The purpose of the Enneagram is not to describe people at their worst. It is to invite people to their best. As we grow and mature into the healthy people we long to be, we begin to see the positive characteristics of each type emerge. We see the Fruit of the Spirit, the goodness God has placed in each of us, flourish. If we struggle to see this fruit in our lives, remember, the reason it is called the Fruit of the Spirit is because it comes from God’s Spirit, not ourselves. Ask and you will receive. Seek and you will find.
3 Ways the Enneagram will Help You Grow
There is something different about the Enneagram that isn’t found in other temperament typing systems and that is the WHY. WHY does someone do what they do?
What is the Enneagram Anyways?
The Enneagram is a tool that has been around for decades (if not longer) used to help people know themselves better and experience personal growth. While most temperament and personality typing systems focus on how people behave, the Enneagram focuses on why people do what they do.
A Meditation Practice for Highly Sensiti...
To the Highly Sensitive People in the middle of this new civil rights movement, caught up in the bluster of what was already an overwhelming world. I see you. I see you weeping for the injustice that is the murder of George Floyd. And before him Breonna Taylor. And before her Ahmaud Arbery. And before […]
Knowing You :: You are Invited!
Three months ago, before the world turned upside down, I decided to pursue becoming an Enneagram Coach. When Covid-19 hit and we all went into quarantine I thought there was no way I was going to make this dream a reality. However, here I am, stepping into something big and exciting and scary and holding […]
How Quarantine is like the Postpartum Pe...
When a baby is born, people are very excited. There are showers full of gifts, visits from friends and family, meal trains to provide for the weeks following birth, and in general a lot of support for the new parents. However, after the first month is over, the excitement dies down, the visiting relatives go […]
We Don’t Have to Prove Our Worth
We try to make up for our imperfections by striving. Trying to prove we aren’t as bad as we seem.
Or we do the opposite and freeze in the belief we aren’t capable so we embrace their failures and don’t risk trying anymore.
There is a third way…
My Story. My Calling. My Wilderness
I never thought I would openly share what it is like to be a woman in ministry – especially not in a church. But I heard God invite me to tell it, my story of wilderness, loss, heartache, and pain. A story that may comfort many right now.
On Hospitality and Anxiety
My social anxiety causes me to resist inviting people into my life. Into my home. Into my space. I have long feared what others may think of me, how I may be perceived as failing (because anxiety always causes a person to jump to the negative). But my neighbors are amazing at it. They invite […]
The Pain of Distant Past: Triggers of To...
I am seeing a new counselor and today we went over my history. I am 37 years old and things that once were a sharp, painful experience, now seem to be in the distant past. Friends who betrayed me in the second grade, a pain that cut my seven year old heart and even burned […]