Hi. I’m Nhien.
I’m a contemplative activist. I use the Enneagram as a map for transforming the world from the inside out, starting with myself.
My Inner and Outer Journey
A Stanford Lawyer turned Unity minister, I am passionate about nurturing sacred spaces for Enneagram-informed contemplation and transformation.
I believe that when individuals wake up to our authentic, divine nature, we carry our gift of wholeness and belonging to the entire world, each in our unique ways.
I discovered the Enneagram in 2002 and have since worked with it both personally and professionally not simply as a typology but as a mandala of wholeness–a precise and powerful map of the psyche and the spirit.
Contemplation + Enneagram = Global Transformation
For the past 22 years, I’ve been studying and teaching the Enneagram in private and public, secular and spiritual contexts around the globe. A church minister for 5 years, I left church to found Evolving Enneagram, so I could offer transformational Enneagram teachings beyond church walls.
I am now a Certified Somatic Enneagram facilitator as well as a certified Enneagram professional through the ATA Enneagram.
As an IEA Accredited Professional with Distinction, I have had the honor of presenting at international conferences and offering contemplative Enneagram retreats around the globe.
I am available for private mentoring as well as public speaking engagements. If you’re interested in working together, I encourage you to reach out using this Contact Form or by booking a free online consult here
A Vision for a Compassionate, Awakened, and Unified World
A native of Vietnam whose family escaped the fall of Saigon in 1975, I was raised in southern California and currently reside in Kansas City.
I am passionate about helping the disadvantaged, honoring the unrepresented, and respecting our diversity. I am blessed to be able to offer scholarships for many of my programs and donate time teaching the Enneagram to the incarcerated population.
My personal vision is for a more compassionate, awakened, and unified world.
My book:
The Enneagram of the Soul
Highlights
- Around the Circle: A Contemplative Enneagram Soul Journey, Retreat Facilitator, Mar 2024 (West Hartford, CT)
- Enneagram consultant and writer for Steadii program for caregivers of individuals with dementia, April 2022 - Aug 2024.
- Embracing the Seasons of Our Evolving Nature, Presenter: Cultural Overlays &; the Enneagram, Panel Presenter; Enneagram &; Trauma Healing, Panel Facilitator; IEA Regional Conference, Jan 2024 (Cairo, Egypt)
- Enneagram After Dark, Panel Presenter, IEA Global Conference "Unite; Ignite," July 2023 (SF, CA)
- Enneagram of Soul: From Vice to Virtue, Presenter, Centering Prayer Summit, Jan 2023 (Online)
- Evolving Your Love Story (with the Enneagram), Retreat Facilitator, June 2022 (Charlottenlund Castle, Denmark)
- Evolving Together (with the Enneagram), Presenter; Circling the Types: Enneagram Type 3 Panel, Guest Panelist; Circling the Types: Enneagram Type 6 Panel, Panel Facilitator IEA Regional Conference, May 2022 (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Enneagram for Spiritual Directors, Daylong Retreat Facilitator for SDI Annual Conference, May 2022 (Santa Fe, NM, USA)
- Enneagram & Contemplative Practices, Presenter, Centering Prayer Summit, Jan 2022 (Online)
- Life Before Death, Presenter, IEA Regional Conference, Jan 2022 (Cairo, Egypt)
- IEA Live on Spirituality & the Enneagram, Guest Panelist, Dec 2021 (Online)
- Enneagram Type 9, Presenter, The Shift Network’s Enneagram Global Summit, Dec 2021 (Online)
- Daylong Enneagram Retreat Facilitator for YPO Forum, Sept 2021 (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico)
- Enneagram & Cultural Overlays, Panel Presenter, IEA Global Conference, July 2021 (Online)
- Diversity & Inclusion, Panel Presenter, Enneagram Global Summit, Dec 2020 (Online)
- Waking Up with the Enneagram, Presenter, IEA Global Conference, July 2019 (Oakland, CA)
- Waking Up with the Enneagram, Presenter, The Shift Network’s Enneagram Global Summit, June 2019 (Online)
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PAST SPECIALIZED PRESENTATION TOPICS
These are listed here to offer ideas for topic themes. Nhien tailors all courses and presentations to her clients’ unique circumstances and vision.
- Enneagram of Soul
- Wholeness & the Enneagram
- Your True Nature: An Enneagram Retreat
- Sacred Listening: an Enneagram-informed journey into inner silence, solitude, and stillness
- Self Compassion & the Enneagram
- Embracing A Season of Change (using the Enneagram)
- The Enneagram & the Story of You
- Evolving Your Love Story (with the Enneagram)
- Transformation By Type Panel Series (Enneagram Types 1-9)
- Contemplative Practices & the Enneagram
- Enneagram for the Spiritual But Not Religious (SBNR)
- Life Before Death: A Contemplative Approach to Embracing Grief, Loss, and Transition through the Lens of the Enneagram
- Transitions: an Enneagram-informed Journey through Grief, Loss, and Hope
- Sacred Love Enneagram Retreat
- Enneagram & Your Soul Child
What people are saying
I have been studying and researching the Enneagram intensely for about 6 years with teachers around the world. I first met Nhien while participating in Seekers After Truth (SAT) in California in 2019 and have since been following her work. Nhien's approach to the Enneagram stands out internationally because she doesn't just "teach" the Enneagram. She applies it--uses it in a deeply practical way for real transformation. She doesn't just share dead words but inspires her students through passion.
As a presenter, Nhien creates very unique experiences from start to finish that engages both our hearts and minds. She is a charismatic speaker with years of experience under her belt added to her personal wisdom and compassion. I’ve gotten to attend multiple interactive workshops and presentations with Nhien, both online and in person. She impresses me with her ability to address challenging topics with simplicity and delicacy, as if using kid gloves. Nhien is also a serious professional who takes her professional development and inner practice seriously. This is evident in how she consistently achieves breakthroughs and amazing transformational results!
Nhien has a way of tapping into you and reflecting the unique wisdom you are and the wisdom you really are longing to hear. The first time I met Nhien, I immediately knew that she should be my new teacher. And the amazing part about her is that she is magnificent and larger than life on stage and yet very humble and present and there with you in her groups. Thus, it's difficult to ever feel alone in her group sessions. I have participated in numerous circles and spiritual groups, which all have their own way. The frame and the purpose in the Evolving Enneagram matches how I see Nhien integrate her lived life, and CPE is the best online group practice I have experienced so far!
Nhien is one of those people you just feel blessed to have come across in any capacity. She is brilliant and insightful, and her spiritual guidance is truly transformational. I always depart from our work together feeling peaceful, grounded, and positive, in addition to learning a great deal about myself and my interaction with the world around me. The Enneagram is so much more powerful than anything I've ever worked with prior, and Nhien's expertise is a wonderful means of experiencing all it has to offer!
I came to know Nhien more in the Contemplative Practices & the Enneagram weekly meetings and I have to say I am really blessed to be amongst such a lovely group. The harmony and acceptance I find in this group is all because of how Nhien holds the space for each and everyone to be who they really are. I see authenticity, vulnerability whenever Nhien shares that really allows us all to be open. anytime Nhien shares something personal or even gives us any teachings I feel spiritually rooted. Thank you Nhien for paving a road to wisdom and self-awareness in such a smooth subtle yet very deep way. Thank you for being you.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
