Susan Burns

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Gender Female
Industry Religion
Occupation Minister, Enneagram Teacher, Custom Embroidery
Location Mahtomedi, Minnesota, United States
Introduction I am a mom of 2 adult children, wife of Jim, owner (ownee?) of Shadow and Bennett, both Flat-Coated Retriever mixes, an ordained minister in the UCC, an enneagram enthusiast (and an enneagram "enthusiast" Type 7) who has studied with Riso and Hudson and others, and a businesswomen who leads enneagram workshops and does custom embroidery and fabric art. I am also a PWN, which means "Person with Narcolepsy," which was diagnosed, finally, after years of being incapacitated by sleepiness, exhaustion, and all kinds of really weird symptoms.
Interests My family, my dogs Shadow and Bennett, visiting local nursing homes with Shadow, who is a therapy dog, the enneagram, sewing, quilting, machine embroidery, spirituality, religion, personal growth, boating, cross country skiing, nature, saving the environment, travel, foreign languages, healthy eating, narcolepsy.
Favorite Movies Fried Green Tomatoes, Sling Blade, Patch Adams, The Royal Tenenbaums, Koyaanisquatsi, What the Bleep do We Know
Favorite Music Anything by Neil Diamond, Andrea Bocelli, Il Divo, Ann Reed, John Denver, my daughter the flutist, and my son the tenor.
Favorite Books The Wisdom of the Enneagram, The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, Icy Sparks, most books written by Robin Hobbs, The Pocket Pema Chodron, Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh