Hi, I am Adia! I am an Enneagram 6 and I’m so glad you are here! 

I am a 30-something, native Minnesotan with a deep passion for connecting with others and helping them find ways to be their very best selves. I have spent my professional career working at a small, liberal arts college where I facilitate student programs centered on community, justice, and leadership. I live in Cold Spring, MN with my husband and our adorable and spoiled cats, Cleo and Lucy. In our free time, we enjoy living up to various Minnesota stereotypes like spending time on lakes (liquid or frozen), complaining about the weather, and dreaming of our next warm-weather vacation.

A few more things I love:

Coffee

Theater

Minnesota Sports

Audio Books

Travel

Cat Videos

The Olympics

The Enneagram (Duh)

  • Adia is knowledgeable, practical and kind. As she leads you through the enneagram you will always feel supported and never judged. She used humor and real world examples to help me discover my enneagram type and showed me resources I could use to explore further.

    -Sydney Andringa

  • "Learning about the Enneagram with Adia has been immensely helpful to both my professional and personal self-growth. Discovering more about myself has helped me to better understand how I operate along with being able to explain it to others. Adia helps coach you through how to understand the Enneagram and apply it to multiple aspects of your life. I highly recommend!"

    -Tara Maas

  • “Adia did an excellent presentation on the Enneagram for my mentor program. I appreciated her expertise in being able to explain the personality types to help mentors and mentees build a clearer understanding of each other and their personalities. Adia is an incredibly engaging and energetic presenter. I would highly recommend working with her!”

    -Amy Anderson

My Journey With The Enneagram

I was first introduced to the enneagram as a first-year college student by my student
employment supervisor. I had lived my entire life as someone who was high-achieving,
motivated, and successful by most standards but was also plagued by self-doubt, fear, and an
undiagnosed anxiety disorder. The first time I read the description of a type 6, I felt like I had
been truly seen for the first time in my life. It seemed almost as if someone had been silently
following me around for my entire life and making observations about how I moved throughout
the world–it told me things about myself that I had never even realized!
Over the next 10 years, I devoured any information I could find about the enneagram–books,
articles, trainings–and the more I learned, the more I found that the tool resonated with me in a
way that nothing else ever had. I started leading trainings for students and colleagues at work
and realized that the enneagram was a great way to build understanding and bring connection
to people who were working together-especially in times of conflict. In the winter of 2020, I
reconnected with the woman who introduced me to the enneagram and expressed a desire to
formalize my training and take my knowledge of the enneagram to the next level. She referred
me to the Enneagram Prison Project (EPP) and I was hooked. I completed both their 45 (9
Prisons, One Key) and 66 (Path to Freedom) hour training courses while continuing to lead and
refine my skills as a coach and facilitator. To date, I have logged more than 150 hours as an
enneagram facilitator and guide. I can’t wait to share what I have learned with you. Thanks for
joining me on this journey!