Enneagram Guide
The 9 Types
Core personality patterns
Enneagram Type 1: The Perfectionist - Inside the Inner Courtroom
Enneagram Type 2: The Helper - The Hidden Cost of Giving
Enneagram Type 3: The Achiever - When Success Becomes Identity
Enneagram Type 4: The Individualist - The Search for the Missing Piece
Enneagram Type 5: The Observer - Inside the Fortress Mind
Enneagram Type 6: The Loyalist - The Search for Solid Ground
Enneagram Type 7: The Enthusiast - The Possibility Engine
Enneagram Type 8: The Challenger
Enneagram Type 9: The Peacemaker - Finding Your Voice
Foundations
Master the fundamentals
Best Free Enneagram Test (2025): Which One Actually Works?
Most Enneagram tests are garbage—too short, outdated, or designed to sell you something. Here's an honest comparison of the best free and paid tests, ranked by accuracy and value.
Why You Don't Match Your Enneagram Description (It's Your Wing)
Confused why you don't fit your type perfectly? Your wing explains everything. Find out if you're 4w3 or 4w5, 6w5 or 6w7, and why it changes everything about your personality.
What's My Enneagram Type? (The 5-Minute Answer You Actually Need)
Stop taking 40-minute tests. Find your Enneagram type in 5 minutes by matching your core fear and motivation. All 9 types explained with the ONE question that reveals yours instantly.
Enneagram Concepts: Your Personality, Unpacked and Decoded
The Enneagram's nine personalities, instincts, wings, and connecting lines for self-discovery and personal growth.
The Enneagram Under Fire: Addressing Common Criticisms & Misconceptions
Discover thoughtful responses to the top criticisms of the Enneagram personality system - from scientific validity concerns to stereotyping fears and beyond.
Growth
Transform yourself
Why Nobody Understands You (It's Your Enneagram Speaking)
Every misunderstanding is a translation problem. Decode the 9 hidden communication languages and finally understand why your message keeps getting lost.
The Stress Paradox: Why Your Emotional Patterns Outlast Every Situation
Your stress triggers change. Your emotional reactions rarely do. Learn why your responses follow predictable patterns and how to break the cycle.
Your Type's Fatal Flaw (And Secret Superpower) Based on Enneagram
Every type has a fatal flaw that sabotages success and a hidden superpower others wish they had. Find out why Type 1s self-destruct through perfectionism, why Type 7s can't focus, and what your type's kryptonite really is.
The 90-Day Personality Maxing Blueprint: Transform Your Mind Like You Train Your Body
A practical 90-day system to max your personality through perspective-taking, the Enneagram, and expert protocols from Brené Brown, Andrew Huberman, and Carl Jung. Physical exercise builds physical strength. Perspective-taking builds mental strength.
Enneagram Communication Guide: Decode Any Personality Type in Seconds
Stop miscommunication disasters. Decode each Enneagram type's exact communication patterns and speak their emotional language for instant connection.
Relationships
Connect deeper
Relationship Communication Guide: The Enneagram Key to Understanding Your Partner
Learn how each Enneagram type communicates in relationships and discover practical strategies for deeper connection and fewer misunderstandings
Attachment Styles and Enneagram Types: Why the Same Style Looks Different
Discover how Enneagram types shape attachment styles. Learn why two anxiously attached people act differently and get type-specific strategies for earning secure attachment.
Why You Keep Sabotaging New Relationships (Your Enneagram Knows)
Discover the hidden patterns destroying your dating life. Type-specific strategies to stop self-sabotage and build authentic connections from the start.
The Complete Enneagram Compatibility Matrix: All 81 Type Combinations Decoded
Discover relationship compatibility for all 81 Enneagram pairings. Understand attraction patterns, conflict triggers, and growth potential for every type combination with practical relationship advice.
Enneagram Compatibility: Why Charts Lie and What Actually Predicts Success
Forget best/worst match lists. Research on 457 couples reveals what actually predicts relationship success—and it has nothing to do with type compatibility percentages.
Mental Health
Type-aware wellness
Enneagram Types and Trauma Response: Understanding Your Survival Patterns
Explore how each Enneagram type processes trauma differently through fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses. Discover healing pathways tailored to your personality type.
Enneagram and Addiction: Understanding Each Type's Escape Patterns
Discover how each Enneagram type develops specific addictions, from substances to behaviors. Learn recovery strategies tailored to your personality type.
Enneagram and Neurodivergence: When Personality Meets Brain Wiring
Explore how ADHD, autism, and other neurodivergent conditions interact with each Enneagram type. Learn accommodations and strategies for thriving.
The Enneagram Guide to Therapy: Which Approach Actually Works for Your Type
Your Enneagram type predicts how you will sabotage therapy. Find the modality that cuts through your defenses, from CBT to somatic work.
The Enneagram Guide to Medication and Mental Health
Understand how each Enneagram type responds to psychiatric medications, common fears, and strategies for working with psychiatrists based on personality type.
