what does it look like for that type 5 to be traveling down their path of growth
today's video is all about the growth path but it also can be known as a growth arrow
you've probably heard it called that and a line of integration all of these are talking about
the same thing which is the growth path where does that five go when they are growing and stay
tuned because after i'm done sharing about that growth path i'm gonna be sharing three
whoops one two three three growth tips for that ideograph type 5. if you're new here i'm hillary
i'm certified in an enneagram i'm certified in life coaching i also run an etsy shop where i
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possible all right so let's go ahead and dive into being a type 5 and what it looks like for
that type five to go towards the healthy side of a type eight which is where they go on their
growth path this is the path that the five goes down when they're doing good they're growing
uh maybe they're in that good uh rest space where they you know just settle into a real healthy spot
this is where the type five goes and what does this look like for the type
five fives are going to prioritize their energy while taking action towards their goals because
i don't know if you're five and you can relate to this but i think sometimes fives can get
overwhelmed with all the data with all the options with all the facts i mean that's a lot going on
right but when going towards that healthy side of the eight they are going to start to settle down
and take that intentional action the next thing that it can look like in the type 5 is they begin
to share what they know with other people they really want to help the people around them and
fives have a lot of knowledge right a lot of gifts that they can share with the world vibes are gonna
become more grounded have more self-confidence have more courage become decisive and assertive
those are some of the things that the five is going to use from that healthy side of the eight
fives will begin to listen to their body and its needs right because that eight is in the gut triad
that body triad and so as the five is going there they're gonna be able to use that um in a healthy
way they really will learn to get into touch with what the body's saying what the body is feeling
and really start to connect with their emotions and those gut instincts that the eight has
another thing is the fives are going to learn that observing from afar actually ends up being
them missing out therefore they're gonna start to participate more and i know if you are a five
it tends to be easier to observe from afar but as you're going down that healthy path that's where
that confidence and courage comes in and you start to you know kind of step in and participate more
in life and the last thing is as the five learns to trust their instincts they're going to become
braver and quicker to take action and so those are some of the things that you're going to see
as the five travels down that growth path that growth arrow or line of integration whichever
one you want to call it so what do you guys think if you are a five did you relate to
any of these did any of these stand out do you see some of these show up in your life let me
know in the comments box i would love to know which one of these you really related to okay
so moving on to the three growth tips that i promised you for that type five growth tip one
is you do not need to be an expert at something before taking action so with that what i've seen
is that a five wants to research research and then research some more before taking any action
making a decision or speaking on a topic they want to make sure they fully understand everything
before saying anything i think sometimes you fives you need to trust that you actually do know enough
to share it to go forward to take action you do really know a lot on the subject
i'd be willing to bet truthfully i think fives you you really have a gift that needs to be shared
who you are what you bring to the world is the gift share it contribute to the world
your giftings otherwise you might get stuck and analysis paralysis and i know this is not
the first time you've probably heard those two words uttered and what this looks like is over
analyzing overthinking and then what happens you stop moving forward and making any decisions and
i know deep down inside you just you don't want to make an error or look stupid i get that i
understand that but that's just not a good place to be to be waiting around until you feel like you
know everything about the subject because let's be honest you're really never going to know all there
is to know you're always going to be learning and growing so it's good to just trust yourself
sometimes in that moment and give what you have to give i guess in the end just realize that
there is always more to learn and it's okay okay so let's go ahead and move on to that growth
tip number two and this one is your energy is not actually going to be catastrophically depleted
i know that's a fear i know that that tends to be your um core weakness and the avarice part
that you might you know use all your energy but it's not really true fives have learned to isolate
as a way of protecting what they need to live fives usually feel like they need to hoard their
time their energy and their resources why because they think they are gonna be fully depleted truth
be told this is something a five would have put in practice when they were a child and i always like
to teach that what you decided as a child usually no longer serves you as an adult and don't get me
wrong i do think having a quiet place to recharge is super important to a five being able to take
some time and you know find that quiet space yes super important but what i'm actually talking
about is that fear that fear that if you put too much of yourself out there you're gonna be fully
depleted and that's just not going to happen i would say learn to communicate your needs
instead of hiding your needs right that isolation can be you actually hiding what you're needing
to recharge but one thing that will help is to communicate your needs i think honestly it's
just time to lay down the fear that your battery can be completely drained with no way of charging
it back up if you aren't closing people out and hiding away right sometimes the five thinks that
that's what they have to do in order to recharge it's it's okay to find that quiet space the growth
tip is just to stop operating from that place of insufficiency that's not a great place
um to operate out of okay so moving on to the last growth tip which is tip number three and
that is emotions they are okay and they need to be processed it's important for type 5 to let their
feelings be felt in the moment i actually think type fives are the least emotionally expressive
of all nine types what do you guys think is that true here's the funny thing about emotions
if they're not dealt with properly they're still gonna come out just sideways sometimes for the
five they can come out as anger they can come out as maybe a physical symptom maybe they cause you
to go quiet or kind of like lock yourself away in your castle um i've noticed that about fives
i heard someone say once that a type five needs to practice holding space for their own emotions and
i don't know if that's easy for you i don't know if that's hard for you i think sometimes it can
be hard for five to identify their own emotions let me know what do you think if you are a five
do you have an easy time identifying your emotions or is it a little bit harder and if it is harder
um i've heard i had this one person one time tell me that they had a printout of all emotions
and so when they started to feel something they would look at the words of the emotions so that
they can identify what they were feeling and i think that was brilliant i think the bottom line
is just to process your emotions you do have them i know some of you are going i don't want them
it's easier for me to not have them i get that and but i don't want them to come out sideways for you
but anyways that's all i have for today guys those are the three growth tips that i had for the type
5. i hope they help you um let me know in the comments which one really stood out which one
maybe are you working on or you would like to work on i would love to hear from you guys so but if
you've gotten to this point and you don't know your own enneagram type and you're like gosh i
i do relate to some of the things that you were saying today but not all of them or i need someone
to come alongside me and just kind of confirm what i've always believed or thought my type is i have
good news for you i offer a discover you typing session it's a one-hour zoom call with me and
we get down to the bottom of your enneagram type usually and so all of that information is linked
down below in the description box but that's all i have for today guys until next time bye guys you