We know that we all experience psychologically created polarities. As a Type Six, I experience Duty/Deviance, Type Ones are famous for Right/Wrong, Type Threes Success/Failure, and so forth. It seems, though, that we don’t always experience them so neatly labeled
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Worry and Enneagram Styles
Worry is a pervasive undercurrent that limits us when habitual and on automatic. We become diminished in our ability to be fully present. Our focus of attention is split, and worry, ironically, dulls our awareness to real danger. This is
The Importance of Self-Experience | Poorly Modulated Polarities Part 3 | A Guest Blog by Tom Hattersley
In a recent blog about the psychologically generated polarities we experience, I equivocated over whether to assist my Type Two wife in finding words to help her modulate the polarities she experiences. So, what do The Glenn Miller Band, Elvis
Insight Blog | Reactivity
Reactivity presents itself in many ways. It feeds on its own energy to create its own reality. Even in subtle manifestations, reactivity is capable of stealing our true nature. We lose ourselves to a false self when reactive. Our own
Poorly Modulated Polarities Part 2 | A Guest Blog by Tom Hattersley
In an August 27th “Ginger’s Blog,” I discussed a technique I found useful for helping clients deal with poorly modulated polarities, such as Duty and Deviance (Type 6), Friend and Enemy (Type 8), Success and Failure (Type 3), Right and
Insight | Enneagram Styles and Work
Gerry Fathauer, Senior Member of the Enneagram in Business Network (EIBN), has written this Insight Activity about Work, which really can be thought of as Holy Work or Life Work. As an Enneagram Three, Gerry said this was the most
Poorly Modulated Polarities | A Guest Blog by Tom Hattersley
In this guest blog by Tom Hattersley, member of the EIBN (Enneagram in Business Network), you get to read about a phenomenal process for reconciling type-based inner polarities. Tom discovered this process by chance – or was it? Tom’s Blog
Enneagram Styles and CONSTANCY
A new Insight Activity by Gerry Fathauer, Senior Member of the Enneagram in Business Network (EIBN): Constancy is a state that places us squarely in our center. Living with our attention in all three centers – head, heart and body
Good and Evil Projections | A Blog by Barry Ahern
Ginger’s recent experience with people who asked why one should work with organisations on the basis that they were intrinsically “evil” surprised me. It raises the question about the fundamental premise that guides us: are we operating from the stance
Insight | Generosity
Here is Gerry Fathaur’s July Insight Activity. Gerry is a Senior Member of the Enneagram in Business Network (EIBN) and lives in lovely Sedona, Arizona.Generosity can be as accessible and familiar as breathing. It may be tangible or intangible. We