Sunday, November 16, 2008

Enneagram

I have recently been learning about this thing called the Enneagram. It is a personality based test, kind of like the Myers Briggs one.
But this one is based on spirituality. It is an amazing discover for me and it is used widely in the work that my company does. So we talk about it pretty much everyday.
There are 9 personality types. Each type then has wings that reveal another part of your personality. It describes healthy, average and unhealthy levels of each personality type as well. This is the part that I am finding the most interesting and helpful. It is adding to what I am going through with my depression. By using the Enneagram alongside CBT is making a real difference. My personality type is listed as the individualist. Pretty scary how accurate it is, especially when I look at the unhealthy levels and know that I have been. The Enneagram also talks about ways of moving out of the unhealthy levels back to the healthy ones.
For anyone who loves learning about personalities or getting a better insight into yourself (or those closest to you) I highly recommend the Enneagram. The Enneagram Institute based in America also runs a numerous amount of courses on the Enneagram to different degrees. I am thinking about undertaking some training there myself.
One day I would love to be able to run workshops myself and all the healing and learning I am undertaking takes me that little bit closer to the place I want to be in.

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