The three Enneagram instincts (Self-Preservation, Social, and Sexual) instincts show up in the way we engage our lives and creative endeavors. Check out this conversation with Rim from The Empowered Sensitive and Creative Podcast!

Joanne Kim (OliveMe Counseling) and Melinda Olsen (Inviterra Counseling) join Nikhil Sharma (AlignUs World) in a six-part series to introduce the Enneagram - a personality framework that reveals our subconscious patterns. Check out the sixth part of this series here on the Enneagram Body Types!

Joanne Kim (OliveMe Counseling) and Melinda Olsen (Inviterra Counseling) join Nikhil Sharma (AlignUs World) in a six-part series to introduce the Enneagram - a personality framework that reveals our subconscious patterns. Check out the fifth part of this series here on the Enneagram Heart types - the feelers!

Joanne Kim (OliveMe Counseling) and Melinda Olsen (Inviterra Counseling) join Nikhil Sharma (AlignUs World) in a six-part series to introduce the Enneagram - a personality framework that reveals our subconscious patterns. Check out the second part of this series here!

Joanne (OliveMe Counseling) and Melinda (Inviterra Counseling) are Enneagram therapists who love helping people grow beyond their reactive patterns of thinking, feeling, and doing. Listen to part 4 of their 4-part series as they discuss the Head Triad and their central emotion of fear.

Joanne (OliveMe Counseling) and Melinda (Inviterra Counseling) are Enneagram therapists who love helping people grow beyond their reactive patterns of thinking, feeling, and doing. Listen to the introduction of their 4-part series as they discuss emotions, the Enneagram, the three Centers of Intelligence and dominant instincts.

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Elizabeth Irias on the podcast Light Up The Couch. Beth and I talked about all nine Enneagram Types as well as how therapists can integrate the Enneagram into their practice.

Marianna Torres shares what it’s like to be a Enneagram Type 8 (aka “The Challenger”). “I wish people knew how to understand my assertive nature and to not take it like a personal attack.” Read more to learn about Type Eights.

Jenna Cox-Hadley (Enneagram Type Three) shares her song called Potential. Every day comes with the potential that anything could happen, and with the overwhelming dread that, well, anything could happen. Is it possible for us to take calculated risks without destroying our own zest for the joys of life? Have a sneak peek into the inner world of an Enneagram Type Three!

Enneagram Type Fives (Type 5s) are not great at small talk. We’d much rather get to what you know and what makes you tick. We understand that everyone is an expert in something, even if they don’t know it. Read about what it’s like being a Type One from Alyssa,the CEO and founder of The Karuna Lab Life Coaching services.

Each of the human survival instincts - Self-preservation (SP), Social (SO), and Sexual (SX) - have their respective bias towards certain relationship habits. See which one resonates with you.

Melissa Moore from the podcast “Faith Hope Love with Melissa Moore” invited me to talk about life as a Four. Listen to our conversation or read the transcript here.

Read this blog to learn some of the things that stood out to me personally at the Chestnut Paes Enneagram Academy's Retreat.

If you're eager and intentional about personal growth, here are 5 reasons why I think you def should consider attending one of Bea & Uranio's Enneagram retreats.

Beatrice Chestnut and Uranio Paes Enneagram workshops and retreats became the milestone markers of how I've healed and grown over time, as I vividly remember what I was working through each of those moments.

It's so important to not judge ourselves for having done what we said we wouldn't do, or not doing what we said we would do. We can’t change by shaming ourselves.

A car with only gas OR brake pedal is no good - it needs BOTH. In a similar way it’s best to have ready access to BOTH self- AND others-referencing, instead of being stuck on just one OR the other.

I have a love/hate relationship with the fact that the Enneagram is picking up in popularity. I LOVE that more people have heard about it. I HATE that the information that's being passed around is the exact OPPOSITE of what the Enneagram was meant for.

Here's a bit of tongue in cheek for you, somewhat based on my observations as an Enneagram therapist. (I'm half joking...and half serious.)

Read this blog for another set of growth tips for your Enneagram type.

Each Enneagram Type has a way that they self-sabotage their own personal growth, relationships, and professional development. Read this blog to learn your Type’s self-sabotage strategies.

The Enneagram tells us 9 different ways of seeing/responding to life that used to be helpful coping strategies when we were younger that now keep us stuck in painful situations. Read this blog to learn two growth tips for your Enneagram type

Knowing your Enneagram type & subtype can expedite the process of growth at warp speed because it gets to the heart of the matter with so much accuracy.

I felt SO UNCOMFORTABLE drawing attention (even positive ones), I used to get squeamish about my birthday, burying my head in the sand and hoping it would just blow over without anyone noticing as if it's a terrible event.

Enneagram therapy and Enneagram coaching have similarities, but there are some major differences that impact whether it’ll be the right fit for you. Read this blog to learn about the differences.