The Practical Enneagram

'Show me your way' - exploring type through literature/film and in community, with Dale Rhodes

August 03, 2021 Rezzan Huseyin Season 1 Episode 16
The Practical Enneagram
'Show me your way' - exploring type through literature/film and in community, with Dale Rhodes
Show Notes

The brilliant and fun Dale Rhodes M.S., M.A. (Sexual 4) talks about his literature and film groups, and his men's groups. 

  • How Dale came to the Enneagram [2.25]
  • His thoughts on the MBTI [7.35]
  • How and why Dale started the film and literature groups [10.30]
  • Who is the standard student for Dale's groups? [17.40]
  • Why look at type through the lens of gender [19.35]
  • A Daoist perspective on type [24.00]
  • How Dale communicates the instincts material [26.40]
  • Why is it important to learn the Enneagram in community? [31.30]
  • A movie and a book per type! [37.50] Starting with Type 2.

Learn more about Dale's work at his website, Enneagram Portland.

References:
Judith Searle's book, the Literary Enneagram.
Tom Condon's the Enneagram Movie & Video Guide.

Dale's list of movies and books for each type:
The Connector (Type 2): Cold Comfort Farm/ and Kiss of Spiderwoman
The Performer (Type 3): The Pursuit of Happyness/ and Black Narcissus
The Romantic (Type 4): Departures/ and Hedda Gabler
The Observer (Type 5): Lars and the Real Girl/ and Into the Wild
The Loyal Skeptic (Type 6): Divergent (teen novel Veronica Roth)/ and Flirting with Disaster (film by David O. Roarke)
The Epicure (Type 7): The Mayor of Castro Street/Milk/ and A Raisin in the Sun
The Protector (Type 8): My Ántonia/ and True Grit
The Peacemaker (Type 9): The Stone Diaries/ and Paterson
The Idealist (Type 1): A Man Called Ove/ and Remains of the Day

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