The Enneagram in Love and Work: Understanding Your Intimate and Business Relationships

I've been pretty avidly on the trail of enneagram information that I can relate to and apply. This is one of the best books I've come across. I especially appreciate how the different types are described in both work situations and love relationships with examples of one type with another (example: a 4 employee with a boss who's an 8). Because of my enthusiasm for the book, I did a quick read and then promptly lent my copy to someone else. I'm already wanting it back. This is a book that won't stay on the shelf year after year. It's much more the kind of book that is so packed with information that I'll read and re-read it, sections at a time, for years to come. I'd consider it a must read for anyone intrigued by the enneagram.

Helen Palmer has an intuitive way of explaining the numbers. If you are a student of the Enneagram, this is a great book to read after you have memorized the basic concepts, because it will take you a bit farther on your journey. But only once you have the basic concepts down. By the way, I'm a six. Happy reading, beautiful soul.

I'm not new to enneagram. I took many courses and read many books .I really Like this book I find it insightful, structured , easy to understand and has good examples . And Above all it is NOT boring as some enneagram books are.

The book is easy to understand & is written in an engaging style. I have many other books on the enneagram & I can see this will become one of my favorites.

Great read. She does a wonderful job of breaking down the Enneagram and it’s relationships. I only wish she wood have included children and parents they way she did for lovers and work relationships.

This is one of the best books on the Enneagram I have read. I have purchased three copies of it over the years, but have given two of them away. This third copy is for my library, and I intend to keep it . . . unless I give it away.

I have found this resource a tremendous help in understanding the strengths and challenges of relationships. The text combines one of 9 different personalities with one other of the 9 different personalities and explains what the strengths and challenges are in a relationship between the two people and why. (For example, a perfectionist personality with a boss personality.) It is a great way to learn how to accentuate the positive and accept the challenges that exist in ALL relationships.

This book is a good explanation of how the enneagram types relate to one another. It was helpful to be able to see my spouse and I in a clearer way and to understand why we do the "things" we do. I am retired but I think it would have been great help in my work place.

I’ve read lots on enneagram books. It’s good but maybe not quite what I was looking for. I was hoping for insightful questions or exercises. It’s somehow more dry than that. It follows the usual format of describing all the pairing ands interactions both reomaticalkh and at work. Just not quite as helpful as I would have liked.

A good book if you know what enneagram number you are but there is no quiz in it to figure this out. So you are left guessing what number you are. The point of the book is to learn about your relationships and often people fall into several enneagram numbers so the read can be confusing.

Really useful and fun to read applications of Enneagram in different areas as well as enneagram type pairings!

excellent read!!

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