The Eneagram is a life-changing tool that describes your inner motivations—the why you do what you do. It’s designed for inner reflection so that you can grow out of your automatic patterns toward a healthier version of yourself. (What does that look like? For a type 1, learning that perfection does not exist. For a type 4, bypassing envy to be happy for others’ successes. For a type 8, learning to self-regulate and not need to control everything all the time.)
There are many resources online about the types, but I believe a lot of them have accidentally blended aspects of types into one another, leading to an overall lessening of the core center of each individual type. That’s why in my descriptions and book, I break them down into centers (image, head, and body). I talk about what those centers’ three core types have in common, and then go into each type individually. For example, all image types are constantly aware of being “on camera” at all times, and trying to self-edit what others see in them, to fit a specific ideal. All head types navigate reality through the mind, and are out of touch with their body. And all gut types make decisions based on things hit them and on how they internally respond to situations, people, and choices.
Some of these descriptions may seem familiar to you, and others may surprise you with their take on that type (4 and 8 in particular have been “neutered” in a lot of online descriptions, and are radically different from what people think they are). I also have written the first extensive look at core/wing types available anywhere; there are shortened versions of each included here, but if you’re interested in reading 2,000 word descriptions, you can check out my Enneagram book.
Let’s look at the types! (Check out this page to learn more about their triads, social styles, and patterns.)
Enneagram Profiles
