The Method

The Enneagram is a tool, not a label.

The Enneagram is a personality system built around nine core types, each describing a distinct way of seeing the world, protecting oneself, and becoming stuck in patterns. The Iris Method takes the insight of the Enneagram and organizes its purpose into three steps: See, Name, and Apply.

The Method

  • See
    The first and most important step. The Enneagram allows you to see your patterns clearly, both the ones you recognize and the ones you don’t. It brings attention to the way you think, feel, and move through the world with a level of clarity that is difficult to reach on your own.
  • Name
    The second step is to put tangible language to the “how” and “why” behind your behavior. This is where the “box” becomes visible, with each wall and facet clearly named and defined.
  • Apply
    The last step is to practice this awareness in real life. Equipped with insight and language, begin noticing your patterns as they happen and consciously choosing your response. Regain satisfaction, agency, and mastery over yourself by loosening the hold of your patterns, one lived moment at a time.

“The Enneagram is a very old map ... that contains an inner dynamic that aims at change.”

— Richard Rohr, The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective