There are many explanations for why you wound up here, & I’m guessing some might include: experiencing teacher burnout, hoping to explore healthier ways to show up in the classroom (& perhaps life in general), wanting to live less fearfully or guiltily.

AM I CLOSE?

I get it. Truly, I do. After a decade in the classroom, I felt exactly the same way. When happened upon the Enneagram several years ago, pride & fear of vulnerability pretty much ran things. I was exhausted from putting on a face at work every day, & I was closed off from intentional relationships because I feared opening myself up to potential rejection/betrayal. I told myself that I was strong for it, that no one would be able to hurt me by living this way, and that that made me smarter than everyone else. (Yikes. Just typing that out makes me cringe now.)

ENTER THE ENNEAGRAM!

For the first time in my life, I was given language to understand why I am the way I am, where my coping mechanisms started, why they looked the way they did, and how/why I position myself in relation to work, intimacy, family, etc. I had always considered myself a pretty self-aware person, but this new knowledge rocked me a little bit. I felt extremely understood & verrrry exposed. There was laughter, relief, & lotttts of tears. It was complicated, to say the least.

But after I had some time to process, I realized what an immense gift it was to be faced with all of myself (even though there was quite a bit I wasn’t psyched about-- which I now know is super normal when you first discover your type, no matter what type you are!). So I began working on deeper self-discovery, which allowed me to move toward positive, healthy change. It was slow, at first. And at times terrifying. But guess what happened? I learned the importance of practicing self-compassion & grace. I gained a better understanding of my worth. A stronger sense of who I was. A deep appreciation for vulnerability & forgiveness. And relationships that are more open & accepting than I could have ever dreamed of. And my classroom, colleague relationships, & admin engagement transformed.

After experiencing all of that, how could I go back to who I’d been? I couldn’t. So I didn’t.

I want this for you, too.

I have so much hope & confidence that you'll experience fierce self-acceptance, & then use that to propel yourself toward the life you long for. I can't think of a better place for you to start than right here, & it would be an absolute honor to walk alongside you.