Deep Listening Type 5

Like many terms of phrases that have been used with the Enneagram for decades, recently we have begun to expand on the original ones - not change their core meaning but dig a little deeper into the words themselves.

So what if I restated the original childhood message for type 5s in this way….

“It’s not ok to let your guard down because you won’t be able to handle things competently.”

If you’re a type 5 or you love a type 5…does that hit differently?

Let’s add a little more complexity to this scenario - Type 5s are in the Thinking or Head Center of Intelligence (meaning their instinctual way of processing life is from their minds first - not the heart or their gut), they are in the withdrawing stance and they sit right in the middle of the FEAR triad!

The power of deep listening is HEARING what, at times, someone doesn’t even know how to say. Pay attention…you’ll hear. You don’t have to have the right words…you just want them to know you are there, present and listening in whatever way they are emptying their heart. This is how we contribute to less suffering in this world.

To our beautiful type 5s….Breath in this message…”All you truly need to know RIGHT THIS MOMENT is that you are heard and seen and loved.”

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