Resources
The Enneagram Made Easy
By Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele
A quick overview of the 9 types conveyed through simple bulleted lists and illustrations. Light, humorous, and a great read for those new to the Enneagram. Special shoutout for the section entitled “How The Enneagram and The Jungian Types Fit Together,” if you happen to be a fan of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator.
The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life
By Helen Palmer
A more in-depth overview of the Enneagram system, including its history, and a nice thick chapter on each of the 9 types. Here you’ll find a deeper dive into your personality structure, along with examples of interactions between types, and experiential exercises to “get into the mindset” of each type. Not to mention an explanation of acquired personality and psychological buffers from the one and only Helen Palmer.
The Wisdom of The Enneagram
By Don Richard Riso & Russ Hudson
Deep takes on each of the 9 Enneagram types, along with type-specific “challenge questions” to stretch the bounds of your self-understanding. This book is dense in a good way—a highly detailed overview of the Enneagram. Weaved throughout you’ll find relevant charts, graphics, and lists (i.e. ‘core fears’ of all 9 types, ‘superego mandates’ of all 9 types, ‘wake-up calls’ of all 9 types, and MUCH more). There is also specific commentary on the levels of health, not found in the other books above. There’s even brief commentary on the geometry and mathematics of the Enneagram. Potentially excessive for a newcomer to the system.
The Essential Enneagram
By David Daniels, M.D. and Virginia Price, PH. D
An excellent resource if you are actively in the process of finding your type. This book is small but powerful, and better than any online Enneagram test. It includes very helpful commentary on how “essence” retreats into the background as “personality” comes forward.
@LetS.Talk.Enneagram on Instagram
With Noah Gray
Follow Noah on Instagram to get collected perspectives from various Enneagram-focused authors, weaved together with his original commentary on the 9 types!
The Narrative Enneagram
The Narrative Enneagram is a fantastic resource for trainings, classes, video resources, and more! Both Elaine and Noah have received training from the Narrative Enneagram and recommend it highly!
The Enneagram Institute
The Enneagram Institute is a great informational resource for the Enneagram system itself.
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