62: Leading, Learning. Laughing, and Loving with an Enneagram Type Two

The Enneagram Type Two: The Helper<br /> <br />It’s EnneaTalk Tuesday and this week is the second episode of the Enneagram Types series. Today’s episode is all about Type Two and how to lead, learn, laugh, and love this type—especially if you are a two. I dive into the characteristics of the two, what motivates them, their core desires, hopes, healthy attributes, and how to recognize when they are under stress.<br /> <br />If you are in a partnership with a two, have a friend who is this type, or lead a two, listen to this episode to understand how to speak their language, guide them towards patterns of growth, support them, acknowledge them, and help them feel seen, heard, and understood.<br /> <br />The best qualities of the helper<br /> <br />The two falls in the heart triad and is considered the most feeling type out of the entire enneagram. They are caring, generous, interpersonal, genuine, and are generally the empaths of the group, striving to help those around them as much as possible. I discuss their core motivations of wanting to be loved and the methods they undertake in order to feel accepted.<br /> <br />I reveal the beautiful strengths that make twos so compassionate, how they focus their energy into being significant and needed, and how in order to be healthy and grow, they need to learn how to set boundaries and put aside time for themselves. I discuss how to recognize when they go into stress, how they can suppress feelings, become resentful, and even miss out on authentic connections by focusing too much on making connections.<br /><br />Quotes:<br />“2’s are probably the most feeling type on all the Enneagram.” :31<br /><br />“2’s when they’re under stress, they take on the average to unhealthy 8.” 3:15<br /><br />“The Enneagram 2, they feel everything. They can feel what other people are feeling so they’re the empath of the group.” 4:23<br /><br />“The 2 definitely believes, without question, that they must give fully to others in order to be loved.” 4:40<br /><br />“Being in the heart triad,