Russ Hudson

Russ Hudson is one of the principal scholars on the Enneagram today. He is president of Enneagram Personality Types Inc., cofounder of The Enneagram Institute®, and coauthor (with Don Richard Riso) of several bestselling books, including The Wisdom of the Enneagram and Personality Types. He has also codeveloped the Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI®) as a scientifically validated test instrument. He resides in New York City. For more, see russhudson.com.

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Russ Hudson: The Enneagram: Nine Gateways to Presence

Russ Hudson is one of the world’s foremost teachers and developers of the Enneagram personality typology system, having coauthored (with Don Richard Riso) five bestselling books on the subject. With Sounds True, Russ has created an 11-CD audio-learning program called The Enneagram: Nine Gateways to Presence. In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with Russ about the original purpose of the Enneagram, how our personality types are linked to a deeper level of awareness, and how we can use the Enneagram system to continually discover that we are much more than we may habitually think. They also discuss accessing the gifts of our personality types while avoiding the associated pitfalls or “fixations” of any given type, an overview of each of the nine types, Russ’ guidance in determining your own type, and much more.  

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