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Enneagram Compatibility: The Theory After people learn their own Enneagram type, the next question I invariably get asked is “what types go well together?” or “who should I be with?” Everyone wants to know. The answer is that all type combinations can be happy together if both partners have high levels of self-awareness. And the
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Biohacking, the practice of using science, technology, and nature to optimize your body and mind has been gaining momentum since the first biohackers started sharing their findings in the 1990s. Many early biohackers came to the movement through necessity– they had health issues traditional medicine couldn’t solve and turned to the biohacking/self-experimentation community for support.
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One of the key tenets of the Enneagram is the concept of self-typing. This means that even as an Enneagram expert, I can’t tell you your type. You need to identify yourself. Self-typing is an important and foundational aspect of the system because your Enneagram type describes a habit of attention and core motivation. I
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The Type 1, Perfectionist and the Type 8, Leader might seem like opposite personality styles at first blush because their habits of attention point in very different directions. Type 8s seek power and focus on power dynamics whereas Type 1s seek improvement and focus on getting things right. Sometimes described as the Pirate and the
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It’s never good when your dog bites a person. Your feelings range from shock to horror, to rage and shame, all in about two seconds. This happened to me just a few weeks ago. The Incident I was at my neighborhood pet store with my 6-year old Greek shepherd mix, Andromeda, picking out her favorite
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From stories about love to the science of climate change, here are ten books I loved–maybe you will too. The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi, Elif Shafak (2010). I love this gorgeously written book about the relationship between Rumi and his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish Shams of Tabriz. Klara and the
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Statistics show that 83% of US workers suffer from work-related stress, and stress causes about one million workers a day to be absent from their job. Beyond lost days, work-related stress is responsible for over 120,000 deaths and results in $190 billion in healthcare costs a year. Workplace stress is a serious problem, but the
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One of the advantages to being based in Europe is that you can easily change cultures, cuisines, and languages within a few hours. I’ve been taking full advantage of that–in August I went to Skopje, in September to Luxembourg, and in October some friends and I took a road trip through France staying in the
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One of the most common mistakes people make when trying to find their Enneagram type is that they over-identify with a single specific trait. For example, someone who over-identifies with anger might assume they are an Enneagram type 8, another with anxiety assumes they are a Type 6, while someone who identifies with helpfulness assumes
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The Enneagram Type 4 Individualist and Type 7 Enthusiast can seem like oil and water and with dramatically different habits of attention, it can be easy to assume they never get mixed up. Types 7s look to the positive, seek new experiences, and avoid (either consciously or subconsciously) negative emotions. An assertive personality, Type
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