The Journey Toward Wholeness – Enneagram Wisdom for Stress, Balance, and Transformation

Suzanne Stabile is a highly sought-after speaker, teacher, and internationally recognized Enneagram master teacher who has taught thousands of people over the last thirty years. She is the author of The Path Between Us, and coauthor, with Ian Morgan Cron, of The Road Back to You. She is also the creator and host of The Enneagram Journey podcast. Along with her husband, Rev. Joseph Stabile, she is cofounder of Life in the Trinity Ministry, a nonprofit, nondenominational ministry committed to the spiritual growth and formation of adults. Their ministry home, the Micah Center, is located in Dallas, Texas.

Introduction: Toward a Balanced Life



Part One: Triads: Naming and Managing Your Dominant Center of Intelligence


Overview: How We Are Broken . . . and How We Can Be Healed

Chapter One: What Do I Feel? The Heart Triad's Responses to Stress

2s: I Can Say No

3s: I Can Allow Feelings

4s: My Feelings . . . and Yours

Chapter Two: What Do I Think? The Head Triad's Responses to Stress

5s: Finding Comfort in the World

6s: Trusting My Experience and Myself

7s: I Can Choose to Be Satisfied

Chapter Three: What Needs to Be Done? The Gut Triad's Responses to Stress

8s: I Can Slow Down

9s: Decide More, Merge Less

1s: Two Things Can Be True



Part Two: Stances: Naming and Managing Your Repressed Center of Intelligence


Overview: The Soul Work of the Repressed Center

Chapter Four: The Withdrawing Stance: Moving Away from Others

4s: Choose the Ordinary

5s: Be Present to the World

9s: Make a Choice—You Can Change Your Mind

Chapter Five: The Aggressive Stance: Standing Independently

3s: I Am More Than What I Do

7s: All Feelings Matter

8s: Vulnerability Is Not Weakness

Chapter Six: The Dependent Stance: Moving Toward Others

1s: "And It Was Good"

2s: What Do I Need?

6s: All Shall Be Well



Conclusion: What Are You Willing to Give Up for Transformation?



Acknowledgments

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