Nhien Vuong, JD, MDiv
Founder • Writer • Speaker • Contemplative Enneagram Thought Leader
My Inner and Outer Journey
I was born in Vietnam and came to the United States as a refugee with my family after the fall of Saigon. Growing up in Southern California, I learned early on that belonging isn’t something earned — it’s something reclaimed from within.
I discovered the Enneagram in 2002 and it became the single most formative guide in my inner journey. Over the years, I have studied the Enneagram deeply — personally and professionally — and taught it across secular and spiritual contexts around the world.
I began my career as a Stanford-trained lawyer, then served as an ordained Unity minister before founding Evolving Enneagram so that transformational Enneagram teachings could be shared beyond traditional religious spaces. Today, I am honored to lead this work — nurturing compassionate, inclusive, and contemplative spaces where the Enneagram becomes a lived, transformative practice.
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
The Enneagram of the Soul is inspired by over two decades of inner and outer work with the Enneagram by leading expert Nhien Vuong. Nhien provides a path to wholeness for the self, enabling the reader to be steered gently yet firmly away from the trap of solely identifying with their personality type, so they can live more fully and more from their divine nature.
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."
