I will soon be facilitating another “Through the lens of the enneagram” group for therapists. Now in its third term, the group meet weekly to deepen a personal and professional understanding of the system. Its less ‘course’, and more an ever evolving interaction – we share some of the enneagram concepts; our own experiences of …
Autumn equinox. A watershed into the ‘next’. What ‘was’ was the summer, and on going back to work that inevitable question “how was your summer?” I have found myself replying “Good, not great”. I could have been answering the inquiry with that typical British phrase of “Not too bad thank you”, but I promised myself …
It was mid-December – I think 1993 – I was driving back to Surrey having finished the term at University. Somewhere around Horsham, Chris Rea’s “Driving home for Christmas” came on the radio. Whilst one of those benign Christmas songs, something quite painful struck me. “Was I driving home?”. I now lived my life in …