How Each Enneagram Type Would Survive on a Deserted Island
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How Each Enneagram Type Would Survive on a Deserted Island

Last week we embarked on an epic, hypothetical voyage, stranding all 16 Myers-Briggs personality types on a desert island and watching the chaos ensue. Your overwhelming response was: “Hey, we want more personality-infused desert island drama!” Well, dear readers, ask and you shall receive. With that in mind, this week we’re switching gears from Myers-Briggs…

How to Impress Each Enneagram Type
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How to Impress Each Enneagram Type

Each one of us looks for different characteristics and strengths in potential friends, work partners, or relationships. What impresses one of us may be of no consequence to someone else. This is a testament to the colorful diversity of human personalities, and their unique yearnings in life. The Enneagram, an in-depth personality system, sheds light…

How to Approach Someone Who’s Crying, Based On Their Enneagram Type
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How to Approach Someone Who’s Crying, Based On Their Enneagram Type

Witnessing someone in an emotional state can be challenging. You want to offer comfort and empathy but it can be hard to know what to say or how to help. Different Enneagram types experience emotions differently, so it makes sense that approaching them will require different strategies. A Five might run for the hills when…

Here’s Why You’re Annoying Everyone, Based On Your Enneagram Type
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Here’s Why You’re Annoying Everyone, Based On Your Enneagram Type

Do you ever find yourself annoyed by someone who believes in their own mind that they’re being “kind” or “good”? Do you ever inadvertently annoy others without knowing why? Each Enneagram type has an annoying habit that they tend to emulate without even realizing it. Many times they believe that this habit is a good…

What Your Inner Child Needs to Hear, Based On Your Enneagram Type
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What Your Inner Child Needs to Hear, Based On Your Enneagram Type

There is plenty of psychology surrounding the idea of an “inner child”: the part of our subconscious that never really got over the messages it picked up before it could fully develop and learn discernment. If you were shown compassion, patience and acceptance as a kid, you have a relatively healthy inner child. But if…