Hey all you Type 2’s, this post is just for you!
This is Chris Tuttle, Carol’s favorite Type 2 son, and I decided to jump on here and share a little bit about my experience with Energy Profiling. I don’t know why I haven’t thought to share anything before, it has helped me in so many ways, but one of the more profound experiences I have had took place this pas weekend, here it goes….I’ll try not to leave out any details 
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Over the weekend I had the opportunity to attend an Internet Marketing event in Atlanta Georgia, my first time to Atlanta and it was beautiful, anywho, it was a small event with only about 20 people attending. We began Friday morning and within the first 10 minutes the ideas were flowing about everything that is possible when it comes to making money online, and I started to get excited about how I could get a piece of the huge opportunity pie that is available online.
My excitement lasted well into lunch, but soon after it turned into heavy stress and anxiety, I felt like this for the last few hours of the conference and all the way into the night, even when I laid my head on the pillow at 1 a.m. I felt an overwhelming feeling of stress because of all the thoughts that where going through my head.
Now, I had been to events like this in the past, and this feeling wasn’t anything new for me, but I did have something new this time that I have never had before, and that was Energy Profiling, and a BEAUTIFUL wife Sarah (who I have been married to for exactly 3 years last Sunday) who is a genius when it comes to helping me notice my natural tendencies via the information we learned in Energy Profling.
Before it got better though, it got worse, and actually kind of funny. Here’s where the spiders come into the story. Friday evening while we were out to dinner the server brought us our food and I thought I saw a spider run from the middle of the table to the edge and then underneath. I have never seen a spider at a restaurant before, let alone in the same vicinity as my food, so I quickly checked under the table to see if I had actually seen a spider, I checked and other than some old gum, which didn’t really help my appetite, I didn’t see anything, so I just left it at that. BUT, the next morning as I was getting ready for day 2 of the event, I placed my bag on the bed and again saw a black spider run down my bag, so I hit my bag onto the floor and stepped right on the spider, and I am no amateur spider crusher, and I never miss, but when I lifted up my foot, there was NO SPIDER, none, like it never even existed!!! So I again searched for any evidence of a spider and either the spiders in Georgia can disappear, or I was hallucinating them.
Leaning towards the probability that I was hallucinating these spiders, I decided to look up causes of hallucination, and sure enough not to far down on the list was stress, and I’m sure a few other things I was feeling.
So the question is, WHY WAS I SO STRESSED and OVERWHELMED? And of course I found my answer thanks to my beautiful wife and Energy Profiling. While talking to my wife Friday evening, I shared with her how I was feeling and the thoughts that were going through my head. I started off really excited about all the possibilities of things I could create to make money online, but as I continued to think about them, and very true to my Type 2 nature I thought them as far ahead in the future as I possibly could, thinking of any possible detail that would or wouldn’t make it possible, I get so consumed by these thoughts that I convince my self there are too many things that won’t work before I even get started.
So the first thing I learned is that as a Type 2 I:
1. Get way to caught up in all the details that will or won’t make something possible, even when it’s not even relevant. Remember at this point I hadn’t even taken the first step, it was just an idea.
2. Naturally my thoughts think ahead to the future, and in doing so I think about all the details and get overwhelmed.
Now these both can be extraordinary gifts when we are are aware of how they can get away from us and become weaknesses, and learn to manage them. So thanks to Sarah, I was able to recognize that at this point they are just ideas, and I just need to remember that, and that I just need to take it 1 step at a time.
The second thing that was causing me spider hallucinating stress was that after the first day I had sooo many questions, that I wasn’t getting answered, and the only reason they weren’t being answered is because I WASN’T ASKING!! Now, I know asking questions isn’t really that big of a deal…UNLESS YOUR A TYPE 2. For whatever reason I wasn’t letting myself ask the questions that I needed answered to help me figure out the details, and it was stressin me out!!!
