For Bonnie Smith Whitehouse, Wonder is An Antidote to Toxic Certainty (Type 2)

Published: Jan. 19, 2023, 3:26 p.m.

Throughout her 20+ years of teaching,\xa0 Professor Bonnie Smith Whitehouse, has seen a significant change in her students' ties to religion.\xa0

\u201cI've seen them completely abandon spirituality because that drug of certainty has just gotten too toxic for them,\u201d says Whitehouse. \u201cAnd so, what is really powerful to me is wonder. It's always been really powerful to me, as an Enneagram 2.\u201d

This week, we talk to Bonnie Smith Whitehouse about how being an Enneagram 2 has opened her eyes to an alternate posture toward spirituality.\xa0

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Bonnie Smith Whitehouse, PhD, is a writer and professor who studies storytelling, creativity, contemplation, and wonder.

Check out her book, Seasons Of Wonder

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