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The Lives of Others as the ultimate Enneagram five template

One of my all-time favorite films, 2006’s The Lives of Others, concerns life under the Stasi in east Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. In the film, a Stasi operative named Gerd Wiesler is tasked with surveilling a pair of lover-artists, writer Georg Dreyman and actress Christa-Maria Sieland, because the state suspects them… Continue reading The Lives of Others as the ultimate Enneagram five template

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Enneagram five on a hike (spiritual talk)

In this video, I discuss enneagram type five while hiking in New Mexico. In particular, I discuss the enneagram system at large, type five in depth, and type five's core wound, obstacles, and path toward growth. I use my own life experience as a five to reflect on how this system can be used to… Continue reading Enneagram five on a hike (spiritual talk)