How We Relate: Understanding God, Yourself, and Others through the Enneagram

by Jesse Eubanks

Overview

An Enneagram book like no other, How We Relate helps you discover how God speaks into your unique personality and life story to make the gospel come alive for you.

In How We Relate, Enneagram coach and host of The Ennea Cast podcast Jesse Eubanks invites you to discover who you are. In this illustrated guide, he expertly utilizes the Enneagram to lead you to the heart of Jesus, where you will find the wholeness you long for.

As you peel back the layers of your False Self, encounter Jesus, and experience the redemption of your True Self, you will discover how to:

• Understand your personality and the personalities of others
• Explore your distinct approach to relationships
• Discover how Jesus empathizes with and heals your unique core wound
• Interpret the Enneagram through the gospel story
• Experience more meaningful relationships with God, others, and yourself

Life is about relationships. It's time to transform yours.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310365198
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	01/24/2023
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	1,071,842
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 5.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jesse Eubanks is a certified Enneagram coach and host of The Ennea Cast, a podcast exploring personality and relationships through the lens of the Enneagram. Jesse is also the founder and executive director of Love Thy Neighborhood, an urban missions agency putting young adults on the front lines of nonprofit work. Relevant named him one of the top 50 Christian artists and activists making an impact on culture in America. Jesse and his wife, Lindsay, have two children and live in Louisville, Kentucky.

Editorial Reviews

10/31/2022

The EnneaCast podcaster Eubanks debuts with a solid exploration of the Enneagram through the lens of the Gospel. “The purpose of life is relationships,” Eubanks contends, using a Bible-centric outlook to detail the nine personality types of the Enneagram and how they can illuminate the ways that readers relate to others. He provides thorough overviews of each of the nine Enneagram types and writes that “originalists” tend to be creative and misunderstood while “reformers” are hardworking and morally upstanding. As readers decide which type best matches their personality, Eubanks advises them to “search for who you are, not who you’d prefer to be,” and to ask friends for feedback. The Enneagram can deepen one’s relationship with Jesus, the author posits, noting what Jesus has in common with each type, as when he suggests that Jesus’s willingness to break bread with despised tax collectors showed the accepting nature that Jesus shares with “peacemakers.” Eubanks’s acknowledgment of the Enneagram’s limits is refreshing, as when he urges readers to refrain from oversimplifying others, and his humor adds levity (“Don’t sound like a crazy cult member,” he warns about putting too much stock in the personality model). The result is an ideal primer for Christians curious about the Enneagram. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly