Rogue Valley Times | “Jacksonville author offers classes on Enneagram” by Tony Boom. January 18, 2024.
A Jacksonville author and retired therapist hopes to help people understand themselves, why others are different and what they have in common. He’s presenting classes on the topic this month and into the spring.
In his book "A Field Guide to Humans," Frank De Luca presents the Enneagram, a model of nine personality types, as a lens through which people can see and understand each other.
"The Enneagram is a beautiful tool to understand why people see the world differently and why they are patterned that way. Change is possible," De Luca said. "In the course, there is a focus on what we have in common and the common purpose." Read More ⟶
Monterey Herald | “An entertaining read on how to get along” by Lisa Crawford Watson. September 3, 2023.
“In 1596, William Shakespeare wrote ‘The Merchant of Venice,’ entrusting ‘Shylock’ with the questions, ‘Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer. . .If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?’
“We the people are all members of the same humanity. And yet, we don’t necessarily think, feel, respond the same. According to the Enneagram personality theory, devised in the 1960s by Bolivian philosopher and advocate of integral philosophy Oscar Ichazo, nine different personality types drive our interpretation and response to life events.” Read more or listen to the article ⟶
Jacksonville Review | “A Tool to Live By - Local Writer Frank De Luca Offers a Field Guide to Humans” by Christina Ammon. May 23, 2023.
“I recently came across Jacksonville writer Frank DeLuca’s new book, A Field Guide to Humans: Enriching Relationships through the Enneagram. The Enneagram is a model that combines ancient wisdom with modern psychology to assign numbers one through nine to different personality types. Frank‘s book is about how to use this tool to improve our relationships with other people.” Read More ⟶