The Enneagram made easy

by: Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

A quick overview of the 9 types conveyed through simple bulleted lists and illustrations. Light, humorous, and a great read for those new to the Enneagram. Special shoutout for the section entitled “How The Enneagram and The Jungian Types Fit Together,” if you happen to be a fan of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator.

 

The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life

by: Helen Palmer

A more in-depth overview of the Enneagram system, including its history, and a nice thick chapter on each of the 9 types. Here you’ll find a deeper dive into your personality structure, along with examples of interactions between types, and experiential exercises to “get into the mindset” of each type. Not to mention an explanation of acquired personality and psychological buffers from the one and only Helen Palmer.

 

The Wisdom of The Enneagram

by: Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson

Deep takes on each of the 9 Enneagram types, along with type-specific “challenge questions” to stretch the bounds of your self-understanding. This book is dense in a good way—a highly detailed overview of the Enneagram. Weaved throughout you’ll find relevant charts, graphics, and lists (i.e. ‘core fears’ of all 9 types, ‘superego mandates’ of all 9 types, ‘wake-up calls’ of all 9 types, and MUCH more). There is also specific commentary on the levels of health, not found in the other books above. There’s even brief commentary on the geometry and mathematics of the Enneagram. Potentially excessive for a newcomer to the system.

Remember the passion of Lust? It’s that drive in Type 8s to expand their sense of self through big challenges, and “fill themselves up” with intense experiences or physically enveloping sensations. It’s a desire to be instinct
Remember the Passion of Gluttony? It’s that feeling in Type 7s that they need more pleasure, more experience and stimulation. It’s an insatiable drive to feel good, and thereby stay out of pain. (Refer to my earlier series on the Passions
Remember the Passion of Fear? It’s that feeling in Type 6s of inner angst and existential dread—the feeling that the world isn’t safe. (Refer back to my earlier series on the Passions & Virtues for more on the Passion of Fear).
Remember the Passion of Avarice? It’s that feeling in Type 5s that they must be guarded—for fear of being left empty. The feeling that depletion is imminent unless they hold onto what little they have. (Refer back to my earlier series on
This week I’ll be participating in the #amplifymelanatedvoices challenge. Thank you to @jessicawilson.msrd and @blackandembodied for calling white content creators to action. From today through June 7th I won’t be posting my regular conte
Remember the Passion of Envy? It’s that tendency in Type 4s to compare themselves to others, and feel they always come out on the low side of the comparison. (Refer back to my earlier series on the Passions & Virtues for more on the Passion
Remember the Passion of Deceit? It’s that tendency in Type 3s to leave their feelings and true inner identity behind, and shift their image to garner success. 3s themselves may not see the situation this way, instead simply considering themselv
Remember the Passion of Pride? It’s that tendency in Type 2s to inflate their sense of self through others’ reactions to them, and to stand above others through a self-image of pure altruism. (Refer back to my earlier series on the Passio

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