
Overview
General Archetypal Names: Helper, Caretaker, Giver, Lover (Watch a podcast discussion on the names and theme of Type 2 here)
Core Motivational Theme: Love/Care, Appreciation/Acknowledgment
Core Fear: being unlovable, unwanted, unappreciated, unacknowledged, unworthy, undesirable, not good enough in the context of close personal relationship (ie partner/child/parent)
Core Desire: to be love/loving; to feel loved/lovable, wanted, appreciated, worthy of love, good enough in the context of close personal relationship
Center of Intelligence: heart/feeling
Connecting Points: 4 (heart), 8 (gut/instinctive)
Archetypal Expressions
These archetypes encapsulate the core fears/desires, vices/virtues, life lessons, and character arcs associated with point 2 on the Enneagram.
No one could love me for who I am so I must serve them to be worthy of their love. If they don’t appreciate my sacrifices I have the right to do whatever I want to get my needs met.
I don’t know how I would live or what I would do with myself if I didn’t have others to care for. They need me to attend to their needs; it’s selfish to attend to my own.
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Integration and Disintegration / Connecting Points
Resources
Enneagram 2 YouTube Playlist
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