practical emotional intelligence slides for personality type 2 in the enneagram

1. Practical Emotional
Intelligence
Volume 7: Personality
Type 2: The Giver
(part 1 of 2)
Adopted from the book ‘Stop Being
Your Self’ by Ronan Gallagher

2. Today’s Content: Type 2: The Giver
Type 2: General Unconscious Behaviours
Type 2: Basic Desire In Life
Type 2: Self-Image
Type 2: Childhood
Type 2: Result of Imbalanced Personality

3. Type 2: General Unconscious Behaviours
Demanding of
affection and
approval.
Seek to become
indispensable to
others.
Have many selves,
depending on
what friend with.
Denying that
personal payoff or
gain required for
helping others.
Flattery and
people pleasing.
Guilt at having
their own needs

4. Type 2: Basic Desire in Life
‘To be loved’
(learnt to serve others for approval instead)

5. Type 2: Self-Image
Cares deeply about others.
Empathetic, concerned and compassionate.
Service of others is calling in life.
Selfless, warm-hearted and kind.

6. Type 2: Childhood
Learnt that pleasing parents or
carers was the way to receive
approval and love
Felt that the way to be loved was
to repress their own needs and
satisfy needs of others
Felt love and approval was
something to be earned- give to
get.

7. Type 2: Result of Imbalanced Personality
Will deny own needs and develop an egotistical
and false pride around being ‘selfless’.
Will manipulate others with giving, to get
emotional needs and expectations met.
The selfless giver eventually becomes resentful
and angry when level of approval isn’t sufficient.

8. Thank you very
much for reading!
Would love to hear your
thoughts or comments! Part
2 coming next week.