Tag: well-being

  • Engaging All Three of Your Enneagram Centers

    Co-written with Kacie Berghoef When most of us first learn the Enneagram, we discover that there are three Centers of Intelligence: the Gut Center, Heart Center, and Head Center. All of these centers contain powerful gifts, and it’s important to balance all three for us to remain present in our daily lives. Without doing personal…

  • Using the Instincts as an Accelerator for Growth

    Co-written with Kacie Berghoef The Enneagram’s three Instincts describe unconscious drives that shape our behavior. Knowing about them is helpful for many reasons, from maintaining healthy relationships to getting your needs met in the workplace. Most importantly, working on the Instincts, even more than working on our type, can act as an accelerator for personal…

  • Video Review: Tapping for Your Type

    Co-written with Kacie Berghoef We have something special to share with you this month. Psychotherapist and leadership coach Rachel Alexandria has released a series of videos that introduce a powerful process to heal our Enneagram types’ wounds. Introducing Tapping for Your Type! Tapping, or EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), is a kind of acupressure that uses…

  • Freedom for Each Enneagram Type

    Co-written with Kacie Berghoef July marks the national holidays of both our home countries, Canada Day (on July 1st) and Independence Day (on the 4th of July). Our friends and families are coming together to celebrate freedom in a flurry of fireworks and picnics. But the idea of freedom transcends national borders. Freedom is one…

  • How Each Enneagram Type Can Build Healthy Habits

    Co-written with Kacie Berghoef No matter what our lifestyle is, all of us have habits that help us manage our lives. Sometimes these habits, such as flossing daily and having a regular personal growth practice, sustain and nourish our long-term happiness and health. Other habits, such as skipping lunch to be productive or not getting…

  • Understanding the Levels of Development

    Co-written with Kacie Berghoef We all have times when we’re at our best – attentive, resilient, and able to handle whatever comes our way. We also have times when every little thing bugs us, and we find ourselves caught up in conflict at the drop of a hat. Most Enneagram teachers, including us, believe that…

  • Self-Care Strategies for the Enneagram Types

    Co-written with Kacie Berghoef With Valentine’s Day around the corner, many of us are thinking of the people we care about. Those who are in romantic relationships may have their eyes on special dates and gifts for their partners. Parents with school-age children are picking out paper valentines to be handed out to classmates. Love…

  • Why Self-Awareness Matters

    Co-written with Kacie Berghoef If you were a Greek citizen in the 4th century B.C., traveling to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi to listen to the Oracle’s wisdom, you’d find this inscription on the wall: “Know thyself.” In more recent years, self-awareness gets less press than flashier qualities like ambition and charisma. However, it…

  • Managing Holiday Stress

    Co-written with Kacie Berghoef The late calendar year hums with holiday magic. Families gather to feast. Gifts are exchanged, and lights festoon the windows. The holidays bring great joy to the world! They allow us to take time off work, celebrate with friends and colleagues at special events, and spend quality time with our loved…

  • Our Journey with the Enneagram and Ayurveda

    Co-written with Kacie Berghoef The Enneagram is an amazing tool for personal growth. But the Enneagram is only one system, and increasingly, we’ve been exploring other tools that complement it. We’ve found Ayurveda, an ancient Indian system of holistic healing that focuses on maintaining health rather than curing illness, to be especially useful. It’s a…