Enneagram Six is motivated by the need for security. I have been saying it is helpful to know your type. This is because it can help you move in the direction of growth. I am a six. Phobic sixes tend to be outwardly fearful and seek approval. Counter phobic sixes confront their fear. Both of […]

Enneagram Fives are the Observer, the Thinker. They are motivated by the need to know and understand everything, to be self-sufficient, and to avoid looking foolish. Enneagram fives, six, and sevens tend to live in their heads, whereas, in contrast, eights, nines, and ones primarily operate out of their body, while twos, threes, and fours […]

Enneagram Fours are motivated by the need to experience their feelings and to be understood; to search for the meaning in life, and to avoid being ordinary. They need to feel special. To prove they are special they tend to come across as dramatic; it is all about me. Fours can get stuck in melancholy […]