The Enneagram offers a profound body of wisdom for psychological and spiritual healing. Based on the triadic nature of reality, it is intended to help us awaken to our truer nature. Understanding the Enneagram to be far more than a ‘typing’ system, we can discover often unconscious personality patterns that take us in the opposite…
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Dimensions of Gratitude
I wrote this piece a few years ago. Given the state of affairs in the U.S. and around the world in 2020, I wanted to share it again. The dictionary defines gratitude as a noun. I have found it to be a verb— expressed through attitude, action or an active state of being. It both…
Reedsy’s 5-Star Review
Below is the review by Catherine Beeman on Reedsy.com Must read ???? Learn about the Enneagram and apply its principles to live your best life. Synopsis Beyond PersonalityDeep Living with the Enneagram reveals how we unknowingly avoid vulnerable aspects of ourselves, relying instead on familiar personality patterns that distance us from our deepest nature. As…
Beyond Personality: The Enneagram As a Vehicle for Awakening
This interview with Roxanne was given to “Awakening Healers, Coaches and other practitioners” and offers insights into the deeper purposes and meanings of the Enneagram. Thanks for listening. Let us know the impact that this understanding offers you.
The Deep Purpose of the Enneagram
Today, we find ourselves individually and collectively navigating new waters almost daily. We already have learned to search mightily for answers to our human dilemma in the external world, and many cultural norms reinforce the outward search for safety, love, power, value, acceptance, freedom and more. You likely know that there is something beyond…
Beyond Self-Help: Leaning into Your True Nature
How does one think about and hold the process of one’s own personal and spiritual growth? This is a fundamental question I’ve researched and studied for over two decades. Perhaps you have found yourself thinking there’s something about you that needs to be “fixed” in order to achieve a state of fulfillment. That common assumption…
Is the Critic Having Its Way With You?
I was recently listening to a TV interview with a young and now popular star of several blow-out films. When asked about her most recent cinema experience, she replied with the usual enthusiasm for the cast and director. There was just one caveat. The casting, she emphasized, was perfect except for one person — her….
Patterns of the Personality
After a coaching session, a client remarked that she had experienced what she called spiritual chiropractic during our work. She said that her body had an internal shift, an energetic release as she recognized and relaxed around a long-held pattern of anticipating the worst outcome in most situations. Another client had an internal shift around…
How Do We Know Ourselves?
This weekend, my husband and I attended a rather tongue-in-cheek “Hollywood’ party where costumes were encouraged. We decided to go for it, and assumed the identities of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. We had a great time meeting other movie characters in their regalia. What made some of the characters more believable was not only…