Career
Professional growth
Enneagram Types Working in Teams
Unlock the power of Enneagram types in teamwork. Learn how each type communicates, collaborates, and contributes to team success
Enneagram Leadership Styles: Why Your Natural Approach Keeps Backfiring
Each Enneagram type has a leadership superpower that becomes their fatal flaw when overused. Find your blind spot and the specific fix that works for your type.
Why Your Team Keeps Having the Same Ideas (And How the Enneagram Fixes It)
Stop hiring people you click with. Build teams that actually think differently using the Enneagram triads.
Enneagram Team Dynamics: The Complete Guide to High-Performance Teams
Master team dynamics with Enneagram insights. Discover how different type combinations work together, resolve conflicts, and create unstoppable workplace synergy.
Why You Hate Your Job (It's Not the Boss—It's Your Enneagram Type)
Stuck in the wrong career? Your Enneagram type reveals why you're miserable at work and exactly what jobs will actually make you thrive. Find your perfect career match based on your core motivations, not just your skills.
Real Life
Types in action
Why Your Anxiety Is Different (And What Actually Works for Your Type)
Your anxiety has a pattern. Discover how each Enneagram type experiences anxiety differently—and get practical strategies that actually work for your wiring.
Why Therapy Doesn't Work the Same for Every Personality Type
Therapy wasn't designed for everyone. The talking cure assumes you process emotions through words — but what if your brain works differently? Here's why the system fails certain types.
How All 9 Enneagram Types Flex: Revealing Each Type's Secret Need for Recognition
Discover the unique ways each Enneagram type shows off their strengths and craves recognition in everyday interactions
Astrology and Enneagram: Two Maps of the Same Territory
Your zodiac sign tells you what influences you. Your Enneagram type tells you why you respond that way. Learn how to use both systems together for deeper self-knowledge.
Why People Overshare: The Psychology of Shame, Boundaries, and Safe Spaces
When someone overshares, they're processing shame out loud. When you label it 'oversharing,' you're drawing a boundary. Here's what's really happening on both sides.
Resources
Books & tools
Enneagram Coach Toolkit: Transform Clients with Type-Specific Homework
Master the art of Enneagram coaching with proven homework strategies that create breakthroughs. Decode each type's patterns and unlock real transformation.
Enneagram vs Myers-Briggs: Which Actually Explains You Better?
INTJ or Type 5? ENFP or Type 7? Here's the difference between MBTI and the Enneagram, and when each one gives you the insight you're actually looking for.
Find Your Enneagram Type in 10 Minutes (4 Simple Steps)
Skip the confusion. Discover your true Enneagram type with this proven 4-step method that focuses on motivations, not behaviors.
Enneagram Books, Websites, Podcasts & Influencers
Discover the best Enneagram books, websites, and podcasts for personal growth and understanding. Dive deeper into this powerful system today.
Enneagram Questions Answered
Quick answers to common questions
What is the Enneagram personality system?
The Enneagram is a personality framework describing 9 interconnected types, each driven by distinct core fears, desires, and motivations. Unlike behavioral tests, it reveals WHY you act the way you do, not just what you do. Each type has predictable patterns of thinking, feeling, and responding to stress.
How do I find my Enneagram type?
Start by reading descriptions of all 9 types and notice which core fear resonates most deeply. Focus on motivation, not behavior. Many people mistype initially because they identify with healthy traits of other types. Consider taking a validated assessment and exploring how you respond under stress.
How is the Enneagram different from MBTI?
MBTI categorizes how you process information and make decisions (cognitive functions). The Enneagram maps your core emotional drivers and unconscious patterns. MBTI describes what you do; Enneagram explains why. Many find the Enneagram more useful for personal growth and understanding relationship dynamics.
Can my Enneagram type change over time?
Your core type remains constant throughout life, as it forms in childhood. However, you can grow within your type, accessing healthier behaviors and integrating traits from other types. Growth means expanding beyond your automatic patterns, not becoming a different type.
What are Enneagram wings?
Wings are the two types adjacent to your core type on the Enneagram circle. Most people lean toward one wing more than the other, which adds flavor to their personality. For example, a Type 9 might have a stronger 8 wing (9w8) or 1 wing (9w1), each creating distinct subtypes.
Is the Enneagram scientifically validated?
Research on the Enneagram is growing but limited compared to other personality systems. Studies show reasonable reliability and validity for typing. Its value lies in practical application: understanding motivations, improving relationships, and guiding personal development rather than statistical prediction.
How can the Enneagram improve my relationships?
The Enneagram reveals why people react differently to the same situation. Understanding your partner's type helps you stop taking their behavior personally and communicate in ways that actually land. It transforms "they're being difficult" into "they need something different than I do."
Ready to discover your type?
Start with our comprehensive guides to each of the 9 personality types, or learn the foundational concepts behind the Enneagram system.