by Leslie Hershberger | Jun 11, 2025 | Archetypes, Dreams, Enneagram
Archetypes in the 2nd half of life + What is an archetype? In the 2nd half of life, you’re faced with distinctly developmental tasks. They are different than the 1st half of life. Working with the archetypal patterns is a powerful way to develop self awareness...
by Leslie Hershberger | Jun 11, 2025 | Breath Practices, Contemplation
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...
by Leslie Hershberger | May 27, 2025 | Body Types, Embodiment, Enneagram, Somatics
“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...
by Leslie Hershberger | May 28, 2024 | Aging, Enneagram, Projection and Shadow, Psychology, Second Half of Life
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? ...
by Leslie Hershberger | May 28, 2024 | Aging, Enneagram, Second Half of Life, Spirituality
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)...
