If you were able to look back on your life in slow motion, could you begin to pinpoint the exact moments when you made choices that changed the entire trajectory of your life? These can be the big life decisions like where to move or who your life partner is or whether or not to change your career. Choice points can also be the small daily interactions you have with your day that impact your perspective.

Most of us ponder the questions “Who am I?” or “Why do I do the things I do?”. We’re curious about the motivation behind our actions, and often we look to outside sources to help us better understand ourselves. While personality tests and quizzes like “Which character from The Office are you?” are interesting and fun to take, the Enneagram contains spiritually-guided wisdom and has a unique perspective that can aid people to feel a closer connection to themselves, their values, and better understand the patterns that exist throughout their life.

Think back to the process of growing up. Do you remember growing pains? Physiologically, what happens is that as our bodies stretch and grow; our joints become sore. Sometimes we might even tell our parents about that mysterious soreness, and to our surprise, they chalk it up to “growing pain”.