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Defense Mechanism: Guardians of Our Type-Based Ego Structure | Type 2

This blog series describes how the primary defense mechanism for each Enneagram type functions as a guardian of the type-based ego structure, and this particular blog focuses on Enneagram type 2. You’ll learn the following: how the type-based fixation and

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Defense Mechanisms as Guardians of our Type-based Ego Structure

Did you know that the primary defense mechanism for each Enneagram type functions serves as a crucial guardian of the type-based ego structure? Essentially, the primary defense mechanism for each type ensures that each type’s passion and fixation continue operating

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Efforting

“All of the searching, all of the struggling, all of the efforting to find your true self is naturally revealed in open, relaxed simplicity.” ~ Gangaji Efforting is not an official word in the English language; it’s a verb made

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3 important Enneagram training questions and answers

For this blog, I started with some answers I believe are important in both teaching the Enneagram myself as well as teaching others to teach the system and watching them do so. As a result, I pose these three questions

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Typing No-Nos and Yes-Yes | Part 2

Here is the 2nd set 4 No-Nos accompanied by the Yes-Yes for that area. When typing ourselves on the enneagram or when assisting others in identifying their type, I’ve learned some important guidelines that can be useful in doing this,

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Typing No-Nos and Yes-Yes | Part 1

When typing ourselves on the enneagram or when assisting others in identifying their type, I’ve developed some important guidelines over the years that can be useful in doing this. These are taken from both my own journey in teaching the

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Love in three centers | body, heart and mind | part 2

In the part 1 blog, the model of love in the 3 centers describes love from this perspective, but how do we use this understanding that each center plays a key role in conscious love? This blog, part 2, helps

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Love in three centers | body, heart and mind | part 1

What is love? It’s easy to say but hard to define. It means different things to different people. Perhaps the most common meaning is that love is a feeling in the heart. We care for another person; we feel something

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