Ones | Here are some thoughts that shape Ones and become joy limiters: Why aren’t others more prepared, organized, and responsible? What is going wrong here? What do I need to do to improve things? Did I handle this situation
Archive | Development
Development | cultivating happiness
Ones | To cultivate happiness through gratitude and compassion, Ones simply need to open their hearts and value them as much as their minds and their guts, and they also need to recognize that their self-criticism and search for perfection
Development | breathing
Ones | Practice relaxing as you breathe in a deep and full way, allowing the full experience and pleasure of the life force without trying to control it or do it right. Twos | As you breathe, bring your attention
Development | openness
How individuals of each type can develop more openness… Ones | Acceptance To accept what is rather than what should be; to hold oneself less tightly or rigidly; to allow more fluidity Twos | Receiving To be open to receiving
Development | duality
We all live in a duality of our minds, perceiving things as only having two parts, often in segments that create a dichotomy and negate one another. It’s this or that, yes or no, my way or your way, spirituality
Development | strength
Potency, resilience, moral power, firmness, and courage – these are all concepts that align with real strength. How can the Enneagram help each of us develop true strength, not physical prowess or outer toughness? Ones | While Enneagram Ones may
Diversity and the enneagram community
It is with great excitement that I believe the Enneagram community, however large or small it is and that is hard to know, is ready to integrate issues of Diversity into its thinking and consciousness. Some may have already done
Development | complexity
So is life simple or complex? Who is right, the philosopher Confucius or author Ursula Le Guin? The answer is Yes; both are likely accurate! Here’s how all 9 types can develop their ability to navigate effectively through the complexities
Development | gratitude
Focusing on real gratitude has healing properties for each of us. Within our Enneagram types, we have plenty for which to feel grateful. All it takes is a shift in our focus of attention. Ones | Being grateful for the
Development | being engaged
Ones | To become more fully engaged, try first to fully engage yourself, your heart as well as your head and gut. Twos | To become more fully engaged, engage yourself before, during and after you also engage others, being