Personality Type Six: The Loyalist
The Committed, Traditionalistic Type

I now release...

• my fear of being abandoned and alone.
• my self-defeating, self-punishing tendencies.
• all feelings of dread about the future.
• feeling persecuted, trapped, and desperate.
• overreacting and exaggerating my problems.
• taking out my fears and anxieties on others.
• being suspicious of others and thinking the worst of them.
• feeling inferior and incapable of functioning on my own.
• feeling cowardly and unsure of myself.
• acting "tough" to disguise my insecurities.
• my fear and dislike of those who are different from me.
• blaming others for my own problems and mistakes.
• being evasive and defensive with those who need me.
• my tendency to be negative and complaining.
• my fear of taking responsibility for my mistakes.
• looking to others to make me feel secure.

I now affirm...

• that I am independent and capable.
• that I can keep my own identity in groups and in relationships.
• that I have faith in myself, my talents, and my future.
• that I meet difficulties with calmness and confidence.
• that I am secure and able to make the best of whatever comes my way.
• the kinship I have with every human being.
• that I am understanding and generous to all who need me.
• that I act courageously in all circumstances.
• that I find true authority within me.

Don Richard Riso

Enneagram Transformations
Release and Affirmations for Healing Your Personality Types
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993, 129 pages