Helpful Resources

 Sexuality and Relationships

 

The Enneagram, Relationships, and Intimacy

by David Daniels, M.D. and Suzanne Dion

Excellent, covers all levels of emotional health for sexual intimacy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sex and the Enneagram

by Ann Gadd

Pretty good, lots of insights, however some descriptions are only of average rather than healthy expressions.

 Article:  How your Enneagram Type Influences your Sex Life

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sex Love and your Personality

by Mona Coates, Ph.D. and Judith Searle

A therapist's reflections. Three couple cases for each type, 27 cases total. Includes insights into instincts and integration paths.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are You My Type, Am I Yours?

by Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

Fun, easy to read, cartoons. Great for teenagers or adults.

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Enneagram Knowledge

 

The Wisdom of the Enneagram 

by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson

If you want an encyclopedic book of the Enneagram, this is the one to get. Kind of like the Enneagram Bible. Very thorough. These authors introduce the concepts of Levels of Health, an essential concept for knowing the Enneagram.  Both psychological and spiritual insights.  The authors have an evolved Roman Catholic and Jesuit background - implying excellent scholarship.

 

 

 

 

 

The Enneagram Made Easy:  Discover the 9 Types of People

by Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

Fun, easy to read, cartoons. Great for tweens, teenagers or adults.  Truly my favorite book for someone who wants to learn quickly without much effort.  This is the first Enneagram book I gave my nine year old, and my seventeen year old gives it to his friends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's the Point?

The Enneagram of Life 

by Justin E. Tomasino Jr. Ph.D. and Inga W. Tomasino

Excellent summary and introduction to the Enneagram. Justin taught the Enneagram to high school students for many years, and is presently a board member of the International Enneagram Association, Colorado Chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Art of Typing

Powerful Tools for Enneagram Typing 

by Giner Lapid-Bogda Ph.D.

Great guide for learning how to type people, and especially useful for deciding between any two given types.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Complete Enneagram:  27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge

by Beatrice Chestnut, Ph.D.

Excellent resource for learning the Subtypes, that is, how each Enneagram type can be further divided into the dominant instinct:  one-on-one, social, and self-preservation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scripture and Spirituality

 

Discovering The Enneagram: An Ancient Tool for a New Spiritual Journey 

by Don Richard Rohr and Andreas Ebert

Richard Rohr is a Franciscan monk who takes a refreshing look at spirituality through the lens of the Enneagram. Chock full of scriptural examples of Enneagram types. A must read for Christians on an Enneagram journey!