The Enneagram is a brilliant personality system that provides insight into our everyday personal and business relationships. That’s great news because, “A great relationship is about two things, first find out the similarities and second, respect the differences.” – Unknown What is the Enneagram? The Enneagram provides the road map to understand the natural similarities […]
The Enneagram personality system is a valuable platform for understanding ourselves and others. I was introduced to it in 1994. Since then it has provided so much wisdom for me in my business and personal life that it was only natural for me to incorporate it into my practice. Not Putting You in a “Box” […]
This is one of the reasons that I fell in love with the Enneagram system as it assists us in understanding our inner selves and others from a level of non-judgement. It provides some of the clues as to why we each have developed our own unique set of patterns of thinking, feeling and acting based on nature and nurture. It helps us develop our emotional intelligence skills! By sharing this passage with you, I acknowledge the challenge I have in holding a pure space of non-judgment for sure. It is definitely the section of work from Abraham and Esther Hicks that I review most often – the Law of Allowing! See this short YouTube clip for that.
What I have witnessed in myself and others, is that our gifts and strengths when out of balance, become our greatest challenge. I liken it to having blinkers on that the race horses are often seen wearing to keep their focus straight ahead on the track. When we have our blinkers on and are focused on the very thing that our personality tunes into with all of our energy, it is safe to say that there are aspects of our lives that are getting the short end of the stick. That action typically does not act in our favour long term. It is a way that we get ourselves “stuck” so to speak. Let me give you a brief run down for each type.
You can see easily from different points of view and tend to agree with people more than disagree with them. You feel like you have to take what life brings you because you can’t do much about it anyway. You are pretty easy to please and usually feel that what you have is good enough for you. If these statements resonate with you then read on to learn more about Type Nine. Remember that we have a bit of all types within us, so look for the way Type Nine shows up in you.
