Stepping out within: A Practical Guide to relationships and transformation

By Robert Wallace Olson

From back cover: ...combines the insights of the ancient Enneagram and the principles of modern psychodynamic psychology to guide you to a clearer understanding of yourself and others, toward having... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963486004
• ISBN13: 9780963486004
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Awakened Press
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Fun & easy read, opens up new understanding of self, 4.5 stars

My wife had to read this book for an intro Pyschology class and it (the book) pegged me as a Type-5 (thinker) so thoroughly that she was laughing as she read it. I just had to read it after skimming the Type-5 section. This book is a quick and easy read; I read it as my going-to-sleep book and it took about 2.5 weeks.More importantly this book actually answered a lot of questions I've had for a long time. Why am I constantly pulled toward books, why science and engineering majors are so damn arrogant, etc.. It's also great fun to read about the other 8 personality types because you can often peg someone as an obvious type-X personality. I have no intention of trying to advise anyone on how to improve themselves based on this book (even a type-5's pretention only goes so far) but the author gave me a lot of ammo to understand and improve myself.As for the author's idea of what self-improvement is...he seems to hold the antiquated idea that one should strive for inner peace and contentment based on a loving life rather than buying a new car/house/chest/more DVDs. It is quite refreshing to read a book that doesn't once tell you how to do something more *efficiently*.

Answers for SELF

I recently read this book cover to cover without putting it down. For anyone seeking out 'self' discovery, this is for you! I've studied the enneagram for five years now. It's amazing to realize that the darkest side of you is shared by so many others. It's a humbling sense and also validation. This particular book speaks in educated layman's terms. No charts or graphs to decihper, as are found in other books on this topic. It's clear and simple, yet quite moving. For the beginner to pick this up and begin to discover their own personality, it's wonderful! For an advanced study, it's a fantastic quick reference to obtaining information that is concise. I have nearly two dozen enneagram books. This one is most certainly at the top of my personal list. Manily for it's simplicity ... and for a 4 personality, that means a LOT!