Susan Piver

My introduction to the Enneagram was through one of those quizzes "Which Enneagram Number Are You" you can find floating around online. So I took it and found the results interesting. Then I took another quiz and got completely different results, which was confusing. So when I saw a giveaway for this book, I entered and am glad I won a copy. Thank you GoodReads giveaways!

Enneagram is a philosophy to help us understand ourselves better and to enable us to travel from confusion to wisdom. It is more deep and complex than I was initially thinking. Susan Piver's passion for the Enneagram is felt on every page. Her writing is engaging and I liked her style of pairing what she was saying with a story to help with understanding. While I can't say I fully understand Enneagram, I do feel I have a much better foundation than I did from just a couple online quizzes. Pairing Enneagram with Buddhism was a interesting as it also helped me better understand some Buddhist principles at the same time. I suspect this book will be even better on future rereads should I decide to continue to deepen my knowledge of Enneagram.… (mer)

Part memoir, part meditation manual, part religious reflection, The Four Noble Truths of Love re-envisions the Buddhist Four Noble Truths as guidance for relationships.

Susan Piver's voice is clear and charismatic — there are parts where I laughed out loud (e.g. "For example, someone I know—let's call him Shmuncan...).

I picked this book up after attending a meditation workshop with the author, which was an interesting experience. Meditation practioners / teachers have a presence, an in-person feeling, which only partly comes across in the written word. I liked Ms. Piver in person more than I liked the book, or her videos. But the book is well-articulated.… (mer)