Our monthly Second Saturday gathering continues as we explore the high side of the Enneagram through conversation, reflection, and lived experience. This is our recording from last month.

Do join us March 14th. Become a member of aroundthecircle.org and go HERE to sign up.

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In this session, we focused on Twos and Threes—looking closely at the fears, patterns, and excesses that can pull these heart types off center, and the deeper messages that begin to move them toward freedom. Together, we explored how Twos relate to need, care, pride, and control, and how Threes wrestle with validation, achievement, image, and the longing to know their worth apart from performance.

What made this conversation especially rich was the honesty in the room. Participants shared stories about relational risk, self-love, grief, retirement, emotional presence, and the challenge of letting go of the need to manage how others feel or how they see us. We also reflected on the heart’s message, the holy ideas, and the virtues that begin to emerge when these types loosen their grip on old survival strategies.

This gathering is part teaching, part discussion, and part crowdsourcing—an opportunity to listen deeply to one another and to consider what real movement toward wholeness looks like from the inside out.

In this conversation:

1. the “45-pound weight” each type carries through fear and fixation
2. why Twos struggle to name and honor their own needs
3. how pride, control, and the longing for reciprocation show up in Twos
4. why Threes often tether worth to achievement and validation
5. how grief, stopping, and emotional honesty become part of healing for Threes
6. the role of the heart’s message, holy ideas, and virtues in moving toward the high side of type

We’ll gather again on March 14 as we continue the conversation with Fours and Fives.

If you want, I can also make this a little shorter, a little warmer, or more promotional.