Enneagram and Marriage

What do you do when you get to the end of yourself and you realize your deeper personal and emotional vices are hurting you, your marriage, and your closest relationships? Christa is joined by author Tyler Zach, Enneagram 3 (3-6 Glow with his wife Lindsey) who is a co-pastor of a multi-ethnic church and heads up the Gospel for Enneagram Instagram account to talk about this through the lens of fait...

 A lot of our sexual issues stem from issues we just aren't talking about, some of them from within the well-intentioned church of the last few decades. Your married sex can be healed, however, and today's podcast with Christa and Sheila Wray Gregoire offers you beautiful reminders of redeeming romance in the bedroom. can work through! This is an episode that can change your sex life forever! Shei...

Join Christa as she and Jenn take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of Type Nine in marriage and relationships. They talk about the origins of a Nine, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Nine in your life so you can shine brighte...

Christa is joined by Lisa Carter of Stonegate Fellowship as they discuss the