(I know, I know: if I end the story here I could add Harrison Ford and a monkey and have the backstory for an Indiana Jones movie.

In the early 1900s an undeniably strange teacher named George Gurdjieff used the ancient nine-pointed geometric figure, or enneagram, to teach esoteric subjects unrelated to personality types. In 'The Road Back to You', coauthors Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile unlock the 9 unique numbers of the Enneagram and helps readers not only discover who they are but how to have. She is the mother of four children and grandmother of seven. Joseph Stabile, a United Methodist pastor with whom she co-founded Life in the Trinity Ministry and the Micah Center. Some say that elements of the Enneagram also appear in other world religions, including Sufism (the mystical tradition within Islam) and Judaism. When she is not on the road teaching and lecturing, Suzanne is at home in Dallas, Texas with her husband Rev. Some trace its origins back to a Christian monk named Evagrius, whose teachings formed the basis for what later became the Seven Deadly Sins, and to the desert mothers and fathers of the fourth century, who used it for spiritual counseling.

Joseph Stabile, cofounded Life in the Trinity Ministry. What is clear is that it’s been a work in progress for a long time. Suzanne Stabile is an internationally-celebrated Enneagram master teacher. No one knows for certain when, where or who first came up with the idea for this map of the human personality. Suzanne Stabile is a highly sought after speaker and teacher, known for her engaging laugh, personal vulnerability and creative approach to Enneagram instruction. When my grandmother didn’t know what to make of something she would say it was “novel.” I suspect that’s how she’d describe the Enneagram.

Suzanne stabile the road back to you