• Remembering
    David Daniels

    • David Daniels Personal Bio
    • David Daniels Formal Bio and Enneagram Contributions
    • How David Daniels Discovered the Enneagram
    • David Daniels and the Enneagram in the Press
    • David’s Recommended Resources
    • Quotes from David Daniels, MD
    • “Ask David” Archive
    • David’s Blog Archive
    • “David’s Weekly Thoughts” Archive
  • The Enneagram &
    Getting Started

    • What is the Enneagram?
    • Getting Started with the Enneagram
    • The Enneagram’s Basic Propositions
    • Descriptions of the 9 Enneagram Types

      • Enneagram Type 1
      • Enneagram Type 2
      • Enneagram Type 3
      • Enneagram Type 4
      • Enneagram Type 5
      • Enneagram Type 6
      • Enneagram Type 7
      • Enneagram Type 8
      • Enneagram Type 9
    • History of the Enneagram as We Know It Today
    • Quick Tips for Each Enneagram Type
  • Enneagram
    Articles

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    • The Enneagram, Transformation
      & Growth

      • Why the Enneagram for Development?
      • The Enneagram Triads
      • The 5 As of Transformation
      • What is Integration? Insights from the Enneagram
      • The Enneagram and How We Actually Change
      • The Pause and Miracle of Receptivity
      • The Pause in a Fast-Paced Day
      • Using the Enneagram to Understand and Manage Anger
      • The Enneagram, Loss, and Grief
      • Inspirational Enneagram Stories
    • The Enneagram
      & Neurobiology

      • Our Neurobiology and the Enneagram
      • Nature AND Nurture: Acquiring an Enneagram Type
      • Temperament and the Enneagram
      • Scientific Study of the Enneagram
    • The Enneagram &
      Spirituality

      • Enneagram’s Holy Ideas: Essential Spiritual Qualities
      • For What Are We Remembered?
      • Integrating Our Enneagram Essence in Our Lives
    • The Enneagram for
      a Better World

      • Why the Enneagram and What Really Matters
      • Greed to Generosity and Enneagram Types
      • Enneagram and Saving Our Lives and the Planet
      • A New Paradigm: The Enneagram Prison Project
      • Enneagram Prison Project and Teaching in Prison
      • Forgiveness: How It’s Truly a Path to Freedom
      • The Roots of Violent Behavior
      • Who Exactly Are the “Good Guys” with Guns?
      • Losing Robin Williams: 7 4 1 Triad
    • The Enneagram &
      Important Topics

      • Enneagram’s Narrative Tradition
      • Enneagram Typing and Children
      • First Enneagram Global Summit
      • Russ Hudson and David Teaching the Enneagram
  • Growth &
    Wholeness

    • The Universal Growth Process
    • Universal Growth Process by Enneagram Type
    • Fundamental Breath Practice by Dr. David Daniels
    • Growth Practices

      • Growth Practice for Everyone – All 9 Enneagram Types
      • Enneagram Type 1 Growth
      • Enneagram Type 2 Growth
      • Enneagram Type 3 Growth
      • Enneagram Type 4 Growth
      • Enneagram Type 5 Growth
      • Enneagram Type 6 Growth
      • Enneagram Type 7 Growth
      • Enneagram Type 8 Growth
      • Enneagram Type 9 Growth
    • “Personality and Wholeness in Therapy” by Dan Siegel, MD

      • An Overview of the PDP Model and the Enneagram
      • Enneagram Type 1 Wholeness
      • Enneagram Type 2 Wholeness
      • Enneagram Type 3 Wholeness
      • Enneagram Type 4 Wholeness
      • Enneagram Type 5 Wholeness
      • Enneagram Type 6 Wholeness
      • Enneagram Type 7 Wholeness
      • Enneagram Type 8 Wholeness
      • Enneagram Type 9 Wholeness
    • Weekly Reflections for Each Enneagram Type
  • The Enneagam
    & Relationships

    • The Enneagram, Relationships, and Intimacy
    • BOOK RESOURCES: The Enneagram, Relationships, and Intimacy
    • The Enneagram, Love, and Relationships
    • Enneagram Types in Relationship and 45 Combinations
    • Why Do We Love?
    • Touch, Love, and Enneagram Types
    • A Separate Self and Love
    • Dao and Enneagram Practices for Relationships
  • Enneagram Test
    & Resources

    • Take the Essential Enneagram Test: Discover Your Type
    • Enneagram Resources for University Students
    • Stanford Enneagram Test & Guide
    • Essential Enneagram Books
    • Enneagram Audio & Podcasts
    • Enneagram Videos & DVD
    • The Narrative Enneagram (TNE) Training
    • International Enneagram Association (IEA)

David’s Recommended Resources

David’s Recommended Enneagram Resources: Partners and Alliances


The Narrative Enneagram (TNE)


Enneagram Prison Project


International Enneagram Association


Author and Thought-Leader, Helen Palmer


Enneagram Teacher, Counselor, Body Therapist, Peter O’Hanrahan


Somatic Enneagram, Marion Gilbert


Author, Enneagram Teacher, Business Consultant, and Coach, Ginger Lapid-Bogda


Organizational Development Consultant and Founder Integrative Enneagram Solutions, Dirk Cloete


Author, Enneagram Teacher, and Coach, Suzanne Dion


Enneagram Teacher and Coach Alchemy Works, Sandra Smith


Enneagram Teacher, Human Potentialist, Susan Olesek


Enneagram Teacher, Anne Geary


The Narrative Tradition, Jeanette van Stijn


Author, Attachment Theorist, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Daniel J.Siegel, M.D.