So on day 2 of our event I committed to getting all my questions asked, that was my only goal for that day was to just ask my questions, and I DID, and because of that I had a completely different experience, I enjoyed all the information I received, I got some great feedback to my questions, and I felt ready to take the next step, and the best part was I stopped seeing spiders and I felt great!
So the second thing I learned was:
As a Type 2, if you have questions, you gotta get some answers, and be OK with it. And if you aren’t a Type 2 and you are reading this (which frankly I would be amazed if you are a Type 3 or 1 and are still reading this) let the Type 2’s ask their questions, we might need a few more details than you but once we get them, we will be ready to go!
So, I hope my little bit of insight helps. That is just one thing that I have learned about myself, to learn more about Energy Profiling and more about YOU check out www.MyEnergyProfile.com
Relax Man,
Chris
P.s. If you are a Type 4 and you saw a bunch of typos, sorry.
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:27 pm
LOL – I’m Type I w/secondary Type 2… so I made it through!
Maybe this is why sometimes I actually feel like I’m floating above the ground. :S
Thank you so much for sharing – it was a fantasic story, and very informative. I hope you share more!
June 4th, 2009 at 6:41 am
Thanks so much for sharing. I am also a type 2, and I tend to do the exact same thing, minus the spiders. I’ve always thought that I was just a big coward about trying new things, but now I know that’s part of my type 2 nature, and I just need my questions answered. Thanks again, your story helped me to understand myself better!!!
June 4th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I am a type 3 but didn’t know it until last month. I started to read this so I could get a better idea of what is going on inside my type 2 husband. This was very helpful to me. I didn’t realize the strong anxiety that he must be experiencing at times. He is constantly studying about different ways to make money and invest (for more than 20 years now), but rarely does anything with the knowledge. Of course, for me, this is incredibly frustrating. To me it feels like he will never actually do anything and that he is wasting his time and mine.(family time). Any insight on how to approach him and get him to read any of this or to recognize his patterns would be appreciated. He is not very tolerant of the straight forward approach, or any approach as far as I can tell. (coming from a type 3, I guess). I talked to Jon at the last store day, He said to simply ask my husband when I can expect something to be done. To allow him his time to do it his way. My problem is he thinks I am nagging to even bring up the subject and pulls away or attacks me when I ask him to give a deadline or finish date for a task. I really try to be as tactful and non-pushy as possible. After all I have been acting like a type 2 practically all my life. (minus the details–Well, this is pretty long.)
I hope I can get some good feed back, Please have the relationship class again soon, and invite me and my husband. Maybe make it just for type3/2 relationships.
Thanks,
Lorene
June 4th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Hi Lorene,
I completely understand what you and your husband are experiencing, although I have only been studying about different ways to make money for 3 years with out doing anything, not 20! I am so grateful that I have that drive to want to continue to learn but I recently realized that I am internalizing all this great information and not applying any of it, well atleast not enough of it to get the results I want from it. I learned about my self that there are a few reasons why I don’t do anything, first like I shared in my original post, I would get excited about something, but then think way too far into the future, and think about all the details and before long that excitement turned into anxiety and I would convince myself that somewhere along the line it wouldnt work so why even start, to which my wife (also a type 3) helped remind me to stay centered in where I was in the whole process, and that was that it was just an idea, just a thought, so to just leave it at that, and not think about all the details. I also wouldn’t take any action because I had a belief that the certain things I wanted to do needed to be done in a certain way, in a way that might come more naturally to a a type 1, 3, or 4, or so I thought. To this I was reminded that EVERY TYPE CAN GET THE SAME RESULTS EVERY OTHER TYPE CAN GET, it’s just a matter of how we get there. For me personally the best place to start on anything I want to do is to decide what I want from it, for example, more money, a nicer home, better lifestyle, etc. And then FIRST take time to create that from within, by feeling what it feels like to have those things, or experience the result I want. If you are familiar with the law of attraction, this is the process I am talking about. Since learning energy profiling It has become very clear as to why I was so drawn to the law of attraction, it is because as a type 2 I have a very natural ability to create from within, it works for me. Type 3’s I believe due to having more yang energy have a natural gift to create externally….anyways one other thing that helped me is to learn to just focus on one thing. Commit, set goals, get clear on what you want, but allow it to flow. My wife has been a huge support to me, not by pushing more just by helping me understand my natural tendencies, and encouraging me to do what I want to do, but at the end of the day I have to be the one to commit to the one thing I am going to do. To end here is a quote that I really like by W. Clement Stone “So many fail because they don’t get started – they don’t go. They don’t overcome inertia. They don’t begin.” Let me know if I can provide anymore clarification to my thoughts, and If there is any other way I can support you. I am committed to creating the success I want in my life in my natural type 2 way, and hopefully helping many others learn how to do the same.
