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)...
by Leslie Hershberger | Apr 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Leslie Hershberger | Apr 5, 2024 | Projection, 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...
