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 - Behind the Armor
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Most Enneagram tests are garbage—too short, outdated, or designed to sell you something.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
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.
How Each Enneagram Type Loves (And Why It Goes Wrong)
Discover the hidden patterns driving your relationship dynamics. From Type 1s perfecting love to Type 9s disappearing into it.
Mental Health
Type-aware wellness
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.
Depression Patterns by Enneagram Type: How Your Personality Shapes Your Mental Health
How depression manifests differently across all 9 Enneagram types. Understand your unique patterns, triggers, and pathways to healing based on your personality type.
Career
Professional growth
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.
Enneagram Types Working in Teams
Unlock the power of Enneagram types in teamwork. Learn how each type communicates, collaborates, and contributes to team success
Real Life
Types in action
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.
Personality Maxing: The Complete Guide to Optimizing Who You Are
Personality maxing is deliberate personality development. Learn how knowing your similarities and differences builds real charisma, then use the Enneagram to deepen self-knowledge and social intelligence.
9 Toxic Personality Traits: The Hidden Dark Side of Each Enneagram Type
Discover the shadow aspects hiding in each personality type, why they emerge, and how to deal with them in yourself and others.
Why You Can't Stop Overthinking (Your Enneagram Type Explains It)
It's 3 AM and your brain won't stop. Generic advice doesn't work because different types overthink differently. Discover your specific thought loop and how to interrupt it.
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.
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.