June 5th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Hi Chris, I am a type 4 with a strong type 2 secondary so I could relate and made it through your story very easily because I didn’t have to edit! Thanks. Anyways, I have a 11 year old son that I am thinking is a type 2 because he asks questions ALL the time. He wants to know everything about everything. Maybe it’s just easier to ask questions when your a kid! What are your thoughts on this?
Thanks, Shanna
June 5th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Well, that about sums up my life! How do you know so much about me? Energy Profiling, that’s how. For me, unresolved questions equal fear and loathing which adds up to inertia. But if I write down everything on paper, prioritize, and plan, life zips along for me.
June 5th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Great post. I can really relate to this. Writing my questions down as they come to me is so important. Sometimes I even end up with anxiety because I remember I had a question before and now I can’t remember it, and I don’t feel I can move forward without all my questions answered! This is so good to know about myself.
So here are some questions I have written down as I read your post, haha. I would love to hear more about how type 2s can be successful in making money and in positions of authority – it seems like our type tends to defer to others, not to value money as much as some, and therefore money and authority often seems to elude us. I also feel out of my element when in a position where I have to be the authority, even when trying to direct my children – I feel like if i do it in a type 2 way they will not hear or listen or respect me. I tend to change over to a type 3 and try to be loud and large in order to be taken seriously. Then I feel bad after because I am not being who I am meant to be and it doesn’t feel right for me. How do you influence others powerfully from a type 2 energy? How do you succeed in business when you value relationships more than promotions and money? Do you think the poverty mentality is more prevalent among 2s, and if so what should we do about it? Thanks for your post!
June 5th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I loved your story – amazing that you can hallucinate bugs/insects.
I also loved your reference to not asking questions, which is really quite funny, since our type tends to have a lot of questions. It kind of fights each other, I think; having questions, but yet not being comfortable enough to ask them. So, how does one get the answers to all of the details that we seek? You know?
In the past week, I had sent an email in to the main website, asking a question, since email is the only way I feel comfortable asking anything. The answer I got back was to listen to the radio show and then call in with my question. I politely responded to the man who sent it with the fact that my type 2 personality would definitely not ask a question on a broadcasted radio show, but thank you anyway.
I thought it was kind of funny, and will never know the answer to my question, due to my extreme fear of speaking in front of people.
Oh well. Careful of those spiders.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Please send your question in again saying that I asked you to make sure it is forwarded to me to answer on the radio show. We will talk to our staff to make sure they know these questions are meant to be forwarded to me, thanks for letting us know.
Thanks
Carol
June 6th, 2009 at 5:51 am
Hi all this is Carlo from Switzerland, sorry about my english.
I’ve just started reading recently your book and checking your site and I can tell I’m a type 2!!well so far…
Reading Chris’s post I thought to myself hey that’s really me!!!that’s so great to read this thoughts where I can relate as well.
I am a quite and a shy person so to me asking questions has been all my life very difficult!
Hope to read great stuff in this blog and understand myself better.
