The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up
Share your feelings more often, even if others are not sharing theirs.
Beatrice Chestnut, Uranio Paes, • The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up
Understand things, not only through your intellect, but also from an embodied sense of being. Access other forms of knowledge, including emotion and intuition.
Beatrice Chestnut, Uranio Paes, • The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up
Let go of your need to control your schedule. Allow others to make more decisions about how you spend your time and be more flexible with your agenda.
Beatrice Chestnut, Uranio Paes, • The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up
Explore your tendency to amp up your emotions (or your emotional intensity) in response to feeling misunderstood.
Beatrice Chestnut, Uranio Paes, • The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up
Admit that you may be more interested in people's ideas and information than in the people themselves. Notice how this focus keeps you from engaging with others in more meaningful ways.
Beatrice Chestnut, Uranio Paes, • The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up
Then you must face your Shadow to learn how you actually create more misunderstanding and disconnection by dwelling on an inner experience of lack—and how seeing yourself as inadequate means you disown your strengths and gifts. By courageously examining these ego patterns, you begin to understand how they are blocking your growth.
Beatrice Chestnut, Uranio Paes, • The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up
First, embody Type 3's ability to prioritize tasks over feelings and work to become more efficient and pragmatic. Focus on work, goals, and practical tasks to divert attention from the emotions you dwell on more than you need to. Let go of whatever feelings threaten to distract you from what needs to be done. Get interested in the positive emotions
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Self-Preservation 4 Subtype
Beatrice Chestnut, Uranio Paes, • The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up
Feel invigorated and unconcerned about hoarding time, energy, and other resources. Stop avoiding situations in which other people may make demands on you—which could include just wanting to know more about you.