The Twelve Steps, the Enneagram and Contemplative Prayer
We all crave the kind of peace that can never come from a bottle, a drug, or a false self, but only from understanding...
Doing My Time
My first steps into a 500 person prison unit fifteen months ago were full of trepidation, not at all for my safety, but for...
Is Ramon Llull the “True” or “First” Father of the Enneagram of Personality?
Is Ramon Llull the “true” or “first” father of the Enneagram of Personality? A Medieval philosopher, mathematician and religious enthusiast, Llull’s ideas and models...
Envy in the Workplace
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors’ salary, title, office location, parking spot, company car, relationship with manager…and so the list can continue. Envy is...
Falling Into the Looking Glass
The Perils and Pitfalls of Teaching the Enneagram to Younger People The majority of students and clients in my Enneagram workshops, presentations, study groups...
Facebook and the Enneagram
Since going on Facebook a few months ago I have observed how our “type” shows up so clearly and amusingly in our comments and...
Fives in Psychotherapy
Presentation in Therapy • Five clients may be shy and guarded with a flat affect • They may offer brief responses or intellectual verbosity...
A Stroke of Insight: Using the Insights of Brain Science to Inform Our Understanding of the Enneagram
One day in 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor woke up and began to get ready for work. A busy neuroanatomist, she was accustomed to a...