About Bea
Beatrice Chestnut, PhD
For more than three decades, Beatrice Chestnut has helped people understand the deeper patterns that shape how they see themselves, relate to others, lead, and navigate change. Her work with the Enneagram is an invitation to recognize the unconscious patterns that keep us stuck in personality so we can move toward greater awareness and connection.
As an author, educator, psychotherapist, and leadership development consultant, Bea brings together rigorous academic training with decades of practical experience. She holds a PhD in Communication, an MA in Clinical Psychology, and is a renowned Enneagram teacher and thought leader. She is the co-creator of the CPS Enneagram Compass personality test, co-founded Chestnut Paes Enneagram Academy, and served as President of the International Enneagram Association.
Bea has taught psychology and communication at the college level, including at Northwestern University, and trained in group facilitation through Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. She is the author of The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge and The 9 Types of Leadership: Mastering the Art of People in the 21st-Century Workplace, and the upcoming book, The Enneagram of Connection. How Your Personality Type Clarifies Your Attachment Style and the Path to Deeper, More Satisfying Relationships. She is also the co-author, with Uranio Paes, of The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up: Find Your Path, Face Your Shadow, Discover Your True Self.
Today, Bea teaches internationally, working with individuals, organizations, and professionals seeking a more conscious way of living, relating, and working. At the heart of what she does is the belief that when we learn to see the patterns that have been shaping us, we gain the freedom to create relationships, organizations, and lives that are more aligned with who we truly are.
Beatrice Chestnut is available to speak virtually or in person. For booking requests, please reach out to live@thewatermarkagency.com.