Dr. Richard Lindroth, Developing Your Emotional Side as an Enneagram Five [S03-001]
Others often perceive the interior world of the Enneagram Five, or The Observer, as mysterious. Known to use the pursuit of knowledge as a defense against a world that seems unpredictable, The Observer can appear to not have or be in touch with their emotions. This is simply not the case. In fact, The Observer is one of the most misunderstood Enneagram type in terms of emotions and relationships. Enneagram Fives can actually have very intense emotions, but they just may not express them. Listen as our guest, Dr. Richard Lindroth takes us into the interior world of The Observer. He shows us how deeply attuned to beauty and transcendence he is, how he strives to overcome being emotionally distant from himself, and how he’s waking up to the emotional as well as the spiritual components of life.
ABOUT DR. RICHARD LINDROTH
Rick Lindroth (Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana) is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement professor of ecology and recent Associate Dean for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on ecology and global change in forest ecosystems. He has been a Fulbright Fellow, and is a fellow of the Ecological Society of America, the Entomological Society of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He and his research group have published over 200 scientific papers. Rick is a member of the BioLogos Voices speakers bureau, and has been active in helping faith communities to embrace controversial areas of science such as climate change and evolution.
Rick has served in numerous roles at his church, including many years on the governing board. He and his wife (Nancy) have two extraordinary daughters and three grandchildren. For recreation, Rick enjoys activities that engage his love for the natural world, aided and abetted by carbon fiber technology – cycling, flyfishing and paddling.
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“I would encourage [fives] to develop relationships, certainly to develop their emotional side in ways that allow them to use that knowledge and information that they gather to not only better their own lives, but better the lives of the people around them.”