June 8th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Thanks Chris! I’m a type 2 as well. I’ve been working as a nurse for 20+ years but frequently feel drained, so 12 years ago I joined the Mary Kay organization. I get really excited about the possibilities of this business, BUT-when I was a 21 year old single mother, I quit my stable but boring job to do a sales career. And promptly fell flat on my face, made no money for a solid month, had to go back to work at a lower paying job, had nothing to eat at times and wound up moving to another state so I could attend school. So-the thought of quitting my day job brings fear, grief, guilt, you name it.
I really credit Carol with helping me clear some of it-the first time I did the guilt clearing I literally felt like a small rubber band had snapped in my upper back. Energy healing and energy profiling are real gifts to humanity!
So now I have another dilemma-do I continue with Mary Kay and take it to new levels for me, or do I study energy healing with the possibility of becoming a certified holistic nurse? Hmmm-give me another 12 years and we’ll see! hee hee
June 10th, 2009 at 5:20 am
Type 2–that’s me alright. Thank you Chris for sharing your experience. I need to continue to realize that I am not alone in the way that I commonly feel when thoughts come into my head and decide to set up permanent residency. These thoughts are like guests who over stay their welcome. More often than anyone would want to happen, I find myself slipping into a melancholy state of being. Sometimes it is over night; other times over a matter of days. I begin to withdraw from others and feel hopeless for the future. I also find that I concern myself for others way more than they probably do themselves. We have eight children so you can imagine all the lives I am trying to live and fix in my thoughts almost constantly. Anyway–like a typical type 2 I could go on and on and on…I will leave it at this with a promise to myself that I will visit often this blog to hopefully find the answers to the questions I need to learn to ask. Thank you
June 10th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Hi! Thanks for your insights, Christ. I’m a type 1, and I read every post of this great info. I have a type 2 daughter who’s 15, and understanding Energy Profiling has really helped my daughter and I in our relationship. I fly by the seat of my pants and thrive on it – completely trust my guts and it works for me. My daughter, however is very cautious and has lots of questions, making connections and flowing through her life at a completely different pace. Thank You for posting your insights about Type 2’s! I will suggest she read it as well. This is awesome! Love Energy Profiling!
June 10th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Hi Chris,
Thanks for the info. I have since passed it on to my type 2 mother that still can’t decide if she is a type 2. (She is, I know it) Being a type 3 I get frustrated at times with her but with EP it has helped me to see why she worries so much and mulls everything over and over and can’t make a decision. She wants to come to the class and get the book but can’t decide to just do it. Me, I say just “get ‘er done”. I know. Total type 3. How long do I let her sit and figure out everything and what is the best way to handle you type 2’s to get a commitment? Help! We need to get her to a class!
June 10th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Some of us 3s and 1s are just way too curious about you 2s since it is new to us!! I am still reading the book, but am loving it, and want to some to Utah for a class. I am taking the online class this weekend, but I think it would help me be a better therapist if I could relate to people in this way!!
June 10th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Thank you so much for sharing that. For the past 18 months I have been working with my therapist to re-learn to ASK for what I want, and to ASK my questions. Now that I have learned about being a Type 2 (piles? I got to show you ALL my piles!) I realize finally that when I asked questions in the past, the type 3 and 4 people around me either judged that I was too stupid to figure out what was going on, or that I was deliberately tossing a red herring into the conversation (a manager once accused me of deliberatley sabotaging a project and had me demoted!) WHAT? I just wanted an answer to my questions about the viability of the project. SO, for many years, I stopped asking questions, but now I will ask about what I need to know. I also have been applying this to my Dear Husband, who never just asks for what he wants – he always frames his request as a question. Sometimes this drives me NUTZ and in the past I would say to him, “For heaven’s sake, just ASK for what you want.”
June 10th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Thanks Chris, especially for your answer to Lorene’s request – another collector of information here, not doing anything with it and planning everything in my head, but not going there.Yay, I’m not alone!!!
