Our personality types can put us into an almost hypnotic trance, something I’d call the shadow. We relegate to the shadow those parts of ourselves we don't want to see. What the Enneagram does is it takes a flashlight and it goes into the shadow with you. It helps us embrace the journey inward. It's not going to be comfortable. Embracing pain isn’t something we do well. But it’s important to feel those things as they come up, not analyze them, not try and figure them out.