No one in my immediate family is a 7. There are 6s, 5s, 2s, 4s, 9s, 3s, 8s, and 1s. So it is not an Enneagram type I know up close and personal. At the same time, I’ve had an
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What type of cookie are you?
Loving cookies as I do, I was enamored of an article that suggests that our preferences in cookies say something about our personality. In reading the personality descriptions, mouth watering, it occurred to me that the cookies fall right into
Valentine’s Day | expressions of love
Every Valentine’s Day, I write a love blog. This year, I decided to tackle this fundamental question – What is love? – and to link it to the Enneagram in some way. In trying to figure out how to address
Typing our animals?
Do animals, especially ones we know well, have an Enneagram type? And if they do, are we, as humans, able to type them accurately? I would say yes, having had many animals over the years since I’ve known the Enneagram,
Storytelling, novels, plays and screenplays, and the enneagram | a guest blog by Jeff Lyons
I asked Jeff – a friend and colleague who is doing amazing work teaching writers how to use the Enneagram in their stories way beyond character development – to write a blog about how to do this, and here it
Ginger’s favorite enneagram books
I wondered if I dare write about this because almost anything I write, even the most non-controversial ones can receive what are, for me, amazing responses, and I don’t mean amazing in a positive way. But this all comes with
Chocolate cake and the enneagram | “groovy chocolate cake”
You may be wondering what does chocolate cake have to do with the Enneagram. In some ways, it has little do with the Enneagram, and in other ways, there is a connection. The 1st connection is that chocolate cake can
Ode to Travel | The Things I Love Most in 3 Different Countries
As I am about to embark on yet another travel experience with the Enneagram, I decided to sit down and write about a few of the countries I’ve been to and what I like best in each place (besides people!).
Shooting, Guns, Safe Havens, Self-Awareness | Santa Monica, June 5th
The Santa Monica killing rampage that occurred on June 5th was literally very close to home. I live and work (home office) at 21st and California Street; the rampage occurred about 8 short blocks from my office in a community