Introducing the Enneagram with Jessica Denise Dickson

Welcome to our Enneagram series!! This fall we're doing a deep dive on the Enneagram, which is an ancient spiritual tool used for better understanding ourselves, and one another. 

This week, Jessica Denise Dickson introduces us to the history and usage of the Enneagram, and gives an overview of the 9 types. It's a little longer than our typical episode, but it is jam packed with amazing wisdom and information!

Throughout the next nine weeks, we will have more expert guests doing deep dives on each of the 9 types. We pray this series helps you better understand yourself, and gives you tools for deepening and strengthening your relationships with others!

Below Jessica's bio, you'll find lots of resources, including some recommended Enneagram tests to help determine which type you are, as well as books and websites.

About Jessica Denise Dickson
Jessica Denise Dickson is a life empowerment coach who teaches and coaches for the reclamation of our full humanity, equity, justice, and freedom through the intersections of the Enneagram, antiracism, and embodiment. She does this in one-on-one coaching, in groups and workshops, and with organizations.

To this work, Jessica brings a Master’s degree in Counseling, a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a career counseling certificate, and embodiment training with several teachers. She also has over 15 years of experience in diversity education; 9 years as an Enneagram student and teacher; years recruiting, training, and providing professional development for staff; and a commitment to her own personal and professional growth . . . and more.

She believes when we do this work, we live more authentically with self-trust, self-safety, and fully-embodied freedom. When we do this, we change the world.

Resources

• Free Enneagram test (once you receive your results, you can pay to learn more, but we recommend taking a screenshot of your results and then going to the Enneagram Institute to learn more)
• Paid Enneagram test via the Enneagram Institute (at the time of this recording, it costs $12)
• Learn about Enneagram types in relationship with other Enneagram types

Book Recommendations

• The Road Back to You by Suzanne Stabile and Ian Morgan Crohn
• The Enneagram for Black Liberation: Return to Who You Are Beneath the Armor You Carry by Chichi Agoram
• Millenneagram: The Enneagram Guide for Discovering Your Truest, Baddest Self by Hannah Paasch
• The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective by Richard Rohr and Andreas Ebert