We chat with Chris Heuertz, author, speaker, and Enneagram coach. He’s telling us all about the Enneagram, an ancient and informative test that can give you some serious insight into who you are, what drives you, and what you’re afraid of. It’ll shed some light on your personal and professional relationships, and make you want to have everyone else in your life take it.

New song debut: “Seven” – the 23rd song (of 25) in my Atlas: Year Two song series (and the 7th song in the Enneagram chapter – a song for each of the nine unique and beautiful Enneagram types.)
In this episode, I tell the birth story of “Seven” and piece by piece, I explain the heart, intention and inspiration behind each lyric and sound in this song, and discuss who these optimistic and incredibly deep Enneagram Type Sevens are with resident Enneagram master, Chris Heuertz.

Christopher Heuertz joins Steve on the podcast to discuss his book The Sacred Enneagram. The book is described as (via the Gravity Center page):Move beyond type as mere caricature and learn how to work with the Enneagram for spiritual growth.Christopher L. Heuertz was first introduced to the Enneagram in the slums of Cambodia. Since then he has trained under some of the great living Enneagram masters including Father Richard Rohr, Russ Hudson, Marion Gilbert, and Helen Palmer, and now teaches the Enneagram in workshops and retreats around the world. Chris is an International Enneagram Association Accredited Professional. He and his wife Phileena live in Omaha with their puppy Basil, and you can join him on Facebook and Twitter in his intentions to love on the margins.

Have you ever heard of the Enneagram test? It’s like Myers Briggs or a DISC test, only this personality test dates back hundreds of years that divides people up into one of 9 numbers. In today’s episode, we’re speaking with Enneagram expert Chris Heuertz. Chris took us through our personality types, our conflict resolution style and how we can love each other better and work together better by understanding why our partner processes things the way they do. Book: The Sacred Enneagram by Chris Heuertz https://amzn.to/2P5zIKT Follow Chris on Instagram at @ChrisHeuertz or here: www.sacredenneagram.org Google “free enneagram test” to find out your number. We like this one https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/

New song debut: “Six” – the 22nd song (of 25) in my Atlas: Year Two song series, and the 6th song in the Enneagram chapter – a song for each of the nine unique and beautiful Enneagram types. In this episode, I tell the birth story of “Six” – piece by piece, I explain the heart, intention and inspiration behind each lyric and sound in this song, and discuss who these complex, vital and misunderstood Enneagram Type Sixes are with resident Enneagram master, Chris Heuertz.

On Episode 109 of Are You Real Purpose Host Jon Fuller talks to the Author of The Sacred Enneagram Christopher Heuertz. Christopher has spent the last 25 years of his life in the Non- profit sector. He has volunteered with Mother Teresa as well as started one of the first pediatric aids care homes in South Asia for kids with HIV. Christopher went to a Christian Liberal Arts school, and originally thought he would end up in the church world, but a trip to Jerusalem open his eyes to suffering that allowed him to change his focus. Having this experience as a young person caused him to have to go back to scripture to see what the bible says about helping others in need. Christopher talks in depth about how he was impacted by Mother Teresa during those early years of his life, and reflects on the type of person she was. He says he has never again since then been in the presence of someone who has the depth and love she had. He says she threw herself into the mystery of the divine love, and realized it was beyond her. It was something remarkable and beautiful. She was a person that continued to say yes even when everything in her wanted to say no.
Christopher also talks about his intriguing book The Sacred Enneagram, and gives much insight into the different personality types, and why it is important to embark on the journey of self love. He says “We need to build the best of ourselves. Love our neighbor as ourself. Most of us don’t love ourselves well.” Chris also says that recognizing the sewers in our own souls that have been neglected or ignored are an important part of growth as a person. You don’t want to miss this in depth, exciting episode of Are You Real Purpose!!
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New song debut: “Five” – the fifth of nine songs inspired by the nine Enneagram types! “Five” belongs to the ongoing series of songs, Atlas by Sleeping At Last. In this episode, you’ll hear how the song came about, the Enneagram, who an Enneagram type “Five” is and so much more! Guest: Chris Heuertz.

The Enneagram will CHANGE.your.life…and relationships!

On Today’s show, I have a conversation with Chris Heuertz, author of the book, The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth.If you are new to the Enneagram, Chris explains the 9 Enneagram “Types,” how our type is formed and how understanding our type can lead to spiritual growth and maturity. The 9 Enneagram types:Type 1: The need to be perfectType 2: The need to be neededType 3: The need to succeedType 4: The need to be uniqueType 5: The need to understandType 6: The need to be secureType 7: The need to avoid painType 8: The need to be against (contrarians)Type 9: The need to avoidTo find out more about the Sacred Enneagram and upcoming workshops, check out his website https://gravitycenter.com/sacredenneagram/Here are two resources to take Enneagram test online: (Be aware that the test is not the end all be all! Read about each type and see which most resonates.)

This bonus track is an edited snippet from my interview with Chris Heuertz for the Contemplate This! podcast, conversations on contemplation and compassion. My interview with Chris was so rich and in-depth that I wanted to break out this 7 minute section where he gives a very concise overview of what the Enneagram is – or better, how it functions as a tool for spiritual growth and integration – and he gives an incredible overview of the nine personality typologies, or as he calls them the nine paths to God. If you’re totally new to the Enneagram, or even if you’re not, this is one of the best quick introductions I’ve ever heard, and it seemed worthy of its own mini-episode. I hope you enjoy it, and after you listen here, head over to the full episode and dive all the way in with Chris’s wisdom on the Enneagram in the full podcast of episode 5 at thomasjbushlack.com/episode5. You will not be disappointed.

