The book does not lean towards any particular type and threads knowledge together in an understandable and necessary way. She offers advice in the form of “Transformative Possibilities” for each type, along with questions to ponder. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

With each division we become more and more separate from one another, we live in a world where each of us lives in our individual ‘bubbles. Suzanne breaks down how each type manifests this dominant center of intelligence, providing specific behavioral examples for each type.

I may never convince some folks who are certain it isn’t so that LGBTQ people are evidence of God’s extravagant creative diversity. Because difference in the Western world is often used as a substitute for wrong, I knew that to survive I’d have to hide parts of myself away. This book focuses on biblical reconciliation, both in its primary sense (as Paul uses it) and in a secondary sense, insofar as it touches on reconciliation between races, rich and poor, Jew and Gentile, the powerful and the weak, and between other alienated groups. Keep in mind that you are in the Fear Triad, so you sometimes substitute an idea of what pain is like for the tension of living through the real thing.

This fragmented understanding provided inquiry and healing in insurmountable ways and still, I was left with this unfinished tapestry and the question, “how am I meant to find unity, when all I know how to do is create separation? Sure, all of this can be scary, and it will take courage to go forward, but isn’t that what courage is - taking a step forward while shaking in your boots? Long before the Enneagram was a buzzword at parties, church staff retreats, and neighborhood gathering spots, Suzanne Stabile was studying the Enneagram and sharing her insights with others. I am excited to get my hard copy of the book soon so that I can make notes in it and highlight much of it!

Her new book takes a fresh approach to the Enneagram, focusing less on the Nine individual types and viewing it instead through the lens of Triads and Stances. Whatever our number may be, Suzanne encourages us to focus on changing what we do with what we see about ourselves and others. A master teacher of the Enneagram, Suzanne draws upon her educational background at Southern Methodist University, as well as her life skills learned as a mother of four, a social worker and a minister’s spouse. Suzanne does a terrific job of capturing and communicating the distinctive thinking, feeling and doing patterns of each type. Susanne’s new book is a needed and helpful resource in my work to discover who I am and how to relate with people in my life.