Humanistic Psychologist, Carl Rodgers


Enneagram Books David Daniels, M.D., Recommends


“The Essential Enneagram, Revised and Updated”
David Daniels, M.D., and Virginia Price, Ph.D.


“The Enneagram, Relationships and Intimacy”
David Daniels, M.D. and Suzanne Dion


“The Enneagram in Love and Work”
Helen Palmer


“The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram”
Sandra Maitri


“Wisdom of the Enneagram”
Don Riso and Russ Hudson”


“The Complete Enneagram”
Beatrice Chestnut


“Nine Lenses on the World: The Enneagram Perspective”
Jerome Wagner


“Roaming Free Inside the Cage”
William Schafer


“The Relationships Matrix: The 45 Combinations of Enneagram-type Relationships”
David Daniels, M.D.


“Stanford Enneagram Discovery Inventory and Guide”
David Daniels, M.D.
Virginia Price, Ph.D.


Additional Books of Interest David Found Useful

“The Blue Chip Store”
Clay Tumey


“Integral Spirituality”
Ken Wilbur


“The Spectrum of Consciousness”
Ken Wilbur


“Affective Neuroscience”
Jaak Panksepp, Ph.D.


“Mindsight The New Science of Personal Transformation”
Dan Siegel, M.D.


“The Mindful Brain”
Dan Siegel, M.D.


“Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology”
Dan Siegel, M.D.


“Inner Knowing”
Edited by Helen Palmer


“Finding God Through Sex: Awakening the One of Spirit Through the Two of Flesh”
David Deida


“A General Theory of Love”
Thomas Lewis, M.D., Earl Amini, M.D., and Richard Lannon, M.D.


“Born To Be Good”
Dacher Keltner


“The Lessons of History”
Will and Ariel Durant


“A New Earth”
Eckhart Tolle


“Violence and the Struggle for Existence”
David Daniels, M.D. and Colleagues


“Violence: Reflections on National Epidemic”
James Gilligan


“The Emotional Life of Your Brain”
Richard Davidson, Ph.D. with Sharon Begley


“Hardwiring Happiness”
Richard Hanson, Ph.D.


“Fall in Love Stay in Love”
Willard Harley


“Loving Kindness”
Sharon Salzberg


“A Path with Heart”
Jack Kornfield


“Wherever You Go There You Are”
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.


“Effortless Mind: Meditation with Ease”
Ajayan Borys


“The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace”
John Paul Lederach


Videos to Watch


“Just Breathe”
Julia and Josh Salzman
Wave Crest Films


“Listening to Shame”
Brené Brown


“The Universal Growth Process, The 5 As to Follow when Pursuing Transformation”
David Daniels, M.D.


“David Daniels and Susan Olesek Discuss the Enneagram on ‘Eye on South Florida’ From Reducing Recidivism Rates to Having Better Relationships”
David Daniels, M.D.
Susan Olesek


Podcasts to Listen To


“Instinctual Subtypes: The Enneagram’s Hidden Force”
David Daniels, M.D.
Peter O’Hanrahan


“Conversations with David: The Neurobiology of Mammals and the Enneagram”
David Daniels, M.D.
Jack Killen, M.D.


“Conversations with David: Mindfulness and Learning About One’s Self with the Enneagram”
David Daniels, M.D.
Santikaro


Enneagram Test to Take


“The Essential Enneagram: The Definitive Personality Guide” – Online Version and Book Version
David Daniels, M.D. and Virginia Price, Ph.D.


Find Additional Enneagram Products


The Narrative Enneagram Store
The Narrative Enneagram


 


The Essential Enneagram 25th Anniversary
AUDIO BOOK
Available on AUDIBLE.


The Essential Enneagram 25th Anniversary PAPERBACK and KINDLE
Available at BARNES AND NOBLE, BOOKSHOP.ORG, or on AMAZON


The Enneagram, Relationships, and Intimacy PAPERBACK and KINDLE
Available at BARNES AND NOBLE, BOOKSHOP.ORG, or on AMAZON

The Enneagram Relationships and Intimacy book cover

Enneagram Types Relationship Matrix, $15

Enneagram Types Relationship Matrix book cover

Learn more about using the Enneagram and the PDP Model together.

Personality and Wholeness in Therapy

The Essential Enneagram Online Test, $10

The Narrative Enneagram Essential Test
The Legacy of David Daniels, M.D.

Feel free to get in touch! We welcome your ideas and inputs about how to further share the Enneagram, including getting started, accurate typing, and the Enneagram for bettering relationships—all of which David cared so much about.


If you would like to hold a workshop, training, or a book club series with Suzanne Dion, David’s co-author of The Enneagram, Relationships, and Intimacy please reach out.

Learn and Grow with the Enneagram
  • Remembering David
  • David’s Enneagram Books
  • The Essential Enneagram Test
  • Quotes from David Daniels, MD
  • The Enneagram, Love, and Relationships
  • The Universal Growth Process
  • Our Neurobiology and the Enneagram
  • The Enneagram Triads
    • Personality and Wholeness in Therapy by Dan Siegel and the PDP Group
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