Wrapping up Season 5 of Nine Lives is a discussion of Enneagram Nine. Rachel Rudeen, Cherri Rodriguez and yours truly join forces to form this panel.

Enneagram Nines are known as the peacemakers and mediators. While these roles are powerful gifts that Nines contribute to the world, in their less developed stages, Nines tend to seek peace by avoiding conflict at all costs. They deny their anger, go along to get along and fall asleep to their own priorities.

Another characteristic of Enneagram Nines is their pursuit of creating and maintaining harmony. Our panelists speak to the challenge of creating genuine harmony. True harmony only exists when all voices are represented, including the Nine's. This pushes Enneagram Nines out of their propensity to merge and not show up when needed. Their gift of harmony then becomes the secret sauce for creating community.

Rachel is a mom, photographer and ceramic pottery artist. Find her at rachelrudeen.com. Cherri is a fundraising coach and operates her business, Fruitful Fundraising (fruitfulfundraising.co). My work as a Certified Enneagram Teacher can be found at transmuto.org.