How Your Enneagram Type Shapes Donor Relationships, Major Gifts, and Sustainable Fundraising Success

Have you ever wondered why certain parts of fundraising feel effortless — while others drain you?

In this episode of The Brave & Balanced Fundraiser, Erin explores how the nine Enneagram types show up in fundraising. You’ll discover your fundraising superpower, your hidden growth edge, and how your unconscious personality pattern may be shaping donor conversations more than you realize.

This is not a technical deep dive into wings or subtypes. It’s a practical, high-level lens to help you:

• Understand your motivational pattern
• Fundraise from your strengths
• Notice where stress habits may be costing you
• Regulate your nervous system before making the ask

We all carry all nine types within us — but most of us have one dominant pattern that drives our behavior under pressure. When you understand your pattern, you stop fighting yourself and start leading yourself.

Curious about your type?

You can take a free Enneagram test here:
Eclectic Energies (Free Test):
https://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/test

For a more in-depth, paid assessment developed by Enneagram researchers Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson:
Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI):
https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/rheti

If this episode resonated and you’d like personalized support applying this insight to your fundraising and leadership, you can learn more about working with Erin at:
https://vitalistcoaching.com

Fundraising doesn’t require changing who you are.
It requires becoming more conscious of who you already are.

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