The Nine’s mental habit of “indolence” is not what it may appear to be at first glance. It is not indolence in terms of inactivity or lifelessness. In Enneagram terms, “indolence” refers to the mental process of diffusing your mental
Archive | June, 2014
Coaching with the enneagram | deeper, better, faster and more sustainable coaching
This blog is the first in a series of three for the ICF (International Coach Federation) that positions why the Enneagram is so useful in coaching. For those new to coaching with the Enneagram, my hope is that you find
4 telltale signs that someone is probably not truly engaged in real development work
Over the last 20+ years of learning and teaching the Enneagram in organizations, conferences, and my intensive public certification programs, I’ve noticed patterns that indicate (at least to me) when someone knows the Enneagram but is not really engaged in
Enneagram development: doing an opposite
Most often, when we think of changing, we think, “I must do the opposite of what I normally do.” Not only is this thinking putting us in a position of a huge stretch, doing the exact opposite of what we