You Know the Enneagram, but what is IFS?
You know the Enneagram, but what is Internal Family Systems (IFS)? And why are so many finding it so powerful in Enneagram and spiritual work? IFS was founded by Richard Schwartz PhD, who was originally trained as a family systems therapist. He worked with...
Leslie and Joan Ryan Featured on Type-ish Summit
The Type-ish Personal Growth Summit reached 3800+ people from around the world. 40+ Enneagram teachers came together to bring opportunities for growth and new paths for your Enneagram type structure. In case you missed it, my Inner Shift partner Joan Ryan and I...
Leslie Partners with Leading Edge iAwake Technology
. One of our testers said, after listening to these meditations, This is the first time the Enneagram has made sense to me. iAwake did a stellar job in creating these tracks! I've been listening to the meditations and am so proud of this partnership that was born in...
Archetypes and Enneagram Body Center: Types 8/9/1
Archetypes in the 2nd half of life + What is an archetype? In the 2nd half of life, you are faced with things you hadn't thought much about in the 1st half. You begin to notice recurring patterns that have played out in your life. If you can work with these patterns,...
Point Vierge, The Stillpoint inside
Inside of you, is a still point, what Thomas Merton called point vierge, accessed by: Attention,BreathSubtle sensations in your body. It is free your Enneagram pattern, the collective shadow in which you’re swimming, free of the hurt, pain, rejection, loss of control...
Body Types and Anger
“Who among us can look back at our lives and not recall an instance of being so swept up by anger that we said or did something we now deeply regret?” Sharon Salzberg In our emotional repertoire, we have high intensity anger and medium and low intensity anger...
Letting go of your idealized Enneagram persona
It may be stretch that we have to pray for a humiliation a day. It comes on its own unbidden. The question is, will we see it or will we work quickly to rationalize or defend against it? Will we make space for the emotions it elicits? Will we feel it in our bodies? ...
What is this time in your life asking of you?
In the 2nd half of life, rather than unconsciously giving into cultural “anti-aging,” or the tendency to “other” those we are hurt by, we can turn inward and see the Enneagram patterns that live in us: When our idealized persona (3) cracked. When our shadow (6)...
Be careful of simplistic Enneagram prescriptions
We can’t write a prescription based on the arrows for each Enneagram type as in “Enneagram 6 goes to Enneagram 9 in order to be "healthy" or Enneagram 4 needs to "go to" Enneagram 1.” It’s not how it works. We're too different based on factors like culture,...
Enneagram and Shadow
Each time I dive into the Enneagram and shadow, I’m taken back by how shadow energies play out individually and collectively. What’s hitting me this time is: It’s not about perfection. It’s about wholeness. The less conscious we are of our individual and...