My Enneagram: 3, 6, 9 - by Sasha Chapin

In the next few posts, I’ll be writing out my rendition of the 9 personality types that compose the Enneagram. If you’re new to the Enneagram, check out my wife’s amazing introductory post, then proceed to any one of the Riso/Hudson overview books. If you’re not afraid of a little Christian language, Richard Rohr’s Enneagram lecture is a personally important document. These are not meant to be definitive takes on the types, but instead personal renditions, focusing on the aspects of each type that serve as hallmarks for me. Undoubtedly the takes are influenced by the renditions of the type I run into, as a weird member of a WEIRD society. My understanding of each type continuously shifts and deepens, so all of this is pending change. And I am a 7 with a side helping of 3, for what it’s worth. 3, 6, and 9 are the so-called “attachment” trio. This means that their default stress response — which is to say, their personality structure — is built on “attaching” to a reassuring state of aff

In the next few posts, I’ll be writing out my rendition of the 9 personality types that compose the Enneagram. If you’re new to the Enneagram, check out my wife’s amazing introductory post, then proceed to any one of the Riso/Hudson overview books. If you’re not afraid of a little Christian language, Richard Rohr’s Enneagram lecture is a personally important document. These are not meant to be definitive takes on the types, but instead personal renditions, focusing on the aspects of each type that serve as hallmarks for me. Undoubtedly the takes are influenced by the renditions of the type I r