Enneagram New Year’s Resolution – A Healthy Approach

This summer, a few girls from the book club suggested we read Ian Cron’s The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery.  I wouldn’t say it was a gentle suggestion or even a nudge; it was more like a proclamation that it needed to happen.  The reading of this book was imperative to our learning more about ourselves and each other.  So the rest of us agreed. 

I was reluctant. Having recently completed my second round of Recovery, I felt like a needed a break from any more self-reflection.  The thought of getting to know myself anymore intimately was exhausting.  What I didn’t realize was this.  After walking through the Twelve Steps of Recovery for Life, the next best action to take toward understanding the way I was made in God’s image was doing just this.  Reading the book. Studying the Enneagram.  And laughing in a circle of trusted friends about why some of us are so similar and why some of us are so different. 

Learning the Enneagram number types, I began to enjoy some of my closest people even more than I had before.  

Since completing the book, I’ve been pouring over how to embrace my 6-ness.  I am a Loyalist through and through.  But even more importantly, I’m taking actions to walk away from years of unhealthy 6-behaviors and walk toward healthy 6-behaviors.  Thinking through how to begin 2019 with fresh energy and new goals seems appropriate, and thus the Enneagram New Year’s Resolution Guide — A Healthy Approach was born.  

I credit my dear Book Club Friends for any wisdom here that might resonate with you.  They are a collection of brilliant women who are consistently vulnerable.  Their insights often inform my voice and content.

And here’s to you, my brave and humble readers. Here’s to an exciting 2019!  I hope your year brings healthy, life-giving change!