Why It is so Important For You to Learn More about Yourself? 

We know that we are able to build more strength and improve our overall fitness through training. If it’s possible to improve our bodies like this, why can’t we improve our personalities too? Well, the simple answer is, yes, it’s definitely possible!

A few years ago, while I was still in my early thirties, I began to ask myself some of life’s biggest questions: who am I, what kind of person am I, and how have I changed? I wondered if it’s possible to improve the kind of person I am, to become a better spouse, and a better parent. To answer these questions first I need to know who I am. I need to know how I respond to different challenges and take account of situations that I act well in as well as those I don’t.

We know that we are able to build more strength and improve our overall fitness through training. If it’s possible to improve our bodies like this, why can’t we improve our personalities too? Well, the simple answer is, yes, it’s definitely possible!

This was when I discovered The Enneagram. The concept was very new to me, so I decided to learn more about its origins and history. The Enneagram is an age-old method of identifying our personality type, dating back to Pythagoras (approx. 495 BC).

I searched for the best literature on the Enneagram subject and began to attend related training courses. By doing all of this, I learned that the Enneagram is more or less the only test which combines several ancient wisdom traditions into a single comprehensive method. 

While reading all the materials for courses I began to feel a little confused by the extensive science behind the subject, and also held back by the complicated jargon. Fortunately, I did not give up the pursuit, overcoming these difficulties.

When I have shown the Enneagram test to my husband and introduced it to him, my life has completely changed. Together, we have researched Enneagram testing, reading almost every Enneagram book there is. We attended many training courses, seminars, and workshops: in short, we have invested a significant amount of time and money into learning about the Enneagram test.

As we developed a better understanding of the Enneagram, my husband and I started to become better versions of ourselves. Our lives have improved dramatically. The essence of what it is to live became clearer to us. Being in the present moment, analyzing your surroundings and paying special attention to your own emotional needs, and of those around you.

How Does Enneagram Work as a Tool - The Technique Called Enneagram – Used by Psychologists Since the 1970s

Contemporary Enneagram of Personality has for the most part been created and popularized by a Bolivian philosopher Oscar Ichazo and a Chilean psychiatrist Claudio Naranjo in the 1970s. The Enneagram figure is represented as a circle, with nine points on the outer rim, representing nine personality types explained in the model. The circle has an inner triangle (connecting points 3-6-9, representing “the law of three”) and an irregular hexagonal periodic figure (connecting points 1-4-2-8-5-7-1, representing “the law of seven”).

All personality types have the same category types which makes it incredibly easy for a regular person to interpret and navigates their personality traits. Categories include characteristic role, ego fixation, holy idea, basic fear, basic desire, temptation, vice/passion, virtue, security and stress. Each of the nine Enneagram personality types under stress corresponds to a personality disorder as described by American Psychiatric Association in the DSM-5 (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).

Many psychiatrists and psychologists have utilized the Enneagram in their own working theories of personality and in the practice of psychotherapy. Furthermore, therapists have used it in traditional psychotherapy settings such as to help patients understand their core motivations or as a model for discussing object relations. The system has also been utilized by mental health professionals, religious communities, large business corporations and leadership coaches in an effort to improve understanding of the self and others.

Remember, I was there couple of years ago and now with the help of Enneagram I am living the best version of myself!

Luckily, I have found a technique which anybody can implement starting from day one of reading this article. Trust me, once you have had a chance to explore it for yourself, you will experience amazing results in just a few days! It changed my life and saved me from stress ever since I started!

AS A RESULT OF OUR DISCOVERY OF THE ENNEAGRAM

My Husband and I Wanted to Share the Treasure We Had Found in the Enneagram With Others