The Enneagram in Life and Work, Helen Palmer
The Enneagram in Life and Work, Helen Palmer
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The Enneagram in Life and Work

Author: Helen Palmer

Narrator: Michael Toms

Unabridged: 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/25/1998


Synopsis

"What stands between me and God?" This is the provocative question to which the Enneagram system offers a sophisticated answer. There are nine basic personality types, explains Helen Palmer, a foremost authority on the Enneagram. Each type has its own "emotional survival strategy" developed to help us cope in life-but this strategy can also be an obstacle to achieving our fullest spiritual unfoldment.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mrs. Lahti on May 02, 2008

I've been studying this book for years, and it has been one of the most influential books in my life. The Enneagram is a psychological system that explains 9 personality types. As human beings, we all suffer, and this book explains how suffering is connected to type. However, we are more than our pe......more

Goodreads review by Jacek on December 10, 2017

Despite the fact, I did a couple of personality tests when I had started my career at RightHello I found that book as a huge source of knowledge about personalities. Now I see how different people are, how can be happy and angry differently. In many business books, I found many rules and habits how......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on April 12, 2010

The subtitle says it all: "Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life". Fascinating book based on ancient Sufi teachings describing nine basic personality types and their interrelationships. I have read it twice, and will keep re-reading it because more is learned each time. It will totally......more

Goodreads review by Rebeccah on April 19, 2020

I found the explanation of the enneagram as a whole quite interesting, and the sections that related to me were fairly insightful; all of the other chapters were rather onerous to get through. I admit I was extremely skeptical at first about any kind of profiling system with a religious foundation (......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on September 18, 2024

First book I have read on the Enneagram, although I have listened to a lot of Richard Rohr's video lectures which cover it in detail. Helen Palmer's 'The Enneagram' is an in depth writeup on the Enneagram system and for the most part does a great job at uncovering distinctive traits about each type.......more