A Stanford Law attorney turned Unity minister, Reverend Nhien Vuong, J.D., M.Div., left her lucrative San Francisco law practice to further the evolution of consciousness. Nhien is an international Enneagram thought leader, spiritual mentor, and the founder of Evolving Enneagram, a community-centered organization whose mission is to transform human ecosystems around the globe using a contemplative, wholeness-based approach to our individual and collective awakening. She guides individuals of diverse faith and wisdom traditions in a spiritual journey without dogma — a path that honors each person’s unique background, temperament, and personal beliefs.
Nhien has been studying the Enneagram since 2002 and teaching it since 2007. Nhien is an Accredited Professional with the International Enneagram Association (IEA), which strives to ensure a level of depth, experience, and ethics among Enneagram teachers. She is also a Certified Enneagram professional through the Awareness to Action IEA-accredited program and in process to become a Certified Somatic Enneagram™ practitioner1 by 2025.
Nhien has presented professionally in countries including Egypt, the United States, Mexico, Denmark, and Sweden and at online global summits that have reached as many as 40k+ people in over 150 countries. She is best known for her work nurturing sacred inter-spiritual, Enneagram-literate spaces for individuals to cultivate authenticity, wholeness, and belonging.
With a background in law, mediation, and philosophy, Nhien joins intellectual rigor with ardent wholeheartedness. She is a published poet and has served on the writing teams for Unity’s two largest publications, Unity Magazine and Daily Word Magazine.
Born into a war-torn Vietnam, Nhien and her family fled to the U.S. as political refugees in 1975, during the fall of Saigon. She grew up in a multi-lingual multi-generational household in Southern California and now lives in the Midwest. Nhien is passionate about helping the disadvantaged, honoring the unrepresented, and respecting our diversity. She regularly offers scholarships for Evolving Enneagram’s many transformational programs and donates her time to various non-profits and the incarcerated. Nhien’s personal vision is for a more compassionate, awakened, and unified world.
Nhien is the upcoming author of Enneagram of Soul, a 40-day contemplative Enneagram companion guide to living a more authentic, inspired, and soulful life, scheduled to be published by Hampton Roads in 2025.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
- Enneagram consultant to Steadii program for caregivers of individuals with dementia, ongoing since May 2022 (Online)
- Embracing the Seasons of Our Evolving Nature, Presenter: Cultural Overlays & the Enneagram, Panel Presenter; Enneagram & Trauma Healing, Panel Facilitator; IEA Regional Conference, Jan 2023 (Cairo, Egypt)
- Enneagram After Dark, Panel Presenter, IEA Global Conference "Unite & Ignite," July 2023 (SF, CA)
- Entering the Circle: A Contemplative Enneagram Soul Journey, Retreat Facilitator, Nov 2023 (West Hartford, CT)
- Enneagram of Soul: From Vice to Virtue, Presenter, Centering Prayer Summit, Jan 2023 (Online)
- Self Compassion & the Enneagram, Presenter, IEA Egypt Q&A with a Teacher, Dec 2022 (Online)
- Meditate on Milestones, Enneagram Retreat Facilitator, Oct 2022 (Kansas City, MO)
- Physician Daylong Enneagram Training, June 2022 (Online to Los Angeles, CA)
- 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)
- Keynote Address for Physician Faculty Development, Feb 2022 (Online to Los Angeles, CA)
- 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)
- Presenter, The Enneagram for Groups and Couples (for Spiritual Companions), for SDI, Aug 2021 (Online)
- Enneagram & Cultural Overlays, Panel Presenter, IEA Global Conference, July 2021 (Online)
- Daylong Enneagram Retreat Facilitator for YPO Forum, Sept 2021 (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico)
- Diversity & Inclusion, Panel Presenter, Enneagram Global Summit, Dec 2020 (Online)
- The Contemplative Enneagram – Pathway to Presence, Wholeness, and Peace, Teacher, for SDI, Feb 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)
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