Enneagram.
A powerful system for self-awareness and conscious growth.
The Enneagram with the Riso-Hudson Type Names
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You may know of the Enneagram since you found your way here. Or perhaps you are curious about this strange-sounding word and symbol.
The Enneagram is a profound, wisdom tool that I have been working with for a long time. It’s by far the most helpful system for self-awareness and conscious growth that I have discovered.
The Enneagram is a system that identifies nine personality types, which are really nine basic strategies for getting along in the world. Only you can identify the type in which you are dominant, and this step of typing yourself is, in itself, a powerful exercise in self-observation.
“Moira is the enneagram whisperer”
— M.N, Coach
You are not your personality.
Your personality gets you a long way in life, and you owe a lot to this structure of self-images and habitual ways of being that allows you to function in the world. However, if you think of your personality as a restrictive identity, you will understand that it has its limits.
We live the first part of our lives relying on the instructions of our parents, teachers, culture, and so on, following the script we were handed. As adults, we are called to become individuals and write our own script. In the same way, we outgrow our personality when it becomes too limited and inflexible to let us flourish as a free conscious individual.
The Enneagram is not a typing system that "puts you in a box" - rather it points the way “out of the box” you are already in. Working with awareness, the Enneagram will support you to gradually leave behind the self-defeating patterns of your type while expanding on your strengths and gifts.
On a deeper level, the Enneagram is a wisdom guide to recovering your essence- you return to your True Nature by loosening your identification with your personality.
Discover Your Enneagram Type
To work with the Enneagram deeply, it is necessary at some point to discover your type. However, it’s also true that only you can type yourself and you need to take your time in this process. Some people land on their type right away and others are not sure for quite a while - this is fine. There is no hurry.
I offer a private 90-minute typing session to help you explore/identify your dominant Enneagram type and assist in understanding distinctions between possible types. Because underlying motivations are key to the Enneagram, it is not enough to focus on behaviours. In many ways the question of type is an invitation to open to your inner world and depths.