Melissa Kircher

In the Enneagram system of personality, there are nine different types, and they're all in a circle and in this little symbol.

And each type represents a pattern of thought, feeling, and behavior that kind of nature and nurture work together over time from when you're young to for the rest of your life to have a patterned way of surviving in the world.

So then when you learn your Enneagram type, you learn and see, it's sometimes fun and sometimes a little uncomfortable, but it's all about seeing, oh, these are my patterns, but why?

Like, why do I have these patterns?

What is the motivation for doing what I'm doing, thinking what I'm thinking and feeling what I'm feeling?

And then now that I have that knowledge, what can I do to

to have more expansive options.

So to not be, let type be the only thing that dictates your life.

You are not your type, you're you.

So if you're you, then what more expansive things can you choose?

I love that perspective.

And speaking of the nine complete ones, can you give us a quick breakdown snapshot of each?

So as we're talking about these different ones, people aren't like, what is that?

What does that mean?

Yeah, I can.

But I want to caveat it with

It's so hard because they're so complex and there's so much nuance and layers.

If you think you might be one, I would say do a deep dive and research.

Google about it.

Look on some sites because I'll go quick and it's not going to get the full picture.