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matthewwester's review
2.0
I think this book is mislabeled; the first 70% is a book about mindfulness through the lens of the enneagram. Only about 15% is actually focused on relationships and intimacy (unless you're persuaded that your relationship with yourself is about intimacy and relationships).
So I would recommend this book to someone who is primarily interested in mindfulness and has not already read other enneagram books.
As far as enneagram content: the author takes a long time to say what he is saying. There are spots throughout the book where he will take 5 paragraphs to say, "Ask yourself about this next topic. It is important."
The two gold nuggets in the midst of all the fluff are: a reflection each enneagram is given to process anger, and the section where enneagram numbers speak of intimacy. Those 20 pages would have been enough for me!
I am counting this as a book over 400 pages for a reading challenge I am doing.
So I would recommend this book to someone who is primarily interested in mindfulness and has not already read other enneagram books.
As far as enneagram content: the author takes a long time to say what he is saying. There are spots throughout the book where he will take 5 paragraphs to say, "Ask yourself about this next topic. It is important."
The two gold nuggets in the midst of all the fluff are: a reflection each enneagram is given to process anger, and the section where enneagram numbers speak of intimacy. Those 20 pages would have been enough for me!
I am counting this as a book over 400 pages for a reading challenge I am doing.
tallvenusian's review
4.0
"Love IS, at our core, who and what we truly are." And yet so much stands in the way of that - including ourselves.
In The Enneagram, Relationships and Intimacy, authors David Daniels and Suzanne Dion don't just take you on a journey through the world of mindfulness, Enneagram and intimacy - they help you start your own journey to becoming a more loving, more free version of yourself, and healing and improving your relationships.
In years of reading spiritual and self-development books, I've never seen this subject matter explained so clearly. 'Mindfulness' was little more than an abstract concept, that I understood mentally but didn't fully grasp. This book, however, brings it into the real, practical world, along with other concepts such as intimacy, presence, and reparenting yourself. The authors offer helpful, simple practices to be done alone or with a partner, and having those tools made me feel like I can actually start tackling these complex issues, right now.
The explanations of the Enneagram were clear and beginner-friendly, but still provided food for thought for Enneagram veterans. Especially the testimonies of people of different types regarding sexuality and intimacy, really got me thinking about myself and my relationships, and asking myself questions I'd never asked before.
Two things to keep in mind going into this book: first, while it does explain a lot about the Enneagram, it is primarily about self-development and relationships, rather than being an Enneagram guide. Secondly, parts of the Kindle edition (I can't speak for the others) feel like they could have used another edit, so the perfectionists among us (like me) might have to relax a bit in order to enjoy the great content that is offered.
As is probably clear by now, I recommend this book. Not only do the authors thoroughly explore mindfulness, presence, reparenting yourself, relationships, and intimacy - they actually give the reader something to work with. You can read this book, you can think about this book, you can talk about this book, but above all, you can DO something with this book. I'm certainly going to.
In The Enneagram, Relationships and Intimacy, authors David Daniels and Suzanne Dion don't just take you on a journey through the world of mindfulness, Enneagram and intimacy - they help you start your own journey to becoming a more loving, more free version of yourself, and healing and improving your relationships.
In years of reading spiritual and self-development books, I've never seen this subject matter explained so clearly. 'Mindfulness' was little more than an abstract concept, that I understood mentally but didn't fully grasp. This book, however, brings it into the real, practical world, along with other concepts such as intimacy, presence, and reparenting yourself. The authors offer helpful, simple practices to be done alone or with a partner, and having those tools made me feel like I can actually start tackling these complex issues, right now.
The explanations of the Enneagram were clear and beginner-friendly, but still provided food for thought for Enneagram veterans. Especially the testimonies of people of different types regarding sexuality and intimacy, really got me thinking about myself and my relationships, and asking myself questions I'd never asked before.
Two things to keep in mind going into this book: first, while it does explain a lot about the Enneagram, it is primarily about self-development and relationships, rather than being an Enneagram guide. Secondly, parts of the Kindle edition (I can't speak for the others) feel like they could have used another edit, so the perfectionists among us (like me) might have to relax a bit in order to enjoy the great content that is offered.
As is probably clear by now, I recommend this book. Not only do the authors thoroughly explore mindfulness, presence, reparenting yourself, relationships, and intimacy - they actually give the reader something to work with. You can read this book, you can think about this book, you can talk about this book, but above all, you can DO something with this book. I'm certainly going to.
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