Book List

Recommended books in order from beginner to advanced:

• Archetypes of the Enneagram by Susan Rhodes

• The Enneagram in Love by Stephanie Barron Hall

• The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram by Sandra Maitri

Music (album featuring one track dedicated to each type):

• Atlas: Enneagram by Sleeping at Last

Books with a clinical orientation:​

• Metaphysical Anatomy by Evette Rose (pain and illness)

• Hold Me Tight by Dr. Susan Johnson (couples/attachment)

• The State of Affairs by Esther Perel (couples/infidelity)

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Dr. Lindsay Gibson (attachment)

• The Highly Sensitive Person by Dr. Elaine Aron (neurodivergence)

• Polysecure by Jessica Fern (attachment/ethical non-monogamy)

Books with a spiritual orientation:

• The Definitive Book of Human Design by Lynda Bunnell & Ra Uru Hu

• The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller (grief)

• Dream Work by Jeremy Taylor (dream interpretation)

• The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff (Taoism for beginners)

• Trauma and the Soul by Donald Kalsched (trauma & spirit)

• Existential Kink by Carolyn Elliott (kink/shadow work)​

Resources for Filipinos:

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• Babaylan by Dr. Leny Mendoza Strobel

• Back from the Crocodile's Belly by Dr. Leny Mendoza Strobel

• Tales from the 7,000 Isles by Dr. Art Guillermo & Dr. Nimfa Rodeheaver

• Permission to Come Home by Jenny T. Wang (Asian-American experience)

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BIPOC poetry and folk wisdom:

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• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo

• She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo

• Women Who Run with the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

• Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place by bell books

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Critical texts on race and gender:

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• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

• All About Love by bell hooks

• White Like Me by Tim Wise

• Toward a Feminist Theory of the State by Catherine McKinnon

• We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love by Robert Johnson​

• Healing Through Words journal by Rupi Kaur

• Practice You: A Journal by Elena Brewer

• The Internal Family Systems Workbook by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D.

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy workbook by Eileen Bailey, Dr. Steven Brodsky, Psy.D., and Dr. Jayme Albin​​