About Me
My name is Erin and I’ve been studying the Enneagram since 2010 when I drove to a monastery in Winnipeg, Manitoba to hear about “an ancient, mystical system that helps us get out of our ruts in life.” Learning my Enneagram type was a massive “earthquake moment”- its insights into my unconscious changed the course of my life.
Then in 2019, I got serious about Astrology when astrologers were speculating on what would happen the following year at the Great Conjunction of 2020. I am currently a student at Kepler College.
I come from the Canadian prairies and I use both modalities- the Enneagram and Astrology- like sibling handmaidens- they’re both essential to my understanding of a person and their chart.
I also use the inquiry tools of the Diamond Heart (A. H. Almaas) and Focusing (Gene Gendlin) as a vehicle to explore what is lying beneath the surface. They’re both effective mindfulness techniques because they attune us to our bodies.
I have a degree in Political Science from the University of Regina and a degree in Intercultural Studies (Theology and Anthropology) from a Bible college in Manitoba.
You can contact me at erin { at } psychologyandyou { dot } ca.
Other Projects
MAP Group is a fledgling national campaign to encourage Canadians to meditate and pray regularly for politics in Canada. We care about such issues as our national security, the affordability crisis, and for our provinces to work together with sincerity. I lead a silent prayer/meditation on Google Meets every Sunday at 4:30 PM EST (we’re still small but you’re welcome to join!). You can read more about us here. (Le site est disponible en français).
I’m currently the secretary-treasurer for the Canadian affiliate of the International Enneagram Association. Enneagram Canada provides a platform for Enneagram learning and community-building in Canada. Le site est également disponible en français.
Bodily Unity leads to Political Unity.
We are three-brained beings
If ever there was a time to lean into our spiritual practice, it’s now. The tradition I follow involves balancing the head, heart, and gut (body). My spiritual teacher, G. Gurdjieff, calls these the three “intelligence centers”, and when we’re born into this physical world, our intelligence centers fall out of balance with each other, and we become overweighted in one at the expense of the other two. This balancing and unifying is our work as individuals, but it’s the same in politics. That’s to say that the body politic you live in (ie. your city, or the state/ province or country) can be seen as a metaphorical body that needs to balance its head, heart and gut instinct within itself. For example, we can have a body-type prime minister who sees more gut-instinct intelligence in blue collar workers and farmers who work the land, let’s say, but who neglects the head (ie. university funding).
Or the reverse could be true- we could have an ivory tower prime minister who sees the intelligentia of Ottawa as the top of the heap, and neglects or denigrates the body intelligence (ie. the military or police force).
I want a country that honors the intellect (intelligent policy), the manual work of our bodies and our ability to protect our borders and national interests (body), and balances the two with compassion (heart). When we see the purpose of all three, then we can have unity.
Me On the Platforms
Nine Points Magazine Article
World Enneagram Day 2026
This very short presentation, “9 o’Clock Silent Minute” starts at 1:20:22. It’s a call to continue the prayer and meditation that was started by the Britons during World War II.
June 11, 2026
IEA Canada Blog Article
Astrology as the Perfect Handmaiden to the Enneagram
April 28, 2026
World Enneagram Day 2025
My presentation, “The Shadow of the Three Intelligence Centers” starts at 7:01:10. It’s a breakdown of how each of the Enneagram’s nine personality types can contribute to divisive politics when their intelligence centers are unbalanced.
June 8, 2025