Knowing Me Knowing Them: Understand your parenting personality by discovering the Enneagram

by Tracy Tresidder, Margaret Loftus, Jacqui Pollock

Overview

“Why oh why are my kids so different from me?” Our kids’ personalities fascinate us – they always have. It’s the reason the ‘nature’ versus ‘nurture’ debate goes on and on. But their personalities also challenge us because they are so often at odds with our own. The problem is that to have any hope of fully understanding our kids, we – as parents – need to properly understand ourselves first. That has not been easy to do … until now. Knowing Me, Knowing Them is a book designed specifically to help parents get a solid grasp of what it is that makes them tick. In three steps, this book will: 1. Help you discover your parenting personality type using the Enneagram 2. Explore how your personality affects your parenting style. 3. Provide further resources to help you unlock your children’s potential. Reading Knowing Me, Knowing Them will provide you with plenty of ‘aha!’ moments. You will spend less time worrying about and judging your parenting approach. And you will spend more time enjoying the wonderful, all-too-quick experience of raising your children. "This book gifts us with a practical, useful, and groundbreaking work for parents and adults in their relationship with children. You will benefit from this book whether you are new or experienced with the Enneagram." David Daniels, MD, Clinical Professor Emeritus Stanford Medical School and Enneagram pioneer. "The most important job in the world, being a parent, is the one that requires no license, no training, and does not end after 18 years. This book unlocks the key to this high-stress job and will be widely read by parents and grandparents everywhere." Ginger Lapid-Bogda, PhD, author Bringing Out the Best in Everyone You Coach

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780987581372
Publisher:	Knowing Me Knowing Them
Publication date:	07/23/2014
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Tracy's personal vision is 'to change the world one family at a time'. She is passionate about assisting people to lead a conscious life through deeper understanding of the Enneagram.

Tracy has dedicated the past 15 years working as a university educator, coach, speaker and author to assisting and supporting individuals and families through the turbulent times that life presents so they are able to experience more loving and healthy relationships.

She has been studying the Enneagram with some of the world's best teachers in the area over the last 11 years. This has helped Tracy to move to a deeper level of exploration and understanding - not only of herself as a coach but also of her coaching clients, particularly parents and their teenagers.

Tracy coaches parents and teenagers to develop greater awareness by understanding their Enneagram style. This helps them improve their communication and connection, and develop relationships that are mutually respectful, loving and trusting. She also facilitates communication and leadership workshops with corporations to raise consciousness and increase leadership capability. This empowers participants to make intentional choices, to connect with others differently and to achieve their desired outcomes.

Tracy lives in Sydney, Australia with her wonderful family; husband Mike and sons Adam and Ben.

Her qualifications and awards include: BEd, MEd, Master Certified Coach (MCC), International Coach Federation 2009 Coach of the Year, Past President ICF Australasia, ICF assessor and member, University of Sydney Coaching and Mentoring Association member, Certified Enneagram Teacher (ESNT), International Enneagram Association Accredited Teacher and member.

Editorial Reviews

"Knowing Me, Knowing Them" gifts us with a practical, useful, and ground breaking work for parents and adults in their relationship with children. You will benefit from this book whether you are new or experienced with the Enneagram. Thanks to all three of you for this excellent work.

David Daniels, M.D. Clinical Professor Emeritus Stanford Medical School and Enneagram pioneer.

Every parent needs to run and get this book! This book includes "Parenting Strategies for Growth" - which is an easy way to apply the learning to connect and stay connected with our children, teens and young adults. Well done!

Diana Sterling Author, The Parent as Coach Approach

Finally we have an Enneagram and parenting book that helps us understand how our personality type affects the way we are and aren't effective at the very important task of parenting. I know many parents will find the insights of this book to be invaluable to them, especially if they take seriously the recommended practices at the end of their type chapter.

Margaret Smith. Author 9 Design Principles for Collective Prosperity and Intelligence. Money: from fear to love - using the Enneagram to create wealth prosperity & love

I attended a presentation on parenting that Tracy gave at an International Enneagram Association Conference in Hong Kong. I really liked her materials and approach and now find Knowing me; knowing them written with Margaret and Jacqui quite readable and useful. The authors help parents discover and understand the high and low sides of their own parenting styles and offer nine keys to unlocking their child’s potential that can be used by all nine styles. I believe parents will find enlightening the insights and suggestions offered and I’m sure their children will be thankful their parents read this book.

Jerry Wagner, Ph.D. Nine Lenses on the World: The Enneagram perspective

The best enneagram books come from those who have long experience using the system with real people. "Knowing Me, Knowing Them" by Tracy Tresidder, Margaret Loftus and Jacqui Pollock is just such a book. Based on their extensive work with parents and families, the authors provide practical and powerful advice for parents of the nine personality types, as well as nine keys to unlock each child's potential. This book will help those of us who are parents to raise our children with all the love, awareness and skill that this sacred work deserves.

Peter O'Hanrahan Author Embodied Enneagram Handbook

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