Where to begin: An Enneagram starter guide
If you haven’t read my post from last week, read that first! This post is part of a series of Enneagram posts that I hope will kick off your journey. If you’re all caught up, let’s get into it.
If the only way out is through, then the only way to escape your constructed personality is to see it. To begin your exploration of The Enneagram, you have to be willing to face the parts of yourself that you use as a defense against the world and then ask yourself what you’re defending.
Researching your type (or number) is a process that involves a lot of ups and downs. A-ha moments will be dampened by discomfort. Self-recognition ranges from comical to embarrassing. You’ll analyze your reactions and responses until you dredge up the part of yourself that feels too vulnerable to share with the world. The part of yourself that you use your personality to defend. Getting to that place of honesty with yourself about what you’re afraid of and why you are the way you are is what The Enneagram is all about.
Read on for my favorite Enneagram resources including books, podcasts, and YouTube channels!
Books
The Sacred Enneagram by Christopher L. Huertz
The Enneagram of Belonging by Christopher L Huertz
The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson
The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile
The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge by Beatrice Chestnut
The Essential Enneagram by David N Daniels and Virginia Price
Podcasts
Typology hosted by Ian Morgan Cron
The Enneagram Journey hosted by Suzanne Stabile
Enneagram 2.0 hosted by Beatrice Chestnut and Uranio Paes
YouTube
Let’s end with some memes... (all memes are from Michael Shahan on Instagram!
Next week I’ll be writing about what it means to “catch yourself in personality.” See you then!
