Belinda Gore, Ph.D., is the Co-Director of the Enneagram Institute of Central Ohio and a leadership development consultant and executive coach with The Exetor Group and with S-4 Consulting. She also serves as the President for The Cuyamungue Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Belinda began training with Don Riso and Russ Hudson in 1991 and was certified as a professional instructor by the Enneagram Institute in 1994. As a member of the Riso-Hudson Enneagram Professional Association, she has been a regular contributor to the Journal Full Circle and has published articles on topics such as "Getting a Handle on Stress," "Using the Enneagram in Psychotherapy, " "Attention Deficit Disorder: Identifying ADD Within Types," and "The Soul-Infused Personality." She has been a member of the International Enneagram Association since its inception in 1994 and is a regular presenter at IEA conferences.

Since 1975, Belinda has been developing and presenting workshops and training programs on psychological health and professional development, working locally in central Ohio as well as nationally and internationally. She currently teaches Enneagram workshops on spiritual development as well as the application of the Enneagram system in professional coaching and psychotherapy. Clients and workshop participants have described her personal style as warm and engaging, reflecting with wisdom and humor her background as a professional psychologist. She focuses on helping people identify dysfunctional patterns in leadership style, interpersonal skills, conflict management and communication practices to transform problematic patterns into positive change. In addition, she explores personality development as a tool for restoring alignment with one's essential nature, which she believes is the most powerful application of Enneagram wisdom.

Connie Frecker, L.S.W., is Co-Director of the Enneagram Institute of Central Ohio, a Certified Enneagram Practitioner and a Certified Personal and Professional Coach with a diversified background in education, counseling, music and the public and non-profit sectors.

She loves to work with people who are seekers and passionate about knowing themselves better, and is vitally committed to the integration of the whole person.  She enjoys working with a person to uncover their brilliance and fulfill their personal and professional lives with integrity to their values.  Connie believes that the more self-aware a person is, the more they will be able to live with presence and authenticity with their true nature.  To that end, she works with individuals to evolve personally in order to strengthen their foundation to support achieving balance in all aspects of their lives.

Connie has been studying the Enneagram since 1990 and is in the completion phase of certification through the Enneagram Institute.  She teaches an Introduction to the Enneagram course and a Deeper Look at the Enneagram course.  She also facilitates study groups for Types 3-6-9 and offers an Enneagram Type Discovery Service.  Participants and clients have offered that she is enthusiastic and passionate about her knowledge of the Enneagram system and has an ability to make confusing material much clearer.  They report how learning about themselves gave them better tools for achieving their goals and appreciating what they have to offer.  Her style is compassionate with humor and honoring of the diversity of people.

She has been a certified coach since 2001 and was a Board Director for the Central Ohio Chapter of the International Coach Federation.  She is a Certified Teleclass Instructor and is licensed through Coachville to teach the following programs:  Toleration-Free Zone, A Perfect Life, Extreme Self-Care, Personal Freedom, and Personal Evolution.  She co-founded The Coaching Co-op (a teleclass forum for new coaches), co-facilitated a Life Makeover Group, and was a Kid Coach for the Future Possibilities Program.

Previous to coaching, Connie was the Director of the LifeLong Learning Program, an adult continuing education program and a training specialist at Action for Children, an advocacy agency for children.  She has maintained an active license in Social Work since 1994.  Other areas of interest include protirement, parenting, wellness and learning modalities.

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