Angie has been teaching the Enneagram for more than 20 years. She will discuss its roots in spiritual traditions and evolution as a psycho-spiritual model for understanding and growth. The Enneagram is a reminder of how we are each and all a part of the bigger picture with unique (and universal) gifts. She will talk about how we hide from, run from, distort those gifts—the Enneagram also shines a light on our hard-wired survival patterns of behavior that are less-than-helpful when it comes to building relationship, community, or creating a sense of belonging for ourselves and others. We can discuss how the Enneagram is a never-ending teaching and practice for continued growth and discovery—and like oh-so-many sacred practices and teachings, this is a practice and teaching that is sometimes painful in the process of enlightenment.

Angie Arendt is Director at Big Stone House: a Center for Courageous Living and a Partner and Senior Consultant at Deep Life. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ (USA), master Enneagram Teacher, writer, integral developmental coach and spiritual contrarian who has had the privilege of engaging thousands of people all over the world in the art of sacred living and leading for more than two decades. Angie has pastored churches of 150 members, ministered to congregations of 3500 members, keynoted local and national conferences, taught with the Enneagram Institute, and worked with non-profits, congregations, and global organizations all over North America to plant seeds for more empathy, compassion, reverence and kindness at work, at home, and in the world.

Angie lives in Almonte, Ontario with her husband (and business partner) Peter McGaugh, their two golden dogs and two tabby cats in a big, old stone house on the river, spending her days writing, listening, mentoring, teaching, meaning-making, training, ritual-ing, and creating community to connect and grow through the real stuff of life. Her first book on (re)claiming reverence is in the works.