Jennifer P. Schneider M.D. and Ron Corn

A chapter from Understand Yourself, Understand Your Partner: The Essential Enneagram Guide to a Better Relationship.

Patricia, a Mediator (with a Social subtype) has been married for many years to James, an Observer, who until his retirement worked as a ship’s captain and was gone from the home for much of the time. Both are introverts, and she raised their child largely alone:

People have always wondered how in the world I managed. My need f...

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