Knowing your Enneagram type structure is helpful, but not enough. Knowing your type is the launching point for learning to know yourself better, and just the beginning of transformation and freedom.

To desire is to be human. To feel pain and discomfort when desires aren’t met is also to be human.

There is nothing more valuable in this life than to be set free to be unapologetically you!

As I reflect on the year 2020, two words arise: “resistance” and “acceptance”.

It’s a familiar sensation. My mind begins to race. The questions and “what-ifs” begin to swirl in my head, spinning fast, and then faster, like a dog chasing its tail. My head begins to hurt, and my belly and chest tighten and constrict. I’m frozen, unable to act, or at least unable to act with confidence. My old friend anxiety has arrived for another visit.

The Enneagram is a tool to develop self-awareness in order to bring about deep transformation. The Enneagram helps us “wake up” and know ourselves and others better. It is a well-known fact that people with a high sense of self-awareness, experience more success in their relationships and in their work environment. Self-awareness is the beginning of change.

It seems trite and so very ordinary to reflect on the past year on New Year’s Eve. But really, this year was unlike any other year I can remember. And I’ve lived a lot of years! There were deep betrayals, death of family, relationship difficulties in all arenas of life, big and small disappointments, and shattered dreams of all sorts.