June 12th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Reading through this and all the responses has brought me to tears… Realizing it’s not just me that is like this! Wow liberating! For sooo long I have been struggling to feel okay about myself and a big part of that is feeling like my tendency to ask “too many” questions and get so caught in the details are weaknesses… and the fact that I can’t seem to get anything done!! I feel ‘looked down upon’ because of these things and like they really hold me back. ahhhhhhh
By the way, Rosie, I tried the Mary Kay thing and it did not work for me. It felt very foreign to my nature… I felt out of my element like I had to work so hard against my grain and even then still got few if any results.
I am struggling with another sales endeavor presently. I just wish these things came easier for me so I could make more money easily. Why do 2’s seem to have a harder time making money… and should we stay away from sales? I long for an opportunity to make money with freedom without having to be tied to the 9-5 but most of those type opportunities seem to be set up more for the other ‘types’ naturally to succed in them. Whereas for me, they are so unnatural (sales and business) that when I try and work at them I become drained, exhausted, overworked and then still have nothing to show for it! ahhhhhhh! Any insight would be helpful and appreciated!
June 12th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
The only thing that isnt coming easy to you or anyone who is trying to make money selling is that you think you have to do it like a type 1, 3 or 4 in order to be successful! That’s where we have been getting it all wrong. Type 2’s can sell, they will just do it differently, you will connect with people when you do it, on a heart level. It is not any harder for type 2’s to create money than any other type, remember every type can do everything every other type can do, we just go about it differently, yes we can sell, yes we can make money, in fact, THE riches man in the world, Bill Gates, is a type 2, that’s right Bill Gates is a 2, so no excuses.
Chris Tuttle
June 14th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Understanding energy types can improve interpersonal relationships so much. When my type I daughter was a junior in high school, she came home one afternoon and out of the blue simply stated that she wanted to spend her senior year on exchange in Germany. Being a type II, I immediately started asking questions in my own gentle way, which she interpreted as a no. I was actually her strongest supporter, working through all the details to make sure she could go to Germany for a year and then return home and start college the next fall-with a full ride scholarship for which I handled the details of the application process. She never saw it that way and over the years has repeatedly mentioned to other people that when she wanted to be an exchange student, an experience which changed the course of her life, I didn’t want her to do that. This attitude has always hurt my feelings a little. How could I have been so misunderstood?
I was visiting my daughter last month where she now lives in France. She is now a wife, mother, and successful small business owner, and I am very happy for her and the life she has created for herself. She sometimes makes her life more difficult with the judgments she makes about other people, so I decided to share the energy profiling information with her. When she got to the part about how type IIs ask so many questions, it was a huge awakening for her. She immediately brought up the incident when she announced that she wanted to go on exchange, along with a host of other occasions, and told me she now understood why I had responded the way I did. It was a tremendous healing moment for us, lifting what has always been a wonderful mother-daughter relationship to an even higher level. I am very grateful for this blessing in my life and hers.
I encourage everyone to use this valuable information in their own lives and to share it with anyone you feel would be open to it. Coming to understand each other so that we can leave judgment behind is the most important component in establishing peace.
Carol
Red Mountain Spa Vibrant Woman class of July, 2008
June 14th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Awesome story Carol. True to my 3ness I would add DON’T WAIT UNTIL PEOPLE ARE OPEN TO IT!! There is no way they could be, there is nothing like it to help them get open! Share the book and the online course, and that will help open people up and free them of their unnecessary judgments as your story so beautifully illustrates. Thanks for being a little bold and following your inspiration when your Type 2 nature was probably in the background wondering if it would be appropriate!!
Love Carol
June 20th, 2009 at 9:29 am
I can’t believe how much I am a Type 2! I’m new to this knowledge and Carol’s information on Energy Types. But I have to say I’m most grateful for it. I’ve always tried to be what I thought others wanted me to be, to deny myself my true nature. It’s only made me anxious and depressed.
I may be 63, but I’m just beginning my life’s journey being the person it is my nature to be thanks to Carol!
Thank you Carol for reaching out and touching my life the way you have.
Thank you Chris, for sharing from your heart without fear your experiences. I relate perfectly with your Type 2 nature.
