In order to understand the essence of what this essay describes, we first must ask ourselves four important questions: What is a defense mechanism? What is an Enneagram central motivation? What is an Enneagram defense mechanism? What is the relationship between an Enneagram central motivation, and an Enneagram defense mechanism? Once we have answered these questions, we will consider each of the nine Enneagram types, or archetypal character styles as we refer...
Subscribe today (returning users login) to access more of this article as well as the entire Enneagram Monthly archive.
