Core Dynamic
The Reformer (Type 1) sits in the Gut center. Type One seeks integrity, improvement, and ethical consistency.
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Type 1
The Reformer
Center: Gut | Vice: Resentment | Virtue: Serenity
Fear and Desire
Core fear: Being corrupt or wrong. Core desire: To be good and principled. These two forces create the recurring tension pattern for this type.
Vice and Virtue
Reactive pattern (vice): Resentment. Integrative quality (virtue): Serenity. Development work is usually the movement from vice toward virtue.