Understanding the Enneagram Archives

May 12, 2025May 5, 2025

Plato’s Phaedrus: Enneagram Egg & the Erotic Ladder

David Lorne Ph.D The human is quite like an egg, or a seed, which is a common theme of potential transformation (Ouspensky 173-174). This...

by David Lorne Ph.D

Centers of Intelligence Instincts and Subtypes Latest Research Understanding the Enneagram

Comment on Replacing Triad of Instinct to Triad of Will

Tom Isham In Judith Searle’s positive response (“Understanding the Body Center,” April 2012 EM) to an earlier article by Susan Rhodes, more than one...

by Tom Isham May 11, 2025April 24, 2025

Book Reviews Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

The Heart and Soul of the Enneagram

Carol Ann Gotch and David Walsh This should be a welcome addition to the literature on the Enneagram. It is a book about the...

by Carol Ann Gotch and David Walsh May 10, 2025April 24, 2025

Holy Ideas Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

The Enneagram of Liberation: Waking up to Your True Self

Eli Jaxon-Bear When I first heard the teaching almost thirty years ago, my enneagram teachers, Jerry Perkins, Kathy Speeth and Claudio Naranjo called it...

by Eli Jaxon-Bear May 9, 2025April 24, 2025

The Wings Understanding the Enneagram

Enneagram Wings

Tom Condon Your dominant Enneagram style also has a relationship to its neighboring points, called wings. If Four is your core style, you will...

by Tom Condon May 8, 2025December 11, 2024

Relationships Type 6 Type 9 Understanding the Enneagram

The Detective-Mediator (Six-Nine) Couple

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

by Jennifer P. Schneider M.D. and Ron Corn M.S.W May 3, 2025February 16, 2025

Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4 Type 5 Type 6 Understanding the Enneagram

Vignettes of Type Characteristics (Part 1)

Tom Condon Ones: Loosening Rigidities A One client of mine was an accomplished business consultant. Whatever she attempted professionally turned out well, because she...

by Tom Condon April 27, 2025February 17, 2025

The Arrows Understanding the Enneagram

Enneagram Connecting Points

Tom Condon Your core style has a built-in connection to two other Enneagram styles, usually referred to as stress and security points. In Enneagram...

by Tom Condon April 27, 2025December 11, 2024

Personal Growth/Self-Development Relationships Type 4 Understanding the Enneagram

The Romantic in Relationship

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. April 19, 2025April 21, 2025