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Enneagram 6: Loyalist or Questioner

This week, we are exploring Enneagram 6. One of the key things I try to do in the office is to help folks become more conscious – more aware. If they can step back and look at what they are doing and if it is counter-productive, they can then make different choices. The Enneagram is […]

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Enneagram 5: Observer or Investigator

Enneagram 5 is the Observer, the Investigator. They are often hard to understand because they are reserved and tend to be extremely private in every aspect of their lives. 5’s are motivated by the need to know and understand everything, to be self-sufficient, and to avoid looking foolish. They want to be seen as competent […]

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Enneagram 4: Individualist or Romantic

As we work our way through the Enneagram, we land at Number 4 today. Enneagram 4 is the most misunderstood enneagram type. They have a need to be understood, known, and loved while being considered special and different. As well, they want to be noticed and to fit in while being considered unique and extraordinary. […]

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Relationship Challenge: It’s Not Fair

 I encountered a specific relationship challenge recently, the concept of “it’s not fair!” Relationship Challenge  “What you are doing is not working.” I used that phrase the other day in the office and was challenged by my client. His understanding was the phrase meant that he was doing something wrong. The way he saw it […]

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Enneagram 3: Achiever or Performer

Today we are looking at Enneagram 3:  the Achiever or Performer. We will do this by exploring their motivations, downsides, movements, and wings. The word Enneagram is derived from the Greek words ennea, meaning “nine” and gram meaning “what is written or drawn”. The enneagram symbol contains nine personality types, each located at different points. […]

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Enneagram – No. 2: The Helper

The Enneagram suggests that there are 9 basic human types.  The different types are characterized by the numbers 1-9 as points on a circle. It “teaches that early in life, we learned to feel safe and to cope with our family situations and personal circumstances. We do this by developing a strategy based on our […]

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The Relationship Revolution

The Relationship Revolution For the last 10 weeks we have been working our way through Harville Hendrix and his wife Helen’s book Making Marriage Simple 10 Relationship Saving Truths. There is a final chapter entitled The Relationship Revolution which is really their vision for the future. In the chapter we looked at last week, they […]

Truth 10: Your Marriage is the Best Life Insurance Plan

By the end of the book readers would know that Harville likes Star Trek and that one of his favorite characters is the Vulcan, Mister Spock. In fact, Harville credits Spock with summing up what he and Helen do. “It was Spock’s good-bye blessing that inspired me: Live long and prosper, and let peace be […]

Truth 9: Your Marriage is a Laughing Matter

The title of this chapter camouflages a more serious philosophical question: as humans, who are we really?  Harville’s contention is that: “At our core is JOY. It is our essential nature – with us from the moment of birth. Birds have flocks. Dogs have packs. Horses have herds. And humans are wired for connection.  Connection […]

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