This phrase, “feelings are not emergencies,” was uttered to me over twenty years ago by my clinical group supervisor.  I was just out of graduate school and had begun a…

As the IEA Global Conference in Cincinnati approaches (July 19-22), I’d like to share with you some of the many reasons that you might want to attend.

First, this Conference…

When I first began Integral and Enneagram classes, my aim was to teach. Teaching itself is by definition a transmission of knowledge. Both the Enneagram and Integral help flex the…

I quite enjoyed Kristin Arthur’s recent article in Nine Points “Essence and the Enneagram, Revisited: A Reply to Mario Sikora’s ‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’” but it seems Kristin made a…

Where were you born?

I was born in the very beautiful little town of Ruokolahti, in Eastern lake Finland. My family was living there at the time. Even though I…

I’m sometimes invited to test out people’s recruiting tools that make use of the Enneagram based on, for instance, trawling through people’s social profiles, CV’s, LinkedIn or other data that…

Kristin Arthur, PhD

In New England, there is a joke about a stranger asking a farmer for directions back to the city. The old farmer thinks about it for a…

 Suggestions for the Nine in Recovery

1. You must learn to lean into conflict. Okay, let’s face it, this is last item on your Nine list of “Things I’d love…

The Core Suffering and Dilemma of the Nine in Recovery

You see the Type Nine—the peacemaker, the easy-going, self-effacing type—sitting at an AA meeting, initially withdrawn and distant, but with…

First Twelve Weeks in Recovery—Helping the Nine

Devan sits in group day after day, so still and quiet you’d never know he was there. Second week in it dawns on…

Whenever people hear or learn about the Enneagram, the very first question they have is always: What type am I? As if the teacher will know this without any doubt…

Mette Hvied Lauesen, Life and Business Coach, Denmark

Whenever people hear or learn about the Enneagram, the very first question they have is…

Where were you born?
In Barcelona

Where do you live? 
I live in Rubi, a city located next to Barcelona

What do you do? 

I work in medical…

Season’s Greetings!

The holiday season is upon us!  Why doesn’t it feel like that time of year yet?  I’m guessing it’s the weather.  We Coloradoans/Coloradans are used to quite a…

Enneatype Six is an anxious pattern, involving chronic uncertainty and an active imagination kept busy anticipating and preparing for the worst. This experience of everyday life is often described as…

¡Hola a todos! Todavía sigo pensando en el Congreso reciente de San Antonio con una sonrisa.  El Directorio escuchó decir a…

IEA President’s Letter Post 2017 Conference                                     September, 2017

Hello! I find myself…

(This article originally appeared on Mario’s blog at www.AwarenesstoAction.com.)

I’m fortunate enough to have a lot of friends, but not nearly as many as my Facebook profile would suggest.…

Junio 2017

El Eneagrama en el Mundo Real

He escuchado decir que el estudio del Eneagrama es…

Triads: The Foundation of Transformational Practice by Mike Block

Most of us dove into the deep end of the Enneagram and found ourselves immersed in the details of our type. …

The pattern of Enneatype Two seems simple enough: the characteristic helping behavior is obvious and Twos generally remember feeling poorly cared for themselves, so we conclude that they’re “giving to…