The Enneagram: Going Beyond Personality Tests

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Tamara Powell on the Power of the Enneagram

If you’ve heard of the Enneagram, or even if you haven’t, tune in to this episode of “Woman Worriers.” Annapolis-based therapist Elizabeth Cush and Tamara Powell, a therapist and empowerment coach, discuss this personality test and how to use it as a tool for self-actualization.

The Enneagram shows where we go in stress…. It also shows us where we go in strength.
— Tamara Powell

Show Notes:

Who are you? If you want to get some insight into what makes you tick, you might want to check out the Enneagram. In this episode of Woman Worriers, therapist Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., invites Tamara Powell, LMHC, of Arya Therapy Services in Pensacola, Fla., to talk about this ancient tool-turned-modern-day personality test and what it can tell you about your strengths, your shadow side and the sources of your go-to behaviors. They share their Enneagram personality types, the insights they’ve gained from taking the test and how the Enneagram can be used as a tool along with therapy to better understand and get beyond whatever is keeping you from being your authentic self. 

Listen and learn:

  • What “Enneagram” means

  • Different theories of personality

  • What the Enneagram is, what it tells you and why that’s helpful

  • How the Enneagram differs from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

  • Why the Enneagram can be used in conjunction with so many psychological and spiritual frameworks

  • What you should know about your Enneagram type and how you respond to stress

  • Who can benefit from taking an Enneagram test

  • How the Enneagram can help point the way out of wherever you’re stuck

  • How the insights gained from the Enneagram can improve your relationships with others

  • Where to find enneagram tests

  • The difference between free enneagram tests and the Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI®)

  • What the RHETI test costs

  • Why it may take a while to determine your primary personality type

Learn More:

> Tamara Powell’s website

> Tamara Powell’s Arya Therapy Services on Facebook

> Tamara Powell’s Trapezoid Tales on Instagram

> The Enneagram Institute

> The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types by Don Richard Russo and Russ Hudson

> The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships by Suzanne Stabile

> Progression Counseling

> Woman Worriers on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook & Twitter

> Woman Worriers Group on Facebook

> Elizabeth’s Guided Meditations

> Contact me


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