The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types

By Don Richard Riso, Russ Hodson

The 1st definitive advisor to utilizing the knowledge of the enneagram for religious and mental growth

The historical image of the Enneagram has turn into considered one of today's most well-liked structures for self-understanding, in line with 9 particular character kinds. Now, of the world's best Enneagram experts introduce a robust new strategy to use the Enneagram as a device for private transformation and improvement. no matter what your religious history, the Enneagram indicates how one can triumph over your internal obstacles, observe your particular presents and strengths, and observe your private course in life.

The knowledge of the Enneagram includes:

Two hugely exact questionnaires for choosing your type
Vivid person profiles fascinated with maximizing every one type's power and minimizing predictable pitfalls
Spiritual bounce starts off, Wake-Up Calls, and purple Flags for every type
Dozens of individualized workouts and sensible innovations for letting pass of frustrating behavior, bettering relationships, and extending internal freedom
Revealing insights into the private motivations, fears, and wishes of every type

Highly obtainable, but packed with subtle innovations and strategies chanced on nowhere else, The knowledge of the Enneagram is a strikingly new fusion of psychology and spirituality. It deals an exhilarating imaginative and prescient of human chance and a transparent map of the 9 paths to our optimum self-expression.

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