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  • The Nine Types
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Understanding the Enneagram

Fixations

The Truth About Fixation and Beyond

LIssa Friedman Ph.D Before I begin, I would like to make clear that all I can say can only point at the truth and...

by Lissa Friedman February 28, 2012April 29, 2025
Comparative Systems Latest Research Personal Growth/Self-Development Understanding the Enneagram

Personality, Process and levels of development Part 2

Wilber’s Nine Levels of Narcissism One of the more interesting parts of Wilber’s discussion in Transformations of Consciousness concerns the nine levels of narcissism....

by Susan Rhodes January 19, 2012September 20, 2023
Centers of Intelligence Latest Research Understanding the Enneagram

Personality, Process and levels of development Part 1

The fixations are all negatives. The worldview I have described is all “positives.” Putting the two sets of terms side by side is mutually...

by Susan Rhodes December 1, 2011September 20, 2023
Interviews Latest Research Passions Personal Growth/Self-Development Understanding the Enneagram

Internal Polarities of passions: Q & A

Questions from various sources about our article about the Polarities of Passion (Enneagram Monthly, June 2011) kept coming in and we selected several to...

by Antonio Barbato and Jack Labanauskas November 29, 2011October 18, 2023
Applications Business/Workplace Leadership and Management Personal Growth/Self-Development Understanding the Enneagram

A Commentary on “Going for the Gold—Alchemy in Coaching”

I read with interest Mary Bast’s article, “Going for the Gold—Alchemy in Coaching” in last month’s EM, both because of its theory and thoughtful...

by Susan Rhodes November 2, 2011November 27, 2023
Understanding the Enneagram

Cosmic Egg Enneagram

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

by Dave Lorne, Ph.D. June 1, 2011September 12, 2023
The Nine Types Type Insights Understanding the Enneagram

Unlocking the Geometry of the Enneagram:

How and Why Opposite Types are Look-alikes (Part 2) In Part I, we looked at the relationships between points across the enneagram (Points 1...

by Susan Rhodes May 22, 2011September 28, 2023
Understanding the Enneagram

Is Positive Thinking Destroying America (Or Possibly the Enneagram)?

Barbara Ehrenreich is not a happy camper. But maybe that’s okay, because she doesn’t really want to be! In 2009, Barbara Ehrenreich published Bright-Eyed:...

by Susan Rhodes May 1, 2011September 12, 2023
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