The Narrative Enneagram

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Join us online March 21-23 to discover how the defense system of each Enneagram type shows up in your life, bring awareness to your unconscious patterns, and identify your own next steps for growth. Details & registration: https://lnkd.in/gqJtdEEg In Engaging Transformational Growth, you’ll examine how type functions to keep us safe while also causing us to become stuck in automatic and unconscious patterns that prevent us from thriving. Explore the defense system expressed through each type as you identify who your type requires you to be to feel safe and what you must avoid to maintain that identity. Through practices such as the Transformational Growth Process, the Law of Three, and somatic resourcing, you’ll discover ways to bring kind awareness to patterns of reactivity and see yourself and others more clearly beyond the bias of type. As a result, we can develop greater freedom, choice, and flexibility beyond the limitations of our Enneagram type. Prerequisites: Experiencing the Narrative Enneagram #enneagram1 #enneagram2 #enneagram3 #enneagram4 #enneagram5 #enneagram6 #enneagram7 #enneagram8 #enneagram9 #enneagram #narrativeenneagram #growth #transformation

NEXT THURSDAY, March 20: Join us for our Third Thursday Community Gathering to learn how guest panelists representing the Body Center – Enneagram Types 1, 8 and 9 – engage the Enneagram to support their relationships and build stronger bonds. Details and registration: https://lnkd.in/gifyyMs4 During the 75-minute gathering on Zoom with co-hosts Peter O’Hanrahan and Evangeline Welch, representatives from the Body Center will share how the Enneagram helps them create healthier relationships with their loved ones and co-workers. Learn how they show up in connection with others and the gifts and challenges of their type structure in relationships. A free benefit to all Narrative Enneagram members, our monthly community gatherings offer a meaningful experience of learning and practice, breakout sessions, and engaging conversations. Nonmembers may pay $25 to attend a single gathering, or become a member for $75 to attend all year and enjoy other member benefits. Please note that the March gathering will start at 4 pm Pacific and is scheduled to run 15 minutes longer than our typical gatherings to allow enough time for a grounding exercise, panel interviews, breakout sessions and group sharing. #enneagram1 #enneagram8 #enneagram9 #enneagram #narrativeenneagram #body #relationships #community

“Memory is a resource for facing the future; it’s equipment for imagining, planning, preparing…We cannot know the future, but remembering the past with care and accuracy equips us to navigate it.” –Rebecca Solnit #quote #quoteoftheday #memory #resources #future #imagination #creativity #enneagram #narrativeenneagram #tuesdaythoughts

FREE Q&A coming up THIS THURSDAY, March 13! Discover all your learning options through the Narrative Enneagram and ask us all your questions about our programs. Details and registration here: https://lnkd.in/gxuvziJi Join three of our Core Faculty, Christopher T. Copeland, Chichi Agorom, and Renée Rosario to explore the next step of your Enneagram journey. Whether you’re interested in personal development, pursuing Professional Certification, or joining our community of Enneagram enthusiasts, you’ll understand all your options. At this free one-hour Q&A, you’ll learn: ? What is distinctive about the Narrative approach to the Enneagram? ? How do I become a Certified Narrative Enneagram Teacher, Practitioner, or Typing Professional? ? What options are available for personal growth? ? How can I connect with other Enneagram enthusiasts? ? Ask your own questions live #enneagram1 #enneagram2 #enneagram3 #enneagram4 #enneagram5 #enneagram6 #enneagram7 #enneagram8 #enneagram9 #enneagram #narrativeenneagram #free #q&a

Type 9 Personal Growth Strategies: ? Establish and adhere to your own agenda and priorities; take responsibility for your own well-being and importance ? Notice your tendency to consider all perspectives and how this causes you to lose touch with your real feelings and desires ? Focus on the immediate next step rather than becoming overwhelmed by the final goal ? Examine the tendency to say “yes” when you really mean “no,” and how this can cause you to become passive aggressive and quietly resistant ? Notice when you are withholding your ideas or opinions to avoid conflict, and practice speaking up ? Notice when frustration (anger) arises and be curious about what is important to you that is not getting attention Join us online March 21-23 to explore more deeply and identify your own next steps for growth! https://lnkd.in/gqJtdEEg #enneagram9 #enneagram #narrativeenneagram #growth #transformation #personalgrowth

Type 8 Personal Growth Strategies: ? Allow a gap between impulse and action - take a deep breath and count to 10 - so you have time to consider consequences ? Notice when anger (or intense physical energy) arises quickly and be curious what other feelings might be underneath ? Investigate the difference between weakness and vulnerability and between transparency and vulnerability ? Notice the impact of your intensity, assuredness, and strength, and practice sharing more from your tender side ? Recognize that true power comes from the appropriate application of force, which changes depending on the context ? Practice being less certain, opening to the wisdom of others that is different from your own Join us online March 21-23 to explore more deeply and identify your own next steps for growth! https://lnkd.in/gqJtdEEg #enneagram8 #enneagram #narrativeenneagram #growth #transformation #personalgrowth

Type 7 Personal Growth Strategies: ? Become aware of over-scheduling, multiple projects, future plans and other mental evasions as clues that you may be avoiding something negative ? Notice your hunger for stimulation, ideas, and gratification as a reminder to return to the present ? Work on one thing at a time and finish what you start ? Notice how you are missing the depth of experience and pleasure when you stay on the surface ? Learn to stay with feelings of fear and being trapped when you let go of options Join us online March 21-23 to explore more deeply and identify your own next steps for growth! https://lnkd.in/gqJtdEEg #enneagram7 #enneagram #narrativeenneagram #growth #transformation #personalgrowth

Type 6 Personal Growth Strategies: ? Make the counter-instinctive move to take an action before you are fully prepared ? Balance the negative spin you tend to put on situations with positives - ask fewer “what ifs” and more “why nots” ? Take time to focus on, name and savor your successes ? Be aware of the tendency to magnify situations, and work at distinguishing true impressions from projections ? Sense and move your body when mental activity of doubt, anxiety or worry arises to move energy out of the head Join us online March 21-23 to explore more deeply and identify your own next steps for growth! https://lnkd.in/gqJtdEEg #enneagram6 #enneagram #narrativeenneagram #growth #transformation #personalgrowth

Type 5 Personal Growth Strategies: ? Make the counter-instinctive move forward into life and feelings ? Notice the impact of withdrawal and withholding on others, and how it invites intrusion ? Share or give more of yourself, while taking in more support from others ? Identify the cues that you are detaching from feelings and withdrawing into your mind ??Recognize that cutting off from feelings leads to intensifying them Join us online March 21-23 to explore more deeply and identify your own next steps for growth! https://lnkd.in/gqJtdEEg #enneagram5 #enneagram #narrativeenneagram #growth #transformation #personalgrowth

Type 4 Personal Growth Strategies: ? Notice when your longing goes to what's missing and shift your attention to what is present; practice gratitude ? Resist over-valuing or being dominated by strong and fluctuating feelings, while acknowledging their authenticity ? Practice consistency by fulfilling commitments even in the presence of intense feelings or when you don’t feel like it ? Become aware of your tendency to become self-absorbed, and notice how this blocks you from being present for yourself and others ? Recognize how suffering, specialness, and self-absorption are addictive substitutes for feelings of loss and abandonment Join us online March 21-23 to explore more deeply and identify your own next steps for growth! https://lnkd.in/gqJtdEEg #enneagram4 #enneagram #narrativeenneagram #growth #transformation #personalgrowth