"What worked? I found the whole experience so valuable! You have such a gift of creating a safe space to learn and share where everyone is valued and heard! You have such a unique gift of teaching the Enneagram with a nuance that I haven't heard before that deeply connected to me in my Enneagram space. I learned so much looking at each Enneagram type through the lens of film and literature. I find myself wondering about types as I watch and read everything now! The resources provided in schoology were so helpful and interesting! It was such a gift to get to know my small group filled with such amazing people and I learned even more from each of them. Thank you Dale!"
"Great way to explore the enneagram at more depth, and see it at work in the world beyond your own personality!"
- Carol Ferris
"What worked? All of it. The "lecture/teaching" sessions were informative and insightful. Learned something new or gained a new perspective with each class & course. I loved the incorporation of learning / studying the Enneagram while enjoying films & literature, some films/books that I might not have otherwise read or come across on my own. The panels were very informative and provided both high & low sides of each type in a warm & safe environment with an understanding/accepting audience each time. The small individual groups were warm, welcoming, safe, and friendly. And the 1-to-1 meetings were personal and more rich than I'd expected them to be."
"The class combines the joy of self-discovery and expanding one's capacity for empathy with great literature and live action performances. Plus you get to hang out with really cool people."
- Maren Symonds
"What worked? Building on previous years, the opportunity to look at each type in all its "many wanderings." To hear from, and gain greater understanding of, those types whom I tend to view as mysteries, or "other.' To see new dimensions in those types, like my own, from whom I may have thought I already knew everything."
"It was over a decade ago that I first discovered the gift of the Enneagram. Since then I have attended a few additional workshops and evening events that Dale has offered and always found them engaging and insightful. As both a pastor and a psychiatric RN, I have made use of the Enneagram in helping me understand both the people I serve and, more importantly, why I respond to them as I do. Most recently I took Dale's 9 Types in Literature and Film. This was an excellent means by which to engage with the Enneagram in a new light and was especially helpful in that it allowed those with deep experience and those fairly new to the study a common platform through which to engage. Dale's management of both the literary material and various viewpoints of the participants was masterful. I would certainly encourage any who have a passion for reading and an interest in knowing themselves and their loved ones to take this program. "
- Tim Winslea
"What worked? I delight in learning about how to use the Enneagram in my personal & work life. It is the greatest tool I have ever come across to help me understand myself and others. Each meeting I gain valuable i sites on how to grow and how to better understand others. Of course the most valuable component of the groups is you and your delightful non-defensive manner of making it fun."
"If someone wants to enter a community and dive deeply into the Enneagram, this is a great opportunity to be with a masterful teacher and a like minded explorative group of people."
- Gail Webb
"What worked? Dale's knowledge is prodigious, and I always learn a great deal from him. He continues to learn more about the enneagram and passes that valuable knowledge along to us in his classes. Furthermore, Dale is gifted at leading groups, at encouraging conversation, at calling out what is good and/or interesting in what individuals contribute to the discussion. And most of all, he is simply someone extremely lovable with an enormous and wise heart. Spending time with him is a gift. I find Dale's groups to be extremely valuable, generous, and I heartily recommend them to everyone I know."
"Great way to explore the enneagram at more depth, and see it at work in the world beyond your own personality!"
- Carol Ferris
"What worked? All of it. The "lecture/teaching" sessions were informative and insightful. Learned something new or gained a new perspective with each class & course. I loved the incorporation of learning / studying the Enneagram while enjoying films & literature, some films/books that I might not have otherwise read or come across on my own. The panels were very informative and provided both high & low sides of each type in a warm & safe environment with an understanding/accepting audience each time. The small individual groups were warm, welcoming, safe, and friendly. And the 1-to-1 meetings were personal and more rich than I'd expected them to be."
"The class combines the joy of self-discovery and expanding one's capacity for empathy with great literature and live action performances. Plus you get to hang out with really cool people."
- Maren Symonds
"What worked? Building on previous years, the opportunity to look at each type in all its "many wanderings." To hear from, and gain greater understanding of, those types whom I tend to view as mysteries, or "other.' To see new dimensions in those types, like my own, from whom I may have thought I already knew everything."
"It was over a decade ago that I first discovered the gift of the Enneagram. Since then I have attended a few additional workshops and evening events that Dale has offered and always found them engaging and insightful. As both a pastor and a psychiatric RN, I have made use of the Enneagram in helping me understand both the people I serve and, more importantly, why I respond to them as I do. Most recently I took Dale's 9 Types in Literature and Film. This was an excellent means by which to engage with the Enneagram in a new light and was especially helpful in that it allowed those with deep experience and those fairly new to the study a common platform through which to engage. Dale's management of both the literary material and various viewpoints of the participants was masterful. I would certainly encourage any who have a passion for reading and an interest in knowing themselves and their loved ones to take this program. "
- Tim Winslea
"What worked? I delight in learning about how to use the Enneagram in my personal & work life. It is the greatest tool I have ever come across to help me understand myself and others. Each meeting I gain valuable i sites on how to grow and how to better understand others. Of course the most valuable component of the groups is you and your delightful non-defensive manner of making it fun."
"If someone wants to enter a community and dive deeply into the Enneagram, this is a great opportunity to be with a masterful teacher and a like minded explorative group of people."
- Gail Webb
"What worked? Dale's knowledge is prodigious, and I always learn a great deal from him. He continues to learn more about the enneagram and passes that valuable knowledge along to us in his classes. Furthermore, Dale is gifted at leading groups, at encouraging conversation, at calling out what is good and/or interesting in what individuals contribute to the discussion. And most of all, he is simply someone extremely lovable with an enormous and wise heart. Spending time with him is a gift. I find Dale's groups to be extremely valuable, generous, and I heartily recommend them to everyone I know."