Over the next 9 weeks, I will focus on one type and explore how each type’s blind spots contribute to their own suffering. At its core, the enneagram type system describes archetypal patterns that direct our attention and make sense of the world.
In the last of this three-part series of Canaries in the Coal Mine (see Body Type and Heart Type editions), this edition focuses on the Head Types.
In the last of this Vice Grip series, this one focuses on the Head Triad- types 5, 6, 7. The heart (2, 3, 4) and body (8,9,1) type newsletters are in the Enneabites series.
This series is focusing on the ‘vice grip’ of our types. This edition focuses on the body triad. The next edition will focus on the heart triad- types 2, 3, 4.
Enneagram Primer- for those new to and familiar with the Enneagram + mini coaching
Our enneagram type influences how we show up in relationships and conversations. When we aren’t self-aware, we are what I call ‘in the grip of our type’. Our type is running the show.
I have a deep passion and love for the enneagram. More so than other instruments, the enneagram helps us see how and what we pay attention to. And that determines our behaviours, our priorities, communications,…