In discovering our Enneagram types, there can often be overlays on top of our core type, family overlays and culture overlays among them. Hopefully, this blog helps to clarify some of the confusion. Family overlays There are many overlay factors
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Enneagram typing | most common methods for teaching type
There are many ways to teach the Enneagram system and to help others find their Enneagram type accurately. However, any method used requires the person teaching the Enneagram to know the Enneagram themselves in depth. MOST COMMON METHODS FOR TEACHING
Enneagram typing | why is accurate typing so important?
One of the most challenging and important aspects of working with the Enneagram in any setting is “getting type right.” Here is why this matters so much. Discovering type supports accurate self-observation Mistyped people pay attention to the wrong things
Teaching the Enneagram in organizations | 4 key areas
I often get asked what are the most important areas for people wishing to train the Enneagram in organizations. To that end, here is a list of key areas: Positioning the Enneagram Trainers need to be able to position
3 Centers of Intelligence | their many uses – Part 4
The 3 Centers of Intelligence – Head Center, Heart Center and Body Center – form a basis of the 20th century mystic, philosopher and teacher, G. I. Gurdjieff, brought to the Fourth Way teachings and to the Enneagram. This blog
3 Centers of Intelligence | their many uses – Part 3
The 3 Centers of Intelligence – Head Center, Heart Center and Body Center – form a basis of the 20th century mystic, philosopher and teacher, G. I. Gurdjieff, brought to the Fourth Way teachings and to the Enneagram. This blog
3 Centers of Intelligence | their many uses – Part 2
This blog describes one way that the 3 Centers of Intelligence – Head, Heart and Body – can be useful and practical in developing relationships. Peter O’Hanrahan and I have a new 2-day program titled “Relationships Reimagined” in which we
Enneagram Limericks by Tom Hattersley
PERFECTIONIST… There once was a One so right About the trivial he would fight Others he would judge His opinions would not budge When he neared all would take flight GIVER… There once a helper Type Two Who thought of
3 Centers of Intelligence | their many uses – Part 1
The 3 Centers of Intelligence – Head Center, Heart Center and Body Center – form a basis of the 20th century mystic, philosopher and teacher, G. I. Gurdjieff, brought to the Fourth Way teachings and to the Enneagram. This blog,
The 3 triangles | 9-3-6 | 1-4-7 | 2-5-8
When I was at the 2017 IEA (International Enneagram Association) conference in Helsinki this September, both as a presenter and an attendee, a session that got my attention was led by Viviana Trucco, a psychologist from Argentina. Viviana works with