Sincerely
Brenda
June 26th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Someone has said that it takes a whole lifetime to learn how to live. I think the question we will be asked when it is all said and done:
“Why weren’t you (insert your name)” – we listen to so many voices and sometimes it is in coflict with the voice of our true divine nature – we think we need to be more or do something different and so we are always in conflict with ourselves. It is time to quiet the voices whether from others or self-imposed and “be still” and know our self and realize that each one of us is a miracle, whether you believe in miracle or not – we are. We all have obstacles to overcome and sometimes, – most of the time, we are our own worst enemy and need to “get over yourself” – by that I mean you need to understand yourself, – this is where self-reflection and being in your true nature comes in – love yourself because only then can we be true to yourself and give your best self to others. When we let our light shine then it gives others permission to let their light shine. Who we are makes a difference.
June 28th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I appreciated all the comments. Chris’ experience helped me understand a type 2 trait very well. I can understand that feeling but not to that extent. I do feel like I have to work very hard at everything I do to get the results I want. I don’t always trust my own ability that it’s good enough; but I am leaning to trust and listen to my own spirit.
I am still not sure which is my dominant trait because I can understand all the traits. I can understand all the questions the type 2’s have to a certain extend and then the other part of me wants to hurry up and get started and get it finished. Yes I do look at a task well done and feel great about it. (type 3) but I am not brash or harsh. I am very considerate and like comfort for every one. I like to look and dress nice and emulate the best I see in others. I enjoy decorating my home and having order and harmony. I love serving and entertaining; but I enjoy peace and quiet reading time. Sometimes I feel mixed up because I enjoy doing everything. So how do we determine the dominant trait?
still struggling, Lynda
July 25th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
I laughed so hard I cried reading these accounts–I too have stressed myself out so far that I’ve halucinated spiders!! I figured it was just another health issue to worry about, so I put it on the back burner with all my other unanswered questions!
The frustration from the Type 3 family memebers describes to a tee my relationship with my dear mother. I could see and love my mother in her own true nature through the 3s here who don’t know how to work with their type 2 loved ones. My mother, a type 3, is (was–she’s pretty old now and experiencing a little dimentia) a very efficient, successful, capable, judgmental, tough, lively and funny person. In all of the self-reflective confessions of the 2s I saw myself, but through much kinder eyes—my own.
When I was a girl, Mom would be beside herself with exasperation over my slow and deliberate 2ness, my piles, my quiet ways, how shy I appeared–she saw those traits as social suicide—so foreign to herself I’m sure she thought I was like an alien. What she believed I needed in order to survive were the traits she posessed. It was tough going for both of us since I was as good at resisting as she was at pushing.
She used to say things like: (referencing my procrastination) On your tombstone they will say: “Here lies Anne, she was always ‘going-to’ There were other much less kind things, that thankfully I have forgotten as she and I have become good friends after years of work and lots of grace. Energy Profiling could have really shortened that journey.
For those 3s who have no idea how to work with their dearly beloved 2s I offer two suggestions:
1) If you have a Type 2 loved-one that you are trying to motivate, share lovingly from your heart how whatever it is that they are doing is affecting you adversely. For example, “When I come home and see piles of …(papers, dishes, projects all over the place,) it makes me feel helpless and uneasy; I know you are not doing this to hurt me, but it really affects me and actually does hurt me.” Then END the COMMUNICATION from your side–do your best to avoid words like “angry” and “frustrated” they will work against your goal. Give your type 2 time to process your lovingly stated needs in their own heart, by themselves. Their desire to stay connected to you will motivate them to fix the problem.
2) Allow them to guide their own lives in their own way—even if you think they are making mistakes–respect is key here. If Energy Profiling (or anything else) is changing your life, that 2 will eventually notice and eventually check it out for themselves. It may literally take years—but it will happen. Attract them, and when they start asking you questions, know that you have their attention and interest and their own inquisitive nature will take care of the rest.
