#4 Mistake to Avoid in Using the Enneagram
Mistake #4: Believing Your Type’s Interpretation We all believe our enneatype’s interpretations out of habit and out of the deep patterns our type structure has grooved into our minds. So why is it a mistake to believe them? Having a type is not a mistake, but believing what our type tells us as truth is. Our type’s beliefs […]
#3 of 4 Mistakes to Avoid Using the Enneagram
Mistake #3: Better Than – Less Than As humans, we are all prey to the comparison game. Sometimes we feel we are better than others. Other times we feel “less than” either in a particular aspect (physique, status, morals, etc.), or evaluating our worth in general (“I’m not as good a person as she is”). Neither of these […]
#2 of 4 Mistakes to Avoid Using the Enneagram
Mistake #2: Letting Your Type Be the End of the Story The resonance we feel when we discover our type can be uncanny. It can feel like seeing a scan of your psyche that makes sense of so many themes in your life. It’s compelling to say, “Oh, I’m such a Two!” whether we say it with […]
#1 of 4 Mistakes to Avoid Using the Enneagram
Mistake #1: Deciding Others’ Types for Them The Enneagram is such a powerful tool, that it can be powerful even when it is used “badly.” As singer-songwriter Ani Difranco says, “Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.” And while I assume that anyone who is interested in using the Enneagram for personal development would […]