Core Dynamic
The Enthusiast (Type 7) sits in the Head center. Type Seven pursues options and reframes constraints into possibilities.
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Type 7
The Enthusiast
Center: Head | Vice: Gluttony | Virtue: Sobriety
Fear and Desire
Core fear: Being trapped in pain. Core desire: To be satisfied and free. These two forces create the recurring tension pattern for this type.
Vice and Virtue
Reactive pattern (vice): Gluttony. Integrative quality (virtue): Sobriety. Development work is usually the movement from vice toward virtue.