July 26th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
WOW! I related to so much of what everyone said. I haven’t gotten my profile done officially yet, but heard a radio show about this and have been doing some online searching for more info. Based on all this, I really think I’m a 2! Not sure of the secondary- think it’s a 1, but maybe some 4 in there, too. Have felt judged by a lot of people, predominantly 3’s, I think!
From the feeling excited to going too far into the future worrying over things that haven’t even happened yet; to being so plagued by anxiety and taking no action for years even though logically (by other people’s standards it would be good); to needing to ask lots of questions in courses to feel comfortable, heard, safe and reassured, even if the questions seem obvious or stupid to others, (but often does clarify things for the whole group.) I do hesitate asking ALL my questions though, because people think (or I’m afraid they think) that I’m “monopolizing” the group time. It just seems to be how I take in information and learn best.
So many other things that were said resonated, as well. Including not caring as much about money as relationships, feeling certain areas of sales are not for me– offering a personal service that I believe is helpful and valuable feels more natural than selling a many products- even if they are good ones.
I could go on and on (which I do with incredibly detailed stories and lots of tangents that in my head all connect– but people often zone out or get annoyed by it!)
I understand what Carol said about Bill Gates and not making excuses… but I’m at a point where I feel I absolutely need to move forward and it seems the only solution requires taking some risks that I haven’t felt comfortable doing for 5 years. I am afraid to fail, yet feeling this state of “apparent” inertia (again,compared to what many others think), has me feeling like a failure all the time, for lack of certin actions that will help me out of this situation..
I hope that makes sense as I know I’m being kind of vague. Any thoughts from the 2’s?
Thanks, Chris and everyone who posted! I’m so glad I found this blog!
July 27th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
G.C. let me give you a Type 3 push. Take action and do the online Energy Profiling course or purchase my book “It’s Just My Nature!” It’s the practical next step for you. go to http://myenergyprofile.com
August 4th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
I’m laughing b/c that’s exactly like me, I think I’m a 2/1 and I’m always coming up with ideas and then get completely overwhelmed and stop before I start. Nice to hear about someone else having the same experience, thank you for sharing!!!
August 19th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Hi Carol,
I’ve received some intense healing since I wrote here a few weeks ago. Thank G-d a lot is beginning to shift. I finally took the energy profiling course. Like I thought earlier, I’m a type 2. I’m not positive of the secondary type, because you really didn’t go over that, but as I mentioned in my post above, I think it’s 1, based on the quick mind, lots of ideas, possibilities, and not always following through, a a bit of the 1 style doodling, and being “cute and youthful” and feeling like I haven’t been taken so seriously initially when people see me, because of these qualities (though when they talk to me, they think I’m pretty wise, knowledgeable, and grounded.) I do see type 3 and 4 in myself in a few ways, but definitely not as strongly– so unfortunately, no career as a supermodel!!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
So spot on. Thanks so much, I do need to take one step at a time to relieve worry and not to call the whole thing off from an idea. My secondary type is a 4 and I did see the typos! lol
February 10th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
FOR THOSE WHO NEED HELP IN PUSHING A TYPE 2:
As a Type 2, I often question myself in moving foward with things. It helps me move foward when my husband (or someone close) says,” That is a good idea, I think you should do that on Monday” and then I get very clear if that fits into my Monday schedule and if not, and then I can clearly decide to do it on Tuesday. And I will tell you all the details about why it doesn’t fit into Monday’s schedule but how I could see it fitting into Tuesday’s schedule, and then your next line would be, “Okay that sounds good. I think you should do that.” But the point is, I need to feel supported without any strings attached. I can’t EVER feel pressured that I have to…”bring home the bacon” or my plan has to turn out just the way I percieved it would. I need to know from you that no matter what happens with the outcome, that you/everyone will be just as okay and happy as before. Otherwise I won’t make a move because I’ll be too worried about the outcome.
