Transformation: Knowing What We Are Looking For
“Self-observation aims to create enough internal space to really watch—with fresh eyes and adequate distance—what you are thinking,...
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Jeffrey King
- Sep 9
- 3 min
Transformation: What do You See?
“If we have the courage to be honest with ourselves about the things we know we do, the things we avoid knowing we do, and the adaptive...
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Jeffrey King
- Sep 2
- 4 min
Transformation through Remembering
“The Enneagram’s greatest gift to us is growth—and not growth in the capitalistic, productivity-metric sense, but growth more in the...
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Jeffrey King
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Transformation: Starting with Original Blessing
We talk a lot in Enneagram circles about “transformation.” In fact, the whole goal of the Enneagram is to generate personal and...
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Jeffrey King
- Nov 14, 2023
- 1 min
Interview with Mystic Mag
I was recently interviewed by Katarina Todorovic with Mystic Mag. Follow the link for the article. https://www.mysticmag.com/psychic-read...
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Jeffrey King
- Aug 4, 2022
- 3 min
The story of Transmuto being a nonprofit
WHY IS TRANSMUTO A NONPROFIT? Would you be surprised to learn that Transmuto is a nonprofit? I’d love to tell you the story why. Prior to...
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Jeffrey King
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
Defense Mechanism--Type Eight
Many might find it surprising that Enneagram Eights possess a defense mechanism. Eights come across with great strength, confidence and...
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Jeffrey King
- May 17, 2021
- 2 min
Defense Mechanism--Type Seven
We've worked our way through Types 1-6 in our exploration of defense mechanisms from the Enneagram perspective. We now land on Type 7,...
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Jeffrey King
- May 3, 2021
- 2 min
Defense Mechanism--Type Six
Our next stop working our way around the Enneagram as we explore our defense mechanisms is Type Six--the loyalist, trooper, skeptic,...
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Jeffrey King
- Apr 16, 2021
- 2 min
Defense Mechanism--Type 5
We've been working our way around the Enneagram circle, discussing each Type's primary defense mechanism. A common mistake we make when...
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Jeffrey King
- Apr 8, 2021
- 2 min
Defense Mechanism--Type 4
My apologies for the lag between posts. We spent a good chunk of March moving. We decided to downsize and relocate after 25 years. We...
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Jeffrey King
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
Defense Mechanism--Type Three
What do you do when you feel uncomfortable in social situations? What is your automatic response when you feel insecure? Or when negative...
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Jeffrey King
- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
Defense Mechanism--Type Two
One of the more fascinating patterns of human behavior is the phenomena known as defense mechanisms. I introduced defense mechanisms in...
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Jeffrey King
- Feb 17, 2021
- 2 min
Defense Mechanisms--Type One
Each of us has automatic defense mechanisms that we employ when our anxiety elevates. We use defense mechanisms to overcompensate for the...
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Jeffrey King
- Jan 23, 2021
- 2 min
Enneagram insights for anxiety
Many have found the Enneagram to be an accurate and effective system for working with anxiety. The Enneagram identifies our core fears...
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Jeffrey King
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min
Can we recognize anxiety when we see it?
Several years ago, I underwent a very, very difficult season of life. When my life is all done, I hope to be able to say, “That was THE...
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Jeffrey King
- Dec 15, 2020
- 3 min
Having anxiety without anxiety having us
Much attention has been given to stress and anxiety surrounding all we’ve experienced in 2020. Many are looking forward to turning the...
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Jeffrey King
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
Toward a healthier spirituality
I'm working through a journaling program, and this week's prompts were: “Write about a time in your youth that you felt lonely.” “Write...
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Jeffrey King
- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 min
Keeping Our Energy Supply Open
One of my Enneagram teachers, Helen Palmer, is fond of saying that Enneagram work is all about recovering the "juice of life." This is...
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Jeffrey King
- Nov 23, 2020
- 2 min
Relationship by the Numbers: Which Type Combinations are Best?
When people discover the clarity the Enneagram brings to understanding self and others, one of the first questions often asked is, “Which...
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