The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge

When we are disconnected from an authentic sense of self, each type slams into a powerful impeding emotion, one they share in common with the other two types in their center. Riso and Hudson refer to this as each center’s dominant emotion. The enneagram invites us into further exploration of our dominant impeding emotion and its excessive qualities

Nines are easily pulled away by distractions. Everyone else’s priorities are more important than theirs, and such distractions are a great way to self-forget and avoid the pain of not knowing what you want in life.

Prioritizing and distractions. When faced with having to wake up and address their own priorities, Nines will sometimes focus on inessential tasks and leave the more essential ones until last. This is a baffling but effective defensive maneuver on the part of the Nine to turn their attention away from identifying their own life priorities, having t