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Dear CLC Community Member, What if you had a roadmap for understanding who you are and what makes the people around you tick? What if you could leverage the individual revelations of the Enneagram to help heal broken bonds between others? How would it feel to move from a fixed point of view to an […]

I have to confess to writing this article under a little duress, as I am juggling a few things in my life that are demanding my attention so I’ll keep this one brief.   Sometimes we think, “If only life’s challenges and problems arrived in serial fashion it would be much more manageable.” Alas, we

At times, our lives take on a momentum of their very own and we live life at top speed. It is vital that we begin to slow down, take stock of how we spend our time and energy and look at what life has to offer us. Three areas of life: work, play and self-care,

“The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go.” -Unknown   This time of fall equinox represents change, so what a better time to reflect on the symbolism of changing seasons. Change is most often hard. It doesn’t matter if we are trying to eat a cleaner

I am an Enneagram Type One with Nine and Two wings with dynamic movements to Four and Seven. Over the sixteen years that I have been using the Enneagram as a self-observation tool, I have learned a lot about my thinking, feeling and behaving through observing the lower end of my type.   Being in

As a meditation and contemplative teacher, it is not uncommon for frustrated students to ask “Why do we do all of this meditation? Is it really doing anything?”   To this question, I have yet to find a better answer than the one provided by Anthony DeMello in his witty book, One Minute Wisdom. He

“Wherever you are, be all there.” Surely, you’ve heard this quote before. Whether it’s pinned to your fridge or you’ve heard a friend say it, odds are that it’s not new to you. And it’s probably a phrase you agree with! Basically what it is saying is: wherever you are, whatever you are doing, do it

A question asked and specific to type 4 during a typing interview* Since Deborah and I started our journey on presenting, studying, and writing about children and the enneagram we have been asked many times “when do you type your children?”. The answer is YOU do not. The accepted theory is that type is set

My cancer diagnosis of 2018 has been a journey that has not only expanded my view of life, death, and the importance of wholeness in relationships, but it continues to show how I can be of help in sharing my experiences with others – in this case, a family member.

The Conscious Living Center is pleased to share that our Senior Faculty Member Ron Esposito was recently featured in Cincinnati Magazine, along with other local life coaches, in the article Five Coping Strategies You Can Use Right Now.