Published Articles, Media and Interviews, Featuring Dr. David Daniels and his Enneagram Work
For over 30 years, Dr. David Daniels, M.D., served his community by teaching the Enneagram system, gifting people the tools necessary for greater self-understanding, reflection, and growth. Through their self-development, he helped them foster more meaningful, loving, and fulfilling relationships with their families, friends, and community. In spreading his message of acceptance, peace, and love through the Enneagram, Dr. David Daniels brought hope and support to those who needed it most.
Through his kind hearted manner and as both one of the founders of the modern Enneagram and a leader in contemporary thought, Dr. David Daniels contributed greatly to the world. He authored The Essential Enneagram (which contains one of the only scientifically validated Enneagram tests available) and The Enneagram, Relationships and Intimacy, and also co-founded many of today’s most prominent Enneagram organizations, including The Narrative Enneagram, the International Enneagram Association, and the first Enneagram Teaching Training Program (EPTP) with Helen Palmer.
Several magazines, scientific journals, and newspapers have recognized Dr. David Daniel’s contributions, citing his research and commemorating his humanitarian efforts. Below are just some of the many organizations that have celebrated both Dr. David Daniels’ work and Dr. David Daniels himself over the years.
What’s the Enneagram Test? Plus, What to Do with Your Results
Shape Magazine
March 30, 2020 — online article taken down in 2025
What’s Your Enneagram Personality? (Chelsea Handler is an 8)
Yahoo! Life
April 5, 2019
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/apos-enneagram-personality-em-psst-130500658.html
This Myers-Briggs Personality Test Alternative is Based on a Centuries-Old System
Well & Good
February 13, 2018
https://www.wellandgood.com/good-advice/myers-briggs-alternative-chelsea-handler-enneagram/
Legacy of David Daniels, M.D. – His Memorial Service
The Enneagram in Business
July 6, 2017
https://theenneagraminbusiness.com/special-people/legacy-david-daniels-md-memorial-service/
Typing Children: Ode to David Daniels
The Enneagram in Business
June 8, 2017
https://theenneagraminbusiness.com/typing/typing-children-ode-david-daniels/
In Loving Memory: David Daniels, M.D.
The Narrative Enneagram
May 27, 2017
https://narrativeenneagram.org/loving-memory-david-daniels-md/
Academic Update: Stanford Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The last year David N. Daniels served on the Adjunct Clinical Faculty at Stanford University
March 1, 2017
https://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/psychiatry/documents/about/AnnualUpdate2017Web.pdf
Approaching the Enneagram in a Multidimensional Way
The Shift Network
October 1, 2014
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Reflections on the 2012 IEA Conference
Conscious Living Center
September, 2012
no longer online…
Nine Ways of Seeing
The Irish Times
June 19, 2012
Sylvia Thompson
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/nine-ways-of-seeing-1.1067304
The Enneagram
Santa Clara County Psychological Association (SCCPA)
March 31, 2012
no longer online
Know Your Type with David Daniels on Reporting Live From the Universe
VividLife
August 12, 2010
no longer online
David Daniels, MD, Stanford Psychiatrist and Enneagram Expert to Join Diane Pendola on Her Show “The Lioness Tale: Awakening the Liberating Spirit”
PRWeb
May 22, 2009
no longer online
David Daniels, Co-Author of “The Essential Enneagram”
Writer’s Voices
November 27, 2009
http://writersvoices.com/podcasts/self-help/david-daniels-the-essential-enneagram/
Podcast 136: The Essential Enneagram with David Daniels, M.D.
Inside Personal Growth
November 5, 2009
https://insidepersonalgrowth.com/podcast-136-the-essential-enneagram-with-david-daniels-m-d/
Psychology with a Bit of Soul
Tampa Bay Times
October 7, 2005
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/08/13/psychology-with-a-bit-of-soul/
Dr. David Daniels, “The Essential Enneagram” – On Writers’ Voices
KRUU-LP 100.1 FM
November 30, 2002
no longer online
The Enneagram and Personality Types
Washington Post
March 5, 2002
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/02/authors/author_daniels030502.htm
Your Ways Are Numbered
Chicago Tribune
June 13, 1995
Mayra Smith
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-06-13-9506130001-story.html
Although no longer available with live links, Dr. Daniels recorded a series of online radio interviews in 2010 and 2011.
Align Shine and Prosper Radio
Essential Enneagram Guide to Self Discovery
hosted by Doreen Agostino, February 16, 2011
Achieve Radio
Conscious Healing
hosted by Sherry Anshara, September 22, 2010
VividLife Radio
Reporting Live from the Universe with David Daniels
hosted by Kristen White, August 17, 2010
BlogTalk Radio
The Essential Enneagram – The Definitive Personality Test and Self Discovery (no longer online)
hosted by Rev. Daya Devi-Doolin
VividLife Radio
The Essential Enneagram
hosted by Sharon Quirt, June 2, 2010
Smart Women Talk Radio
The Essential Enneagram
hosted by Katana Abbot, May 4, 2010
Healthy You Radio
New Year, New You – Using the Enneagram to Make Your Resolutions Reality
hosted by Keesha Ewers, January 2010
In addition, here is an archive of Dr. Daniels’ Social Media postings.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-daniels-824867/
https://www.facebook.com/drdaviddaniels/
https://twitter.com/drdaniels?lang=en