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Type 2: The Giver - The Narrative Enneagram

Enneagram Type 2 Interpretations
The Nine Types In Brief - The Narrative Enneagram
The Narrative Enneagram - Helen Palmer and David Daniels

The Giver

Focus of Attention
Others’ needs, feelings and desires

Basic Proposition
You gain love and approval, and fulfill your personal needs, through giving to others.

Strengths
Caring, helpful, relationship-oriented, generous, sensitive to others’ feelings, supportive and exuberant

Challenges
Prideful, dependent on approval of others, intrusive, demanding, privileged

Stress Point: Enneagram Type 8
The stress point is where we go when feeling stressed and pressured, or when mobilizing for action.
Security Point: Enneagram Type 4
The security point is where we go when feeling relaxed or secure, or paradoxically, when feeling overwhelmed or exhausted.

Source: The Narrative Enneagram