The Pendulum Learning Curve, Part 2 Emotional Mastery by Embodying all Nine Enneagram Types Being human means that at times, your feelings could be hurt, you could be upset about how or why someone did what they did, or life throws a curve ball at you that’s upsetting. In my last blog, I mentioned that Read More
The Pendulum Learning Curve, Part 1 I’ve witnessed it so many times that I’ve given it a name — The Pendulum Learning Curve. The most common pendulum pattern I’ve seen is around anger, especially in people who are “spiritual.” They often say, “I’m not an angry person; I want to keep the peace so I’ll Read More
Building Trust Wherever people gather, in companies, families, partnerships of any kind and even in spiritual and religious organizations, people will be people. That means the “human drama” will exist. The challenge is for each person to have the ability to observe themselves, their reactions to others especially those they may perceive as challenging, to Read More
Who’s the Me I Want to Be? Here’s another way to answer the question, “I know my type; now what?” EnneaMotion gave me the flexibility and ability to respond in new ways outside my comfort zone. AND, how we respond to life’s challenges does not have to be based on type. I started to ask Read More
I know my type. Now what? Yes, I used to hear that a lot. In the early days of the Enneagram Monthly, we were sort of the hub of all news Enneagram. We embraced all the schools of thought as well as independent thinkers, poetry, book and movie reviews, new theories, research and more. People Read More
I’m delighted to welcome you to my new website! My Number One message for you is: CHANGE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE DIFFICULT. In fact, change can be easy. When change is difficult, a step is missing. I hope to help you fill in the missing steps! These pages will be useful for you if Read More
This article is an excerpt from the July/August 1998 issue of the Enneagram Monthly. I’ll never forget it. Even though I was “just” a dance major, I had to take pre-med physiology and anatomy. Because my university had a good medical school, we were “fortunate” enough to have cadavers to work with in our anatomy Read More
These are simple exercises that can work to increase your emotional and physical intelligence. Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence is having the ability to respond in a way that is emotionally appropriate. We all have a comfort range which contains our most common and habitual responses. Emotional intelligence includes the ability to be emotionally flexible so Read More
Using Mantras and Mudras to Access Elusive Inner States Mantras and mudras are powerful ways to change how we think, feel and behave. They are both Sanskrit words. Mantra refers to a word or short phrase which has the intention to elicit a particular inner state. Mudra refers to a body position or gesture, similar Read More
Note: This article was originally published in 2003 and updated in 2004.
Considering the number of books in print, there has been surprisingly little published about “Will.” There are different kinds of will, and for the purpose of this article, I’ll refer to “lower will” and “higher Will.” Lower will, like intention, concerns taking the time to do something Read More
Get this quick start on the 9 Enneagram types. Learn about each type at a glance and how they are useful at different times. Find out if you have the range, ability and flexibility to move between the types…that’s Emotional Intelligence!