Episode 69: But She’s Got a Great Personality!
We’re all wired differently, and our personality has an impact on our experiences. Understanding the self we bring to church may help us better understand the experiences we have there. Identifying underlying differences can also help us manage our expectations in relationships, and can be an empathy tool for interacting with people around us. In this episode, Cynthia and Susan are joined by Jana Spangler for a talk about what makes individuals tick, and specific ways those differences may matter in our lives as Latter-day Saints.
Notes & Quotes:
The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types, by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson
The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram: Nine Faces of the Soul, by Sandra Maitri and Geneen Roth
The Enneagram of Passions and Virtues: Finding the Way Home, by Sandra Maitri
The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery, by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile
The Enneagram for Mormons, Mormon Matters Podcast 521-524, by Dan Wotherspoon, Jana Spangler, Jana Riess
Each Enneagram type has 3 instinctual
Variants: Self preservation, Social, Sexual.
One of these variants is a counter-type.
The countertype for Enneagram 6 is the Sexual 6. This type rebels against authority.
Gloria Steinem is generally pointed to as an example as a Sexual 6.
By far the greatest and most influential Enneagram book is Beatrice Chestnut's "The Complete Enneagram."