What if food and body struggles aren’t really about food or your body? They’re often symbols, pointing to deeper emotional hungers beneath the surface.

Understanding your Enneagram type can help you see why certain eating patterns feel so automatic. This blog introduces how each type might relate to food—with more clarity and less judgment.

The Enneagram is a powerful personality typing system, intriguing in its depth and accuracy. It is also an ancient tool used for personal and spiritual self-discovery. Learning the Enneagram, and its 9 key personality types, and discovering your own, is eye-opening.

Your personality shapes more of your eating and self-care patterns than most people realize. The Enneagram offers a clear, compassionate way to understand why certain habits feel automatic. When you recognize your patterns with awareness rather than judgment, the work of change becomes far more possible.

“I feel so fat.” “My thighs are disgusting.” “My stomach sticks out.” “My butt is too big.” “I feel huge.”  We hear these comments so often, including within your own thoughts. But, these thoughts are not facts, are not feelings, and are not even truths. Even those who have lost weight have found that these thoughts, feelings, and beliefs either do not change or return down the road.