The tension with that one coworker is rarely about the actual project. It’s usually two fears bumping into each other in a room where nobody has permission to say what’s really going on. Most of what you feel about it […]
The Enneagram
Type 1 and Type 9 can look like one of the calmer pairings on the Enneagram, right up until you realize the Type 9 has been silently disagreeing for months and the Type 1 had no idea, because the whole […]
On paper, Enneagram Type 2 and 8 should work beautifully together. The Type 2 gives devoted, attentive love. The Type 8 builds strong, stable ground to stand on. In practice, this pairing produces some of the hardest fights I hear […]
Every fight you’ve ever had with a partner, a coworker, a parent, or your own child has a pattern underneath it, and understanding Enneagram relationships is how you finally see it. Not a random pattern. A predictable one, tied directly […]
People have questioned your follow-through. Your scattered energy. Your need to keep moving. And you’ve had to defend yourself against the suggestion that something is wrong with you. You’ve just never been willing to settle for a life that doesn’t […]
You saw it coming. You raised the concern. You asked the question no one else was asking. And people rolled their eyes, told you to relax, said you were overthinking it. Then sometimes you were right. And sometimes you weren’t. […]
People wanted more of you than you could give. They took your silence as rejection. Your need for space as indifference. Your detachment as arrogance. And you’ve had to hold all of that while also managing a world that never […]
They told you it was too much. Too intense. That you feel everything so deeply and can’t you just lighten up? And you tried. You really tried. But something in you refused to pretend that things were fine when they […]
People have questioned your motives. Said you’re performing. That it’s all about image. And you’ve had to sit with that accusation while knowing something completely different is true. You just want to matter. You want what you do to actually […]
You showed up. You remembered the details. You gave your time, your energy, your care. And then people pulled away, or took it for granted, or said you were too much. And you were left wondering what you did wrong […]
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