Looking at Type Nine from 4 Different Sides
Dynamic Receptive….The High Side of Nine I once spent a week at a resort hotel on a remote part of the Oregon coast. It...
Presentation of personality in therapy
Attention: Avoiding conflict, finding peace and comfort • Easygoing, pleasant, passive, agreeable • Diffuse energy • May demonstrate awareness of therapist’s needs • May...
Myra, Type Nine: Self -Preservation
Chubby, charming and cheerful, Myra was a woman well positioned in society when I first met her. A few years earlier she had immigrated...
Type Nine Intuitive Take . . .
Being a nine involves movement between inner sleep and awakeness, a struggle that is often hidden from the lower self. If I am a nine, it is...
From Idolatry to Reality
From Worshiping the Idealizations of Our Personality to Following the Ideals of Our Real Self I’ve always liked metaphors. I’m also intrigued by the...
In the Beginning: A Retrospective on the Origins of the Enneagram of Personality
In the late sixties, I learned from Claudio Naranjo that a teacher whom he had met would be receiving students. It was one year...
Wonder
Wonder is defined by Merriam-Webster as “a cause of astonishment or admiration; the quality of exciting amazed admiration; rapt attention or astonishment at something...
After SAT Beginnings: the Paths travelled
Dr. Lindgren, taken in 2020 In the 50 years of active study with many remarkable teachers, I have been offered opportunities to help people...