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Educational Background |
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1960 |
Born on July 26th
in Houston, Texas. |
| 1961-1964 |
Raised in
Brooklyn, NYC. |
| 1965-1978 |
Grew up in Santa
Barbara, CA and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1978. |
| 1978-1980 |
Attended the
University of California at San Diego. |
| 1980-1986 |
Attended the
University of California at Santa Barbara. B.A. in Liberal Studies
(Religious Studies, English Literature, Environmental Studies).
Graduated with Honors. |
| 1987-1990 |
Attended the
California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. M.A. in
Social and Cultural Anthropology, with a specialty in the anthropology
of religion and spiritual communities. |
| 1999-2001 |
Attended New York
University in Manhattan. M.A. in Religious Studies, with a
specialty in feminist and postmodern philosophy of religion. |
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Professional Background |
| 1987 |
Introduced to the Enneagram
in San Francisco, CA. |
| 1993-1995 |
Typed self.
Read numerous Enneagram books and articles. |
| 1995-1997 |
Attended several Enneagram
workshops. |
| 1998 |
Taught first Enneagram workshop in Dharamsala,
India, to over forty people from over twelve different countries. |
| 1999 |
Taught two Enneagram workshops in Reykjavik, Iceland for staff and
faculty members of Namsflokkar Reykjavikur, an adult education college. |
| 1999-2001 |
Graduate Teaching
Assistant at NYU, in the Dept. of Religious Studies. Continued Enneagram studies and practices. Began attending
International Enneagram Association Conferences. |
| 2002-2004 |
Participated in
and graduated from the Enneagram Professional
Training Program (EPTP) of Helen Palmer and David Daniels, M.D. Became a
certified Enneagram teacher in the Narrative Tradition. |
| 2004-Present |
Taught numerous Enneagram
workshops and presentations in the Narrative Tradition in Mt. Shasta,
Redding, Santa Barbara, Nevada City, Ashland, OR, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia,
England and Scotland. |
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Workshops titles include: |
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The Enneagram of Personality: An Ancient Tool for Self-awareness and
and Transformation. |
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The Enneagram of Relationship: Understanding your Partner’s Worldview and
Discovering Points of Contact. |
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The Holy Ideas:
Spiritual Aspects of Character Type. |
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To Function as a
Soul: Initiation and the Enneagram. |
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Introduction to
the Enneagram of Personality. |
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Theosophical
Understandings of the Enneagram. |
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The Enneagram,
Type by Type (Point Groups). |
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Recent Highlights include: |
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Presenting the Enneagram
to Hospice at Mercy Hospital, Mt. Shasta. |
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Teaching the
system to a large group of psychiatrists, psychologists and social
workers at the University of Pennsylvania Counseling Center in
Philadelphia. |
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Offering free
evenings on the Enneagram to packed houses at Village Books in
Mt. Shasta, and The Wisdom Café and Gallery in Nevada City, CA. |
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Leading workshops
for members and long-term guests at the famous Findhorn Community in
Scotland. |
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Traveling to the
Dent Meditation Centre in Cumbria, England and teaching in
a beautiful, old renovated church. |
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Lecturing on the
topic “Spiritual Initiation and the Enneagram” at the 2004 IEA
Conference in Washington, D.C., and "Theosophical Understandings of the
Enneagram" at the 2007 IEA Conference in Redwood City, CA.
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Presenting at the 2006 Wesak
Festival in Mt. Shasta, CA. |
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Leading a weekend
workshop at the Spiritual Enrichment Center (Church of Religious
Science) in Redding, CA in February 2008. |
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Being a guest
speaker at the California Institute of Integral Studies in December
2007, in a graduate class on Transpersonal Psychotherapy. |
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Professional
Affiliations: |
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International Enneagram Association. |
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Association for Transpersonal Psychology. |
