In this bonus episode of Enneagram Mapmakers, Chris Heuertz reflects on ways to care for our own vulnerabilities, our own inner child during this time of uncertainty. Chris offers nine Enneagram type-specific guided Loving Kindness Mediations to help each of us find our center by welling up gentle compassion and radical self-acceptance for the parts of ourselves that are struggling with grief, fear, or frustration. In this heart-felt reflection Chris offers clues to coming into greater...

Introducing Enneagram Mapmakers, a podcast that explores the interior landscape of the ego through conversations with enneagram legacy teachers such as Richard Rohr, Helen Palmer, Russ Hudson and more. Hosted by Christopher Heuertz, author of The Sacred Enneagram and The Enneagram of Belonging, this podcast journeys to the origins of an ancient and often misunderstood system designed to help us live a more embodied and integrated life. Transcend the temptation to fixate on a specific number...

This is the last episode of Season 1 of Enneagram Mapmakers where Chris Heuertz interviews Russ Hudson, the co-founder of the Enneagram Institute and co-author of The Wisdom of the Enneagram. Russ addresses the divide between the Enneagram of Personality and the Gurdjieffian studies of the Enneagram, his friendship and working relationship with the late Done Riso, and Russ also candidly shares his own introduction to the Enneagram and his story of mistyping himself. The show concludes with...

In this episode of Enneagram Mapmakers, Chris Heuertz interviews Beatrice Chestnut the author of The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge. Bea’s breath-taking vulnerability about the loss of a dear friend offers a rare glimpse into what’s shaped her deep compassion she’s known for today. Bea also honors the late Dr. David Daniels by reflecting on the significance of his legacy. In this episode, Beatrice sets forth a challenge to all Enneagram teachers and practitioners to...

On today's episode, Chris and his producer Corey are talking about the Enneagram of Belonging. Corey and Phileena (Chris's wife) surprise Chris with several of his friends and family to be a part of a special episode celebrating the release of Chris's new book in a time when there is no book release party or book tours. Special thanks to: Paul K, Anahi S, Kirsten Powers, Jeelan, Ryan Meeks, Micky ScottBey Jones, Ryan O'Neal, The Hartzells, Michelle Meeks, Mariah Houston, Vera Leung, Dr. Avon,...

In this episode Jack Labanauskas reflects on the evolution of the Enneagram’s modern expression through his thorough engagement with anyone who’s made a significant contribution to the system over the past 30 years. Jack offers an intimate snapshot of the very private life and mind of the late Óscar Ichazo—especially his attitude towards using the Enneagram to describe personality. Jack also offers some hope for where the tradition can go if we remain openminded and openhearted. Jack...

In this episode Michael Goldberg talks about mythology and the Enneagram. He reflects on learning the Enneagram from his old neighbors, Óscar Ichazo’s Arican Institute. Michael also asserts the wings are more important than our Enneagram base point, or our dominant the, explaining this through thoughts on how movement is essential in working our Enneagram type. Michael is a writer, speaker and consultant, he is also a long time teacher of the Enneagram approach to personality types. His books...

On today's episode of Enneagram Mapmakers, Chris sits down with Helen Palmer. She is among the most influential Enneagram teachers and authors in the modern era of this tradition. Her first book The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others In Your Life, set the standard for type descriptions and has become an international bestseller.   In this episode Helen guides us in an inner witness awareness practice. Not only is this Helen’s very first podcast but her vulnerability here is...

If you are looking for credible academic research studies on the Enneagram, then you’ll love Chris’s conversation with Dr. Jerry Wagner on this week’s episode of Enneagram Mapmakers. Jerry’s wisdom reminds us that we typically view the world through lenses but usually don’t examine the lenses themselves. He’s candid and vulnerable, while provocative in untangling some of the Enneagram’s convoluted theories. Jerry Wagner is a retired teaching professor in the Department of Psychology at Loyola...

In this bonus episode of Enneagram Mapmakers Chris Heuertz reflects on ways to care for our own vulnerabilities, our own inner child during this time of uncertainty. Chris offers nine Enneagram type-specific guided Loving Kindness Mediations to help each of us find our center by welling up gentle compassion and radical self-acceptance for the parts of ourselves that are struggling with grief, fear, or frustration. In this heart-felt reflection Chris offers clues to coming into greater...

Today’s guest on Enneagram Mapmakers is Ginger Lapid-Bodga, PhD. Join Chris Heuertz as he reflects with Ginger on the difficulties in typing as well as how common mistyping is for so many of us. In their conversation, Ginger also reflects on how she first learned the Enneagram in a workshop at the Esalen Institute, led by Helen Palmer, and her own journey of coming to peace with type. Not a fan of personality systems, Ginger explains how we are much more than the categories that some...

In this episode of Enneagram Mapmakers, Chris Heuertz interviews the author of The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram and The Enneagram of Passions and Virtues, Sandra Maitri. During their conversation, Sandra reflects back on the role she played as a university student in helping develop Enneagram Types with Claudio Naranjo with his first SAT groups. She also explains how the popular Enneagram theories of “integration” and “disintegration” are actually misunderstandings. Sandra Maitri is...

In this second episode of Enneagram Mapmakers, Chris interviews Marion Gilbert. In this episode they talk about what it was like for her to bring the somatic into the Enneagram conversation, how she understands type and how we can bring a 3 centered awareness to nourish our spirituality. Marion has been actively using the Enneagram system — an emotional-cognitive map of human personality structure — professionally and personally for the past 12 years. She emphasizes using somatic experience...

In this first episode of Enneagram Mapmakers, Chris interviews Father Richard Rohr at his non-profit in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is the first Legacy Teacher in this season because he was one of Chris's first teachers of the Enneagram. In this episode they talk about Richard's history with the Enneagram, why he stopped teaching it and how the Enneagram has helped him move from the inner critic to the compassionate observer.  Father Richard Rohr is a Franciscan Friar and the founder of The...

As we are about to start this journey of hearing from the legacy teachers, Chris has a conversation with his producer, Corey about the podcast and what he hopes to achieve this season.  This is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation.

With the launch of the show right around the corner, we wanted to address the realities that are affecting all of us concerning COVID-19. In this episode, Chris guides us through the Enneagram as a tool of contemplation and mindfulness. He offers hope-filled type specific advice for staying grounded in the midst of these confusing and concerning days. Together with his wife Phileena, they end with a solidarity player, an alternative liturgy in a time of uncertainty. Enneagram Mapmakers will...