What was happening inside me at five years old?
My parents didn’t know about the superego, or how fear, anger, and shame were already shaping my inner world. They couldn’t see the lasting impact this would have on my developing sense of self.
The Enneagram World of the Child: Nurturing Resiliency and Self-Compassion in Early Life is the first book to explore how the Enneagram intersects with early childhood development. It shows parents how personality begins to take shape—not to type children, but to reveal the hidden dynamics of the superego, and the ways fear, anger, and shame shape a child’s experience.
This book gives parents a window into:
– How the superego forms and why it matters
– The subtle impact of fear, anger, and shame on a child’s identity
– Why presence and attunement are more important than “typing”
– How to nurture resilience and self-compassion from the very beginning
When parents understand what is really happening in their child’s inner world, they can meet them with presence rather than projection—and create the conditions for authentic growth and essential connection.