The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery

TYPE NINE: The Peacemaker.

Spiritually speaking, it’s a real advantage to know what happens to your type and the number it naturally goes to in stress. It’s equally valuable to learn the positive qualities of the number you instinctively move toward in security as well. Once you become familiar with this material you can know and catch yourself when you’re heading in the dir

Anger is the dominant emotion in an Eight’s life. They are fiercely independent people whose oppositional energy expresses itself in a need to be strong and go up against power.

Eight identifies with the easily preyed upon and rushes to their aid.

Eights don’t feel like they have to be the person in control—they just don’t want to be controlled.

It also may be they don’t want to face the fact that suffering is the only point of entry into a deeper life.

vulnerability is the base metal of love and relationships. If Eights want to love and be loved they will have to risk opening their heart and revealing their innermost feelings to a trusted few. It’s the price of admission.

Sevens’ strategies for avoiding pain create more suffering for them.

what career or life path would you like to commit yourself to for the long haul? Take concrete steps to make good on the gifts God has given you.

there’s never enough, at least not to satisfy a Seven’s voracious appetite.