Chris Heuertz was introduced to the Enneagram by a friend in India and it radically changed his life – leading to a shocking and difficult awakening, a “severe mercy,” but one that led him on a journey of self-discovery and in-depth study of the Enneagram system and process of spiritual transformation. The wisdom of this journey is collected in his recent book, The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth. This interview breaks open a deeper understanding of the Enneagram, which Chris approaches more as a process for understanding our energies and our path to God, rather than a psycho-spiritual personality typology. For those listeners not familiar with the Enneagram, I have compiled some introductory resources below, and the bonus track, “Introducing the Enneagram with Chris Heuertz” also provides a short (less than 10 min.) to the Enneagram and the nine points. Chris has spent his life bearing witness to the possibility of hope among a world that has legitimate reasons to question God’s goodness. Originally from Omaha, Nebraska, Chris studied at Asbury University in Kentucky before moving to India where he was mentored by Mother Teresa for three years. While living in India, he helped launch South Asia’s first pediatric AIDS care home – creating a safe haven for children impacted by the global pandemic. A forerunner in the New Friar movement, Chris and his wife Phileena served with the Word Made Flesh community for nearly 20 years, working for women and children victimized by human traffickers in the commercial sex industry. This has taken Chris to over 70 countries working among the most vulnerable of the world’s poor. In 2012 Phileena and Chris launched Gravity, a Center for Contemplative Activism. Named one of Outreach magazine’s “30 Emerging Influencers Reshaping Leadership,” Chris is a curator of unlikely friendships, an instigator for good, a champion of collaboration, and a witness to hope, Chris fights for a renewal of contemplative activism.

New song debut: “Four” – the fourth of nine songs inspired by the nine Enneagram types! “Four” belongs to the ongoing series of songs, Atlas by Sleeping At Last. In this episode, you’ll hear how the song came about, the Enneagram, who an Enneagram type “Four” is and so much more! Guest: Chris Heuertz.

Chris Heuertz, author of The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth, joins Cath and Kell for an even deeper dive into the sacred wisdom of the Enneagram and the gift that “type” can be. “It’s not nine buckets that your soul gets dumped into, it’s a color wheel,” Chris says. Cath (a 4w3) says: “I’m a 4 with a 3 wing, but it’s like a special Nemo wing.” EVERYBODY NOW: Awwwwwwwwwww.

New song debut: “Three” – the third of nine songs inspired by the nine Enneagram types! “Three” is also part of the ongoing series of songs, Atlas by Sleeping At Last. In this episode, you’ll hear how the song came about, the Enneagram, who an Enneagram type “Three” is and so much more! Guest: Chris Heuertz.

Chris Heuertz is a founding partner of Gravity, a center for contemplative activism based in Omaha, Nebraska that helps people “to do good better” by hosting a weekly prayer sit, leading contemplative retreats and pilgrimages, providing spiritual direction, and facilitating Enneagram consultations. Prior to starting Gravity, the he co-founded and served for 20 years with Word Made Flesh, a non-profit organization that extends love and care to the most vulnerable in some of the world’s poorest slums, red light areas, and places of intense human suffering. Chris is the author of Unexpected Gifts: Discovering the Way of Community, which explores how the challenges of community, such as betrayal, failure, and doubt, can actually become unexpected gifts. His latest book is The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth. Chris is also regular guest on the Sleeping At Last podcast, which is creating a series of songs and conversations about all nine Enneagram types.

Today we continue the fascinating conversation with Chris Heuertz about his book, “The Sacred Enneagram Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth.” My favorite quote from this interview- “God is not a punk!” If you have not listened to episode #132 yet, please listen to that first.

I am SO EXCITED to bring you this special edition of the podcast – actually two! Today we learn from Chris Heuertz about how the Enneagram types can help guide our spiritual journey. So many insights were shared by Chris, we had to divide this into two episodes.

Read his book: The Sacred Enneagram, Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth

Learn more at:

GravityCenter.com and SacredEnneagram.org

Discern your enneagram type with the RHETI test (small fee) at EnneagramInstitute.com or the EnneaApp (free quiz) or read the type descriptions and discern for yourself.

Background music from “Soul Breaker” by Alex Mason & The Minor Emotions.

Our “For the Love of New Beginnings” series continues strong with Enneagram expert Chris Heuertz. Are you a 2 (The Helper) or perhaps an 8 (The Challenger)? Or maybe a 3 (The Achiever), like Jen? If you don’t know what the heck we’re talking about, we’re here to help. Chris has written a new book called The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth and shares why The Enneagram is one of the most powerful and insightful tools for understanding ourselves and others. Jen and Chris both share how knowing their Enneagram types has helped them embrace their strengths and their flaws and how it has enhanced understanding and compassion in their key relationships. If you haven’t taken the Enneagram, you are going to want to after you listen to this episode. Visit JenHatmaker.com/podcast for links to Enneagram Institute resources.

On this podcast, Michael concludes his conversation with Christopher Heuertz, author of “The Sacred Enneagram: Finding your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth”. Chris is also the author of 3 other books, “Unexpected Gifts: Discovering the Way of Community”, “Simple Spirituality: Learning to See God in a Broken World”, and “Friendship at the Margins: Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission”.
After 20 years of grassroots work in some of the world’s poorest slums, red light districts and places of intense human suffering, Chris and his wife Phileena founded Gravity, a Center for Contemplative Activism that exists to nurture the integral connection between contemplation and action. Gravity grounds social change in contemplative spirituality, to do good better by facilitating contemplative retreats, spiritual direction, enneagram consultations, and pilgrimage. Chris says, “Our aim is to make contemplative practices accessible to individuals and communities who care about their spirituality and want to make the world a better place.