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The Enneagram: Distorted Self-Images

Tom Condon Beyond our biological need for identity is the desire to know who we are in a deep, personal sense. Each of us...

by Tom Condon January 24, 2025January 17, 2025

Centers of Intelligence

Engaging the Energies of the Centers: Spiritual Direction and the Enneagram

Aaron Manes The Enneagram offers each person a unique experience, which is part of what makes it such a powerful tool for self-awareness, growth,...

by Aaron Manes January 21, 2025January 28, 2025

Personal Growth/Self-Development Understanding the Enneagram

Know the Depth of Your Personality

Mark Bodnarczuk We live in the three-pound universe between our ears, but it is shocking how little we actually know about ourselves. As I...

by Mark Bodnarczuk January 19, 2025January 17, 2025

Fixations Passions

The Lines Are the Basic Building Blocks of the Enneagram, Not the Points (Revisited)

When we think of the Enneagram, most of us fixate on the points—the nine numbers that seem to define who we are. But here’s...

by Michael J. Goldberg January 18, 2025January 28, 2025

History Latest Research Type Insights

Philosophy and Personality, part 2.1: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle – as Philosophers

After three introductory chapters (published on the Enneagram Monthly website in late 2024), I now begin considering in earnest the ten philosophers who will...

by Nicholas Reitter January 15, 2025January 14, 2025

Spirituality Type Insights Understanding the Enneagram

Romancing the Enneagram

Tom Condon I once had a cat who was prone to amnesia for the contents of her food dish. The dish could have been...

by Tom Condon January 14, 2025December 1, 2024

Biological Markers Comparative Systems Latest Research The Arrows Understanding the Enneagram

Identifying the Enneagram in the Genetic Code

to Enable Novel Health Care Discoveries (Initial focus on Celiac Disease & Colon Cancer) F. Oliver Nicklin Between 1915 and 1917 P.D. Ouspenski and...

by F. Oliver Nicklin January 13, 2025December 22, 2024

Type 2 Understanding the Enneagram

The Giver (Type Two) 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 January 12, 2025January 6, 2025