The Enneagram, Stress Reduction and Your Health

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The Enneagram, Stress Reduction and Your Health

• Ruth H. Allen, PhD, MPH
• President and CEO, AEH Institute
• Certified Professional Effectiveness Coach
• ruth.allen_at_aehinstitute.com [phone]
• Nov. 5, 2003, 7-830 PM
• Be Health Smart Spa and Yoga Center3825 - C
  S.George Mason Drive, Falls Church VA 22041For
  Reservations please call(703) 671-5763 or (703)
  578-1088 www.beahealthsmart.com

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Highlights

• Enneagram- is a tool for self discovery
• Meet 9 Personality types
• Better understand stress in yourself and others
• Behavior patterns become your biology
• Wise stress management is possible
• Learn how to increase your self care

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Meet 9 Personality Types
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Enneagram Research, Development
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Health

• More than the absence of disease
• Vibrant aliveness, physical stamina
• Able to live fully in the present moment,
• Absence of old baggage or fears and worries
  about the future

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Health and 9 Personality Types
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Stress

• Feeling pressured or inadequate
• Overloaded with stimulation
• Elevated levels of stress hormones, e.g.,
  cortisol from adrenal glands
• Head aches, body aches, sleep disturbances
  without a known causes

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Stress 9 Personality Types
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How to relate to each type?

• 1 State your point of view, Affirm their good
  intentions and integrity, follow-up on any
  commitments.
• 2 Be warm and personal, affirm friendship and
  positive feelings toward them, put loving limits
  on what you allow them to do for you
• 3 Get the point quickly, value and affirm their
  achievements, present problems as challenges

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How to relate to each type?

• 4 Be sensitive, tactful, and encouraging, let
  them know you understand how they feel, help the
  connect personally to the task
• 5 Be prepared with objective facts, give them
  time to assimilate, dont cling or hover
• 6 Let them know where you stand and what you
  expect, be clear on rules, give reassurance
  verbally and non-verbally

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How to relate to each type?

• 7 Be positive and upbeat, be clear firm and
  consistent on what is okay, give them choices and
  help them see the options
• 8 Talk straight, be direct and honest, even
  blunt, be independent, in conflict look them in
  the eye and stay firm
• 9 Approach calmly, share your desire for harmony,
  dont pressure them, give your full attention and
  time for them to express themselves

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References

• Riso, Don Richard, Understanding the Enneagram,
  Houghton Mifflin, 2000
• Horne, Karen, Our Inner Conflicts, WW Norton,
  1945
• Almass, AH, Facets of Unity The Enneagram of the
  Holy Ideas, Diamond Books, 1998