King affirmed the inherent nature of the human family—I want to consider a world where the human family lives whole and reconciled.

Mayhem and chaos are at the center of what the media and our fellow beings serve up for our consideration. Each number has a preferred way of taking in information (thinking, feeling, or doing), and the numbers that have the same dominant center are grouped together in the same triad. Suzanne Stabile, using her uncommon understanding of the Enneagram, coupled with her gift of synchronicity and a deep appreciation for storytelling, offers The Journey Toward Wholeness . The stances are the Withdrawing Stance (represses doing), including those who are 4s, 5s, and 9s, the Aggressive Stance (represses feeling), including those who are 3s, 7s, and 8s, and the Dependent Stance (represses thinking), including the 1s, 2s, and 6s.

I received a free electronic review copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Margot can seek guidance from divorce professionals who can help her understand the legal, financial and emotional issues she’s dealing with. But personally, as someone on the journey who has begun the process of change, I’d love more guidance about what I am changing into. For me, this an intermediate level Enneagram resource - best for folks who know their numbers and have started digging into what that means. A master teacher of the Enneagram, Suzanne draws upon her educational background at Southern Methodist University, as well as her life skills learned as a mother of four, a social worker and a minister’s spouse.

I can’t wait for the print copy of the book where I can underscore and tab the areas really important to my continual development. Married for over 23 years, her identity has been intertwined with her husband, their children, their home, and their shared dreams. She begins with an illustrative story, how a particular type sees the world, the type’s response to stress, including the Enneagram type we move toward in stress, a key to healthy response, practices to try and the type we move toward in security. In the transformational journey to and through self, our desire to understand will always be present.The universe has laws that are unbreakable, such as the law of gestation, polarity, gravity, time, forgiveness, gratitude, and many more.

She is the author of The Path Between Us, The Journey Toward Wholeness, and coauthor, with Ian Morgan Cron, of The Road Back to You.The history of the human family has often brought us into violent interaction, a dynamic where we hurt one another, sometimes unintentionally, but often – with intent behind our actions.

With each division we become more and more separate from one another, we live in a world where each of us lives in our individual ‘bubbles. I am excited to get my hard copy of the book soon so that I can make notes in it and highlight much of it!

Many use the Enneagram as a crutch, "this is just who I am," but Suzanne helps you level up, go deeper under the surface, lift up the hood and get dirty, metaphor metaphor metaphor (bet you can guess my type).