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Lore of the Leprechaun, Lure of the Gold

Marilyn Bernhardt Musing about the Enneagram the other day, I began to play with the idea that it is a “map” of human personality:...

by Marilyn Bernhardt July 28, 2026July 25, 2026

What An Experience For a Two

Ginny Cusack My participation in the Advanced Enneagram Professional Training Program at Kirkridge Conference Center in Stroudsbourg, PA on August 25-30, 1995 is part...

by Ginny Cusack July 27, 2026July 23, 2026

Type 4 Understanding the Enneagram

Enneagram Typing—Just for the Fun of It

Ed Jacobs A note of acknowledgment to the editors of the EM (October, 1995) for their accurate expression of my views concerning the selection...

by Ed Jacobs July 25, 2026July 23, 2026

Type 3 Type 4 Type 6 Understanding the Enneagram

Hitler, Lunatic or Toxic-Flake

Mike MacLeod Well, yes. But what type of flake? Conventional enneagram wisdom sees Hitler as a counterphobic Six, all spines and huffing and puffing,...

by Mike MacLeod July 24, 2026July 18, 2026

Education Understanding the Enneagram

Freeing the Enneagram: Attitudes and Ideas

Brian Grodner, Ph.D. There may be only subtle differences between rules and processes which guide and illuminate and those which limit, and box in....

by Brian Grodner, Ph.D. July 20, 2026July 17, 2026

Type 8 Understanding the Enneagram

Turner’s Types: Two Flavors of Eight

Nick Turner Here are pictures of two men, both of whom are almost certainly eights. One is an eight with a nine-wing (8/9), and...

by Nick Turner July 19, 2026July 19, 2026

Centers of Intelligence Personal Growth/Self-Development

Teaching the Enneagram in Three Dimensions Part I: Learning Styles

Loretta Brady There is a wise old saying: When the student is ready the teacher will appear. Of course, the assumption in this saying...

by Loretta Brady July 18, 2026July 17, 2026

Triads

Where Do You Live in Time?

I have become increasingly convinced that one of the most overlooked dimensions of personality isn’t simply how we think or what we feel. It’s where our attention naturally lives...

by Christopher L. Heuertz July 16, 2026July 14, 2026