dynamic Enneagram: Eights

An Eight male who once tended bar recalled a time when a young patron insisted that he didn’t need to show his identification. “Oh...

by Tom Condon February 27, 2024February 7, 2024

Instincts and Subtypes Type 8

Self-Preservation Eight: Grabber

If we want to understand the dynamics of this variation, we must first remember that the Passion of this type is not so much...

by Antonio Barbato February 8, 2024February 8, 2024

Therapy and Counselling Type 8

Eights In Psychotherapy

(Republished for Enneagram Monthly online) Presentation in Therapy • Many Eights have a big energy and a noticeable intensity • They are usually forthright...

by Carolyn Bartlett August 1, 2023September 26, 2023

Type 3 Type 8

What You Don’t Know About Yourself Could Hurt: Challenger or Champion?

What do Martin Luther King, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lee Iacocca, Donald Trump, Leona Helmsley, Ross Perot and Indira Gandhi have in common? How are Jimmy...

by Barbara Bennett February 1, 2020September 12, 2023

Relationships Type 5 Type 8

The Observer-Leader (Five – Eight) Couple

Jennifer P. Schneider and Ron Corn A chapter from Understand Yourself, Understand Your Partner: The Essential Enneagram Guide to a Better Relationship. We were...

by Jennifer P. Schneider and Ron Corn March 12, 2015December 14, 2023

Therapy and Counselling Type 8

Eights in Therapy (Field Guide)

Presentation in Therapy • Many Eights have a big energy and a noticeable intensity • They are usually forthright and direct • ...

by Carolyn Bartlett October 1, 2013July 3, 2024

Relationships Type 6 Type 8

The Detective-Leader (Six-Eight) Couple

Jennifer P. Schneider and Ron Corn This is another chapter from our forthcoming book Understand Yourself, Understand Your Partner:The Essential Enneagram Guide to a...

by Jennifer P. Schneider and Ron Corn March 13, 2013November 15, 2023