IntroductionBy meeting people where they are at and treating themlike human beings, and not trying to change them, actuallyopens up the possibility of transformation for them.—GABOR MATE, THE WISDOM OF TRAUMA Each of us has been deeply affected by addiction in our lives. Itis rare that this is not the case. Many have experienced theheartrending […]
Rules of the Road in Doing Inner Space Travel by Michael Naylor, IEA Professional with Distinction The Search for Internal Unidentified Flying Objects-Learning to See Your Artificial Identity or False Self-…And So On and So Forth Or as Kurt Vonnegut would say, and so it goes. Meaning…well…just that. You’re focked in advance because your patterns
The Power of the Enneagram Addiction, Recovery and the Zen of Change by Michael Naylor My Path. At thirteen years sober, having worked the program of alcoholics anonymous diligently, and having gone to counseling for a good part of that time, I realized that no matter what I did I ended up feeling a familiar
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*For my Beloved Wife, Donna The Raw Childhood Imprints—A Type Two Resurrecting Donna, a sensitive Type Two, is drowning in the darkness of her hellish childhood—terrified of her father, terrified of her grandfather. When they roam the house she hides in a closet. She feels safe there. Fact is, the more she becomes invisible, an
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v Childhood Impressions My Father—The Type Six Valiant Hero * My Father was a Type Six, demonstrating many of the tell-tale signs, a community gatherer, a devoted church-goer, a counter-phobic, anti-ego, fierce competitor and humble team player, a life-insurance salesman making life safe and secure for everyone, a World War Two PBY navigator with a
The Zen of Baseball & The Oregon State Beavers 1970-1971 Keith Gentz. Here was one of my first messengers from above. A heroic Type Four, who combined with his awesome heart and his deep inquiring soul, was his capacity to pitch a baseball. At six-foot-two, he was an Adonis. A Greek god, with a fierce
ForewordBY RUSS HUDSONThe popular Enneagram has become familiar to millions ofpeople, and it is no longer a surprise to learn that a newfriend or acquaintance knows his or her Enneagram type. Manyare reading online threads and watching podcasts to learn their“number.” But even as the popularity of the Enneagram expands,the understanding of its true purpose
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AcknowledgmentsI want to thank Russ Hudson and Don Riso, my teachers at the Enneagram Institute, who laid the foundation for my understandingof the Enneagram through my certification and faculty process. My first serendipitous encounter was in 2006 at a Part One Trainingat the Mercy Center in Burlingame, San Francisco, when, minutes after Russ had started
