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What is it like to be an Enneagram Eight?
"Fósforito! The explosion happened so quickly there was no stopping it. My mother called me 'tiny match' when she would see this fire exploding from me." This is how Latina pastor, activist, and worship leader, Sandra Maria Van Opstal, describes her experience as an Eight. There came a point in her life when she saw how her fiery explosions were undermining her leadership. A wise spiritual director helped her discover how the Enneagram could reveal more about both her gifts and her weaknesses. Sandra offers insight from her ethnic journey alongside Enneagram wisdom. Each of these forty readings concludes with an opportunity for further engagement such as a journaling prompt, reflection questions, a written prayer, or a spiritual practice.
Any of us can find aspects of ourselves in any of the numbers. The Enneagram is a profound tool for empathy, so whether or not you are an Eight, you will grow from your reading about Eights and enhance your relationships across the Enneagram spectrum.
"Fósforito! The explosion happened so quickly there was no stopping it. My mother called me 'tiny match' when she would see this fire exploding from me." This is how Latina pastor, activist, and worship leader, Sandra Maria Van Opstal, describes her experience as an Eight. There came a point in her life when she saw how her fiery explosions were undermining her leadership. A wise spiritual director helped her discover how the Enneagram could reveal more about both her gifts and her weaknesses. Sandra offers insight from her ethnic journey alongside Enneagram wisdom. Each of these forty readings concludes with an opportunity for further engagement such as a journaling prompt, reflection questions, a written prayer, or a spiritual practice.
Any of us can find aspects of ourselves in any of the numbers. The Enneagram is a profound tool for empathy, so whether or not you are an Eight, you will grow from your reading about Eights and enhance your relationships across the Enneagram spectrum.
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"Some of the best people I know are Eights, and I am so grateful for this resource that sees, celebrates, affirms, and blesses them. Sandra brings a much-needed perspective to the Enneagram with this journey. Her words are a gift, not only to Eights but also to those of us who love them."
Sarah Bessey, author of A Rhythm of Prayer
"Forty Days on Being an Eight offers daily reflections that are honest, refreshingly direct, and passionate. I was deeply affected by the nuance and contextualization that infuse Sandra's writing. Her insights on being an Eight and a Latina woman in leadership shared parallels with my own leadership journey as an Eight and a Black woman: similar stereotypes and scars. In this powerful book, Sandra
Jo Saxton, speaker, leadership coach, and author of Ready to Rise
"The Enneagram has been a very helpful tool for me and the congregation I pastor. It has been a gift in better understanding some of the areas of the soul God wants to address. That's why I'm so excited for Forty Days on Being an Eight by Sandra Van Opstal. Sandra offers fresh, honest, and powerful reflections in this book. The Eights of the world have a way of propelling us into a future marked b
Rich Villodas, lead pastor of New Life Fellowship and author of The Deeply Formed Life