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From a client today who feels like growing up means leaving some behind:
Rejoice in your growth, in which you naturally can take no one with you, and be kind to those who remain behind, and be sure and calm before them and do not torment...
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Peace Through Forgiveness
We’ve a need to blame and a desire for revenge when we’re hurt. I see this in myself and I see how easily I repeat family patterns which cause...
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Considerations for Body Types’ (8, 9, 1) Contemplation and Inner Transformation
Sometimes I find it a challenge to teach about this triad through the written word because not only does language can fall short, but we also have minimal cultural...
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Perspectives…
“It is a constant struggle to see what is under one’s nose.” George Orwell
There are few absolutes…only perspectives. Growing in awareness requires growing in perspectives.
Growing in perspectives requires an openness that suggests we live in partial truths.
We make too many assumptions.
We close our eyes when we are uncomfortable.
We turn away when what is in front of our face challenges our assumptions about truth.
Welcome to Perspectives. Add your own.
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From a client today who feels like growing up means leaving some behind:
Rejoice in your growth, in which you naturally can take no one with you, and be kind to those who remain behind, and be sure and calm before them and do not torment...
Read more » -
Peace Through Forgiveness
We’ve a need to blame and a desire for revenge when we’re hurt. I see this in myself and I see how easily I repeat family patterns which cause...
Read more » -
Considerations for Body Types’ (8, 9, 1) Contemplation and Inner Transformation
Sometimes I find it a challenge to teach about this triad through the written word because not only does language can fall short, but we also have minimal cultural...
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Living as and Loving a Type Nine: The Mediator
I’m always interested in what angers each type and lately, my attention has been on Nines, who are the most out of touch with their anger. It’s...
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Today’s Race for the Cure had me thinking of my sister’s unconventional approach to cancer
Alejandro, Janice and me. When my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer 5 1/2 years ago, my initial response was the requisite, “Why her?” She’d...
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Conversations with a friend: Beyond using religion as a political bludgeon
I just had a conversation with my friend who was raised in a secular Jewish household by liberal parents. She studied for years with a spiritual guru and...
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The Tree of Life: A Stunning Masterpiece or a Confusing Mess? It Depends.
Someone asked me on Facebook about the Tree of Life, a film by Terrence Malick: “How was the movie? Would you recommend it?” If anything illuminates...
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We are not our Enneagram type: On Irish-ness, grace and sacrament
Last night, as I taught a class on the false self through an Enneagram lens, something struck me that never fails to give me a certain reverence for the Narrative...
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Living and Loving as a Type Eight: The Protector
Recently, in my role as Social Media Coordinator for Enneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition, I wrote an article in response to a question a Facebook fan had...
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Living and Loving as a Type Eight: The Protector
Recently, in my role as Social Media Coordinator for Enneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition, I wrote an article in response to a question a Facebook fan had...
Read more »