How Understanding & Applying the Enneagram Can Benefit Each Type
These are just a few of the ways I’ve seen the Enneagram benefit each type. Of course, there are benefits we all experience! Check out the post before this one, How the Enneagram Can Help Us Grow, to read more about that.
For the sake of these graphics, the lines are straight and succinct. However, let’s all imagine squiggly lines with peaks and valleys and lots of uncertainty along the way.
Growth is a long, winding process. There’s no expectation that it’s easy, linear, or exact, and there’s no expectation that you’ll always find yourself moving “forward.” There’s space to be wherever you are here.
You can find what other people of your type have to say about this post here.
As a Type Nine
Understanding & Applying the Enneagram Can Help You...
Bring awareness to your tendency to overfocus on jumping to the next thing
Notice your constant sensing and scanning for anything that could trap or confine you
As a Type Eight
Understanding & Applying the Enneagram Can Help You...
Bring awareness to your use of transparency to avoid vulnerability
Start to see how focusing on avoiding being controlled is running the show
As a Type Seven
Understanding & Applying the Enneagram Can Help You...
Bring awareness to your tendency to overfocus on jumping to the next thing
Notice your constant sensing and scanning for anything that could trap or confine you
As a Type Six
Understanding & Applying the Enneagram Can Help You...
See the way that ambivalence is keeping you stuck (even though it feels safe sometimes)
Bring awareness to the impossibility of total certainty
As a Type Five
Understanding & Applying the Enneagram Can Help You...
Bring awareness to your constant attention on maintaining steadiness
See how often mental modeling and processing are a way to avoid engaging in the world
As a Type Four
Understanding & Applying the Enneagram Can Help You...
Bring awareness to how often comparison is driving your emotional state
Start to see how often you’ve focused on what’s missing
As a Type Three
Understanding & Applying the Enneagram Can Help You...
Notice your tendency to look for worth outside yourself
Bring awareness to your emotional world and the depth of emotion you rarely express
As a Type Two
Understanding & Applying the Enneagram Can Help You...
See how often you’re getting stuck in what others are feeling
Bring awareness to your tendency to hold very porous emotional boundaries
As a Type One
Understanding & Applying the Enneagram Can Help You...
Bring awareness to black-and-white thinking
Start to see and accept that you are already good, even when you make mistakes
How have you used the Enneagram in your life? How has the Enneagram offered more awareness in your life and relationships? Let me know here on Instagram.
Want to explore more about the Enneagram and how to apply the Enneagram to your everyday life? My book, Enneagram in Real Life, provides you with a step-by-step guide to use the Enneagram as a practical tool for self-discovery, self-awareness, curiosity, and relational wholeness.
