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A Chapter by Chapter break down of important books for those who study the Enneagram.

  1. 5d ago

    Chapter 5 | "Atlas of the Heart" | Art of Living with Tension

    Join our weekly Reading Room discussions and workshops at : www.aroundthecircle.org Why are contradictory emotions so uncomfortable—and why might they actually be signs of growth? In this Reading Room episode, Jeff explores Chapter 5 of Brené Brown's Atlas of the Heart through the lens of the Enneagram. From bittersweetness and nostalgia to cognitive dissonance and paradox, the conversation examines why mature people learn to hold tension rather than rush toward certainty. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, and the Enneagram, this episode explores intellectual humility, reflection versus rumination, and the surprising wisdom found in ambiguity. #Enneagram #BreneBrown #AtlasOfTheHeart #PersonalGrowth #SelfAwareness

  2. Oct 14

    Chapter 4 | "Atlas of the Heart" : Confusion and Curiosity

    What happens when we stop trying to have all the answers? In this episode of Reading Room, Jeff Cook continues through Chapter Four of Brené Brown's Atlas of the Heart, exploring the emotions that arise when life stretches beyond our understanding: awe, wonder, confusion, curiosity, interest, and surprise. The conversation examines why awe reconnects us to the natural world, why confusion may be one of the most important conditions for learning, and why curiosity is not simply a feeling but perhaps one of the great human virtues. Along the way, Jeff reflects on philosophy, science, education, weight training, Einstein, Oppenheimer, and the Enneagram to ask a deeper question: What if growth begins not with better answers, but with better questions? This episode also marks a personal shift. After years of teaching, writing, and producing content built around providing answers, Jeff shares why he believes the next season of his work will be centered on curiosity, conversation, and learning alongside others rather than speaking from certainty. Join us as we continue working through Chapter 4 of Atlas of the Heart and consider what it means to become people who embrace wonder, welcome confusion, and cultivate the courage to remain curious.

  3. Oct 11

    Chapter 3 | "Atlas of the Heart" : Disappointment and Regret

    In this week's Reading Room, we dive into Chapter 3 of Brené Brown's Atlas of the Heart : "The Places We Go When Things Don't Go as Planned." Jeff explores boredom, disappointment, regret, discouragement, resignation, and frustration through the lens of the Enneagram, asking what these emotions reveal about desire, courage, vulnerability, and the stories we tell ourselves. Why does disappointment occupy so much of our emotional lives? What does it mean to name what we truly want? And how can regret become a path toward wisdom instead of shame?

  4. Oct 9

    Chapter 2 * Part II | | "The Atlas of the Heart" : Admiration and Envy

    In this week’s Reading Room, Jeff explores Brené Brown’s discussion of comparison and the surprising emotions that can grow from it: admiration, reverence, envy, jealousy, resentment, schadenfreude, and freudenfreude. Along the way, he reflects on why some comparisons inspire growth while others expose our wounds, how resentment may be rooted in hidden envy and unmet needs, and why celebrating the success of others might be one of the deepest forms of connection available to us. From Enneagram insights to questions of justice, self-worth, and belonging, we're invited to pay closer attention to what our emotions are trying to teach us.

  5. Oct 7

    Chapter 2 * Part I | "Atlas of the Heart" : Comparison

    This week in The Reading Room, we continue our journey through Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart by exploring "comparison." Join our Tuesday night discussion : HERE As we elevate other topics in ths text, it seems good to sit on this experience for a moment. Drawing from Brown’s research, we examine how comparison shapes our relationships, self-worth, emotional life, and even our sense of the future.

  6. Oct 3

    Chapter 1 | "Atlas of the Heart" : Stress, Vulnerability, and Anxiety

    In this Reading Room episode, Jeff continues our summer study of Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart, exploring the emotions and experiences that emerge when life feels uncertain, overwhelming, or simply too much. Drawing connections between Brown’s research and the Enneagram, this discussion covers stress, overwhelm, anxiety, worry, avoidance, fear, dread, and vulnerability—and asks what these experiences might be trying to teach us. Topics include: The relationship between stress, coping, and Enneagram movementWhy overwhelm may require something different than more effortThe distinction between anxiety, worry, and fearHow personality shapes emotional experienceVulnerability as courage rather than weaknessThe ongoing conversation between head, heart, and body

  7. Sep 22

    Atlas of the Heart | Introduction

    Sign up for a Free Membership : HERE We've selected our next book. Brené Brown's Atlas of the Heart is one of the most influential books on emotions in recent years, and we're going to talk through it this June and July. The first 2 classes are free to all free members. Register : HERE In this episode, Jeff highlights fifteen key ideas from the introduction that connect emotional awareness, language, and personal growth with the wisdom of the Enneagram. Along the way, he reflects on the relationship between feeling, thinking, and behavior, the importance of naming emotions, and why emotional vocabulary matters for both self-understanding and healthy relationships.

  8. Sep 21

    Conclusion | "Personality and Wholeness in Therapy" | How Your Enneagram Type Solves Problems

    In this episode of the Reading Room, Jeff begins wrapping up Daniel Siegel’s Personality and Wholeness in Therapy by turning to one final piece of the framework: how the nine Enneagram types respond when their usual ways of solving problems stop working. This time, Jeff compares Siegel’s “emotional regulation modes”—upregulating, downregulating, and shifting—with what Around the Circle calls coping styles. Are these simply three tools that healthy people learn to use flexibly, or are they part of a deeper pattern involving how each type moves between the body, heart, and mind? Jeff uses Enneagram Ones as a test case and considers what actually happens when we move from our centered state into problem-solving, stress, and security. Lastly, Jeff asks what integration really requires. Perhaps growth isn't simply getting better at our favorite strategy, but recognizing when the tool we habitually reach for isn't working—and learning that we have other ways of responding available to us.

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