As a type 2, I agree that it is sometimes hard to recieve advice or input from a type 3 (my mother is a type 3, love you) and I think the best way my mom helps me is when she starts with, “Well, what do YOU WANT to do?” And then I will say something like, ” I want to be able to do (insert here) BUT, ……….blah,blah (insert all my worries)” Usually the first idea is what really resonates with me but I need to feel supported in doing it cause I’m too scared to do it with my own conviction. This is where you tell me to do that first thing, that you believe in me, and that everything will be ok no matter what happens. Hope that helps.
June 16th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
I have the physical features of a Type 3, but I identified with most of the Type 2 characteristics in the book, and I definitely identified with everything Chris and the other Type 2’s have shared! Until I figure out my type for sure, I’m so grateful to learn that these Type 2 characteristics are OK.
June 17th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
As I have taught in both my books and all my videos “Your facial features and body language are the most TELLING in what your dominant Type”- so you would be a Type 3 if you have the physical features of a Type 3, you won’t change my mind on this, so there is nothing to discuss! I am continually amazed at how much power we have to create ourselves living contrary to our true nature as humans, I have met thousands of people who thought they were one Type only to discover they were another, but these same people are happier and more successful than they have ever been in life now that they are living true to their core nature. If we were all living true to our nature, we would not need a resource like Energy Profiling to set us straight and we would all be effortlessly happy and successful! (I also have seen a a lot of white, Mormon, Utah raised females think they are a dominant Type 2 since that is the most common female stereotype in the Utah culture – it happens in a lot of cultures all around the world. I just met a 72 year-old woman who was born and raised in Germany, still lives there, and she did not think she was a Type 1! My question to her was, “do you think it was safe in your era to be a bouncy, bubbly, Type 1 girl in a Country that was a dominant Type 4/3 expressions?” She got it and she is now working on living her truth)
June 17th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
You said there’s nothing to discuss. I’ll admit it, that hurts a little. On my other comment, I had written “I don’t mean to convince you that I’m a Type 2, but I wanted to discuss what I think about myself and how I might be getting stuck in my secondary type.” I realize you can’t correspond all day with everyone, but I feel those are worthy things for me to try to figure out.
I truly do not understand how I can be SO INCREDIBLY detail-oriented and feel the need to plan out every single little detail of everything before I ever do it and be a Type 3. I have had, and used, a Franklin Planner since 7th grade! And it wasn’t foisted on me – I begged for it!
Again, please understand, I am not trying to argue with your knowledge, expertise, and intuition. I am desperately trying to understand how I could be so wrong about myself and trying to figure out how I could be SO far stuck in another type that it feels so natural.
I am hoping that when I come in for the energy draping and see the colors and chromas, it will just feel right.
I *do* recognize a few type 3 features in myself. For example, I have always been drawn to silver jewelry. I never wanted or owned anything gold. But then I saw my friend in her gold jewelry, and I wondered if I was wearing the wrong color. I read up on some methods to find out which color looks best, and I decided that I look dead in silver jewelry. That is one tiny thing that is helping convince me I’m really a 3. I know YOU don’t need convincing, but I still do
June 17th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Katie, you are right on when you say “I realize you can’t correspond all day with everyone!” This is true, that is why I offer “Live Your Truth Coaching Sessions” for anyone that feels my expertise would be useful to help them live their truth. You can look that up under the Expert Services menu tab on the Dressing Your Truth website. Thanks for all you comments and sharing on my blog. PS – if it makes you feel any better I typically don’t have time to give one person this much feedback, but I do care deeply in helping people come to know their true nature, so when I do have time I am willing to give the feedback.
June 17th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Every Type handles details, just different ways. It would be completely appropriate for a Type 3 7th grader to want a day planner to keep track of all the things she wanted to “get done!” I’ve kept lists and plans just detailed enough to track all the things I want to do and then to be able to check them off my list when I got them done.
June 17th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Darn it, I should have kept quiet and drawn it out some more
Thanks for the information on details. I have been looking at this pretty black and white, like “DETAILS = Type 2″, with no other possibilities.