Forty Days on Being an Eight (Enneagram Daily Reflections) Hardcover – November 23, 2021 by Sandra Maria Van Opstal

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Author: Van Opstal Sandra Maria

Brand: IVP

Package Dimensions: 0x0x726

Number Of Pages: 128

Release Date: 23-11-2021

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What is it like to be an Enneagram Eight?
“Fósforito! The explosion happened so quickly there was no stopping it. My mother called me ‘tiny match’ when she would see this fire exploding from me.” This is how Latina pastor, activist, and worship leader, Sandra Maria Van Opstal, describes her experience as an Eight. There came a point in her life when she saw how her fiery explosions were undermining her leadership. A wise spiritual director helped her discover how the Enneagram could reveal more about both her gifts and her weaknesses. Sandra offers insight from her ethnic journey alongside Enneagram wisdom. Each of these forty readings concludes with an opportunity for further engagement such as a journaling prompt, reflection questions, a written prayer, or a spiritual practice.
Any of us can find aspects of ourselves in any of the numbers. The Enneagram is a profound tool for empathy, so whether or not you are an Eight, you will grow from your reading about Eights and enhance your relationships across the Enneagram spectrum.

Review

“If you’re an Eight like me, your need to challenge the status quo, run through walls, and even your fight for justice is dangerous. This book can help you be strong, not just play strong. Strong enough to speak up. Strong enough to stand up. Even strong enough to shut up. If you are also a White person who leads things, like me, Sandra may not be the voice you want, but she’s the voice you need in order to be better anchored in accountability to men and women of color. Your life will be sharpened and strengthened by what Sandra has excavated from her own life and shares with us here. If you’ve grown a little weary being the champion and defender of others―or if you’re concerned that your energy isn’t always going toward those who need it most―Sandra Van Opstal is the guide you’ve been waiting for, to champion you and to help you hone your energies toward creating the world where everyone rises.” — Jeremy Courtney, CEO of Preemptive Love and author of Love Anyway

“Some of the best people I know are Eights, and I am so grateful for this resource that sees, celebrates, affirms, and blesses them. Sandra brings a much-needed perspective to the Enneagram with this journey. Her words are a gift, not only to Eights but also to those of us who love them.” — Sarah Bessey, author of A Rhythm of Prayer

“I loved this book! Sandra Van Opstal’s self-revelatory Forty Days on Being an Eight provides an invitation for other strong Eight personalities and leaders to similarly enter into a reflective process of celebrating strength and courage while acknowledging our kryptonite, our blind sides, and our stubborn objections to the softening edges of transformational growth. I am eager to revisit Van Opstal’s daily reflections often, as they are truly an overture to a fuller life―full of the intensity of both joys and sorrows―as we journey together on the walk to becoming more like Christ.” — Mae Elise Cannon, activist and author of Beyond Hashtag Activism: Comprehensive Justice in a Complicated Age

“Forty Days on Being an Eight offers daily reflections that are honest, refreshingly direct, and passionate. I was deeply affected by the nuance and contextualization that infuse Sandra’s writing. Her insights on being an Eight and a Latina woman in leadership shared parallels with my own leadership journey as an Eight and a Black woman: similar stereotypes and scars. In this powerful book, Sandra leans on Enneagram wisdom to name the potential and the joy of being an Eight. Still, she ultimately reminds me that God sees and celebrates who I fully am: an image bearer. A must-read!” — Jo Saxton, speaker, leadership coach, and author of Ready to Rise

“The Enneagram has been a very helpful tool for me and the congregation I pastor. It has been a gift in better understanding some of the areas of the soul God wants to address. That’s why I’m so excited for Forty Days on Being an Eight by Sa