The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it. Carl Gustav Jung A Bit About the Ego Examining the Enneagram and the ego, many of us at some point have had the perception that having an ego was somehow wrong and…

Shopping for that special gift for a unique child? When you go online or head to the local toy store, you are surrounded by a sea of exciting options. The trouble is, you have no clue what this child (especially if it’s not your own child) might want. In the past, it was easy: Building blocks, dolls, books, or, for the more well-heeled kids, scale electric car sets.My grandfather, then aged nine, wrote in his diary how he was thrilled to receive an orange for Christmas. …

Combining two passions: art and the Enneagram to write my latest book has been an exciting journey. Art mirrors the soul. Our subconscious floats to the surface of the canvas (or sculpture, performance art, etc.) and reveals what was previously hidden. As such, art can be a tremendous way to…

You’ve discovered these incredible insights into yourself and others. Wow! It’s amazing, and so accurate. But, like any path to realization, there is the potential to get stuck or bogged down along the way. — It can be hard to avoid not getting trapped in dead ends as we explore deeper into ourselves. Because the ego wants to protect us from anything we may find unacceptable or hard to work with. …

At the 2017 Enneagram Global Summit lectures, Jessica Dibb was chatting to the late Claudio Naranjo in a talk entitled “The Enneagram and Multiplicity.” Naranjo described how we can divide the nine basic Enneagram Types into three triads that reflect these three ways of approaching love: Paternal, Maternal, and Erotic…

I see art as a visual metaphor for reflecting the path we all take towards wholeness. It is a tool for understanding and expressing our deepest emotions. Our lives then are the canvas. We are all artists and as such, what we do on the canvas, makes us both the…

I look at four different parenting styles and how it they influence your child. *Originally published in March 2009 in Living & Loving magazine While there are thousands of books out there offering parenting advice, psychologists and child-care specialists have identified four basic types of parenting skills. …

A Change of Heart: One thing each Enneagram Type can do to heal emotionally We all want to be the best versions of ourselves we can be, right? Yet we mess us frequently. Or at least I do. For example, today I was so going to exercise. Instead I justified to myself that housework was “exercise.” But who am I kidding? …

A body-centered approach to nine Enneagram ways to grow. Quick suggestions for each Type to assist your personal growth. Life is busy, particularly as things start unlocking as the COVID curve improves. Being busy means we can easily neglect our own personal growth. As well as a shortage of time…