The way we’re made plays a huge role in how we experience and process suffering. Do we dive deep into our feelings or try to avoid them? Do we long for community or have a strong desire to pull back and handle things ourselves?

With this in mind, we’re starting a three part series on suffering through the lens of the Enneagram. It’s a robust framework that can help facilitate a deep dive into how we’re made and how we work. I’m joined on all three of the upcoming episodes by Kelley Gray, a licensed counselor and Enneagram expert. She currently works with Restoring the Soul–and organization that does powerful counseling intensives.

On this episode Kelley walks us through numbers 1-3 on the Enneagram–exploring how each of these types approaches life and difficulty.