Understanding the Enneagram Archives

Personal Growth/Self-Development Understanding the Enneagram

September 11, 2024August 29, 2024

Enneagram & Our Defense Mechanisms

Douglas and Olivia Rosestone In order to understand the essence of what this essay describes, we first must ask ourselves four important questions: What...

by Douglas & Olivia Rosestone

Reflections and Rejections: Exploring the Enneagram’s Avoidance Strategies Through Echo and Narcissus

In the wild and whispering woods of ancient Greece, there was a mountain nymph named Echo. Echo was famous for her endless babble and...

by Christopher L. Heuertz September 9, 2024September 9, 2024

Astrology Editorial and News History Holy Ideas Passions Triads

Space & Time: Dimensions of Existence Part 2

Jack Labanauskas As a brief recap of the points made in Part 1 of Space and Time in the last issue (EM #227), I...

by Jack Labanauskas September 7, 2024August 20, 2024

Relationships Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

Loving It All

Living With an Awakening Heart David Banner Ph.D.What Is Love? The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new...

by David Banner Ph.D. September 4, 2024August 29, 2024

Personal Growth/Self-Development Understanding the Enneagram

Positive Psychology Research & Enneagram

Susan Rhodes Several years ago, I wrote an article for the EM, “Positive Psychology and the Enneagram,“*which discussed the new field of positive psychology...

by Susan Rhodes August 31, 2024August 28, 2024

Type 6 Understanding the Enneagram

The Six Trance: Childhood Themes Part 1

Tom Condon Sixes generally come from childhood backgrounds where there were security vacuums or atmospheres of hierarchy and domination. Most Sixes experience one background...

by Tom Condon August 30, 2024August 27, 2024

Personal Growth/Self-Development Type Insights Understanding the Enneagram

Pitfalls in Typing

A Selection of Questions that Keep Recurring Jack Labanauskas Time has a dual function... it “heals all wounds” and there is also the proverbial...

by Jack Labanauskas August 28, 2024August 29, 2024

Relationships Type 1 Type 7 Understanding the Enneagram

The Perfectionist-Adventurer (1-7) Couple

Jennifer P. Schneider, M.D. and Ron Corn A chapter from the recently published reference book, Understand Yourself, Understand Your Partner: The Essential Enneagram Guide...

by Jennifer P. Schneider, M.D. and Ron Corn August 25, 2024August 5, 2024

Holy Ideas Instincts and Subtypes Passions Virtues

subtypes revisited part 2

Gloria Davenport Instinctual Subtypes in Relation to Essence In Ennea-type Structures, (1990, p.5.), Naranjo presents an intriguing diagram of his perception of how we...

by Gloria Davenport August 22, 2024August 21, 2024