Pure Acceptance | To accept ourselves and each other as we are “Serenity comes from trading expectations for acceptance.” ~ Unknown Pure Generosity | To give that which is not easy to offer, without expectation “A person who does things
Enneagram Twos: Elephant
A Nine said recently, “Please don’t choose the elephant to represent Nines.” I think what she was thinking is that elephants are lumbering animals, kind of lumpy and sometimes slow. Besides the fact that I picked elephants to represent Enneagram
Enneagram and Gratitude
Gerry Fathauer, a Senior Member of the Enneagram in Business Network, is now writing the Monthly Insights for 2012. Thanks to Gayle Hardie for doing this for 2011 and to Ruth Landis for 2010. All three of these Senior Members
Enneagram Ones: Zebra
I chose the zebra to represent Enneagram style One. The information and facts below support this idea, but I chose zebras primarily because they are so elegant and regal, yet at the same time, so sturdy and practical, just like
What South African Animal Are You?
On a recent trip to South Africa, I was enthralled by the beauty, calm, wildness – plus went on a 3-day safari that was spectacular. The animals were up-close, walking the paths at our lodge, visible from our miniature house,
Was Steve Jobs Really a Seven? (part 1)
The prevailing thought among many Enneagram teachers and Enneagrammers has been that Steve Jobs is/was an ennea-type 7. I always wondered about that – seeing him listed as an example of a 7 on more lists of famous people than
Enneagram Styles and Generosity of Spirit
Gayle Hardie, a Senior Member of the EIBN, wrote the following Insight about generosity of spirit: Generosity of spirit is the openness and willingness to share our “gifts” freely with others. This sharing is done joyously and willingly, is generated
Enneagram Theory: Fixations (Habits of Mind) – Indolence
This 10th blog in the Enneagram Theory: Fixations (Habits of Mind) series focuses on Indolence, the fixation normally associated with Enneagram style Nine. In Nines (really in all of us), Indolence refers to the mental process of mentally diffusing our
Why We Need Claudio Naranjo (Helen Palmer, Don Riso and Others) More Than Ever
Many people have told me that I seem to be (except for Russ Hudson) the most traveling Enneagram teacher. They make comments such as this: Wow, are you tired? You travel more than anyone except maybe Russ. Since I can
Ode to Claudio Naranjo
I recently received a postcard from two very dear women from Korea who were in England for Claudio’s program on the 27 Enneagram subtypes. They are a mother-daughter pair (a Seven and Three respectively) who are on their joint and