Being an Enneagram lover makes you part of a very small group in this world.  It’s great when that small group gets together over some tea (or bits of electrons flying around the world) and gets to talk, laugh, and speak frankly.

Recently a reader of EnneagramBook sent me her thoughts on the post about Being a Watcher or a Doer and had a response that was certainly worthy of being published.  I’d really like to thank her for her response, and it’s published here with her gracious permission.

“Brad,

If you haven’t encountered many eights in your life, seeing how an eight moves through the world can be an eye-opening experience. Some types may even be downright scared of eights if they don’t know any better. An eight can put on a very tough façade to scare off those who may come around with less than good intentions. But be reassured, it really is a façade.

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here.  Sorry for those of you who have been checking back and haven’t come across anything new.  I’ve been phenomenally busy with my web design and search engine optimization stuff, and it

Hey everybody, sorry about my long hiatus from writing posts here, but I’ve been so super busy lately with starting a new site about Life Coaching and just the new year and the holidays and all of that.  Phew!

Ian Blei, a guest blogger here from the past, just announced the opening of his new Inegral Enneagram Institute. You an see his older blog post here: Ian Blei’s Integral Enneagram.

When people first start learning the Enneagram, two questions always come up:

1. Isn’t this just putting me in a box?
2. Can our underlying personalities actually change?

I usually deal with the first question by observing that we’re already in a box, the Enneagram shows us how to lift the lid and maybe climb out.

The second is more complex, because sometimes yes it can look as if our personalities change completely. Read these two descriptions:

I already know this is going to be a hotly controversial post. Many people disagree and argue about the originals of the Enneagram of Personality.

I don’t pretend to know where the Enneagram started or how it developed. I’m just happy to be contributing to it’s study now.

Resting now on an Amtrak Train on a return trip from Montreal, Canada, I was just struck by a thought I’d like to share with all of you about the Real Reason for the Enneagram.

(I’d first like to attribute this post to this site. I didn’t write this, but I found it to be extremely helpful and wanted to share it with you all here.