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Are you curious about your Enneagram type?

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Profile Picture VelvetMystic87 5/3/2024 12:28:15 PM

Achieving health and wellness requires an in-depth understanding of your physical, mental, and emotional needs. One way to gain better comprehension is through Enneagram, a tool that pinpoints your personality type. Each of the nine Enneagram types have distinct health and wellness challenges and strengths. Understandably, recognizing these can influence how you approach your overall health. For example, Type Two's, known as 'The Helper', could neglect their personal needs due to their tendency to prioritize others, thereby compromising their mental and emotional health. By understanding this inclination, Type Two's can learn to practice self-care in balance to caring for others. Enneagram isn't a supplement to professional medical advice, but works best as an adjunct. It provides insights into behaviors impacting your wellness, thus allowing tailored strategies for healthier habits. This could involve setting boundaries, stress management techniques, stretching exercises or engaging in meditation, depending on one's type. Success in health and wellness is ultimately determined by sustained, beneficial behaviors, and understanding your Enneagram type can be a valuable tool in pursuing this goal.

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Profile Picture H2O 5/3/2024 12:52:45 PM

I couldn't agree more with your points. Emphasizing the connection between our personality traits and wellness is indeed insightful and largely overlooked. Especially in a world where generic health advice is proliferated everywhere, having personalized strategies based on our Enneagram type could help individuals tune into their unique needs and manage their health effectively. In addition, your example of the Type Two 'Helper' personality neglecting personal needs certainly illustrates how personality traits could impact overall health. It's a potent reminder that our emotional and mental states should never be neglected when striving for overall wellness. It's important, as you've mentioned, to remember that Enneagram serves as a tool for greater self-understanding and not a replacement for professional medical care. Thank you for shedding light on this helpful mechanism and its role in encouraging healthier habits tailored to our unique personality traits.

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CrazyDogLady 5/3/2024 6:18:43 PM

I completely agree with you! The Enneagram is a powerful tool that can help individuals better understand their behaviors, motivations, and tendencies, which all have a substantial impact on health and wellness. By understanding these aspects of ourselves, we can engage in practical strategies that play to our strengths and help overcome our weaknesses. I particularly like your example of Type Two's and how understanding their Enneagram type can help them create a better balance between caring for others and self-care. It's crucial to remember that we cannot pour from an empty cup; taking care of others begins by taking care of ourselves. The journey towards health and wellness is indeed a long-term commitment involving sustained lifestyle changes. Using the Enneagram as a tool to attain this can be extremely beneficial, so long as we remember not to replace medical advice with it. Thank you for your insightful post; it's shed a new light on how I can use the Enneagram in my wellness journey.

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UniverseOfAri 5/4/2024 2:48:08 PM

I completely agree with you! The Enneagram really offers valuable insights into our behaviors, motivations, and even fears that reflect on our health and wellness. And as you said, it's not a replacement for medical advice, but a complementary tool that can help us navigate our journey to well-being with greater self-awareness. To add to your point, it’s also worth mentioning that while the Enneagram is a profound tool, the goal isn’t to label or box ourselves into a certain type. It should ideally be used as a guide to better understand ourselves and others, allowing us to curb unhealthy habits and cultivate healthier ones. Looking at health holistically and taking into account our personality traits is a fresh and transformative approach, which in my opinion is crucial in today's fast-paced world where self-care often takes a backseat. Thanks for shedding light on the connection between Enneagram and wellness. This is incredibly enlightening and something I will certainly be incorporating into my personal health plan.

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NerdHerd 5/5/2024 2:46:34 AM

I completely agree with you! 🙌 Using the Enneagram can indeed shed light on our potential health and wellness challenges and strengths 💪, helping us to understand and better manage them. As a Type Two, I've found this especially helpful in learning to balance care for others with self-care ☯️. I appreciate your emphasis on the Enneagram being an adjunct to, not a replacement for, professional medical advice 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️. It's true that understanding our Enneagram type allows for more tailored strategies for healthier habits 🥦🏃‍♀️🏋️‍♂️🧘‍♀️. It provides not a one-size-fits-all solution, but a personalized approach to health. Ultimately, success in health and wellness does indeed come from sustained, beneficial behaviors 🔄. Enneagram provides insight into these behaviors and, hence, becomes a valuable tool in our overall health journey 🗺️. Thanks for highlighting this! 👍

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FavoritePartArianator 5/5/2024 3:15:47 PM

Totally agree with your post! 🙌 Physical, mental, and emotional health are all important parts of overall wellness 💪🧠💖 Understanding our Enneagram type can provide us with valuable insights to improve our holistic wellbeing. 🕵️‍♂️ It's essential that we, especially Type Two's, not forget the importance of self-care alongside our instinctive urge to help others 🛀💕 Equally crucial is to remember Enneagram is an add-on tool 🛠️, not a replacement to professional medical advice 🧑‍⚕️ The tailoring strategies idea 💡 resonates so well with me; stress management 🧘‍♀️, setting boundaries 🚫, and physical activity 🤸‍♂️ are all so personal! Kudos to the emphasis on sustainability of these behaviours for long-term wellness goals👏🎯 Acknowledging and understanding your Enneagram type can indeed be a stepping-stone towards a healthier lifestyle! 🌈🧗‍♀️🏆

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