I don’t know about you, but I’ve been immensely curious about why I am who I am, and why I do what I do, for as long as I can remember. Certainly for the majority of my adulthood anyway. 

• Why do I naturally excel at some things rather than others? 
• Why are some tasks that seem so easy for me seem so difficult for many other people? 
• Why do I struggle to complete things, when some people around me seem to complete everything they start, no questions asked? 
• Why does my sense of what’s right and wrong seem so different from other people’s sometimes?
• Why do I repeat the same patterns so often, even when I recognize that they aren’t serving me? 

And this curiosity extends to other people as well as to my own self. 

• Why do THEY make ______ look easy? 
• Why do people do things that seem cruel or unkind from my perspective? 
• Why do THEY do _____ when I would never do that? 
• Why do people’s expectations of me sometimes seem impossible? Are we living in different worlds? 
• Why is so and so always so direct? Why are some people so passive-aggressive? 

These are the types of questions that I may ponder from day to day or week to week. And they are the kinds of questions that the Enneagram has given me a vehicle for. 

When I learn to recognize my own personality type, I also learn to recognize that there are other people like me in the world – but that’s only a minority of them. Most people in the world are actually a different personality type than me. And it’s not that they’re bad people. They just have a different lens and a different way of seeing the world. 

I’m so excited this week because after much planning and coordination, my next Enneagram group is getting started in April! We’ll be meeting weekly on Tuesday or Thursday evenings (Atlantic time – seems like this will be a PEI group though we are over Zoom), and we’ll study Suzanne Stabile’s amazing Enneagram Journey curriculum together. 

[Since we’re about to begin a journey, here’s a photo from a recent journey by car with a striking sunset. I took it through the windshield.]

In this program, you’ll not only learn your Enneagram number, with certainty, understanding, and compassion for what that means. You’ll also study the growth path specific to your number, offering you ways that you can begin to unwind and change the habits in your life that are no longer serving you. 

So far, our group is full of some lovely women, from working folks in our 40’s to retired. And if you’re seeking your own community for self-improvement and personal growth, this is the last week to join us. Head here and reach out to me if you want to join the fun. It’s a three month program, and we’d love to hear from you.