Enneagram 4 - Suffering as Our Identity

The Complete Enneagram by Beatrice Chestnut, PhD https://amzn.to/3889x25

Being a 4 comes with wonderful gifts of creative expression and depth of feeling. Many times, though, we hold onto the beliefs that we must suffer to be congruent to who we are, and that we do not deserve good things. Part of our growth and healing includes challenging these messages and welcoming joy, to accept that we are worthy as we are, even embracing good things in life!

Enneagram Type 4: Unconscious Childhood Message

The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso & Russ Hudson

"It's not okay to be too functional or too happy."

Take time to meditate on this unconscious message and bring awareness to where it rings true. Think about where it controls parts of our lives, or where it allows life to be easier. How can we remove our sense of self from this message and how it has shaped our interactions with others? Sometimes we are reinforced to repeat these roles and it helps maintain a type of homeostasis within our interpersonal relationships or systems we belong to. I pair Enneagram and Bowen Family Systems to share on how to dissect our socialization as well as increase awareness of these patterns of being so we can grow into our true essence.

Bowen Family Systems Theory https://thebowencenter.org/theory/

The Enneagram Institute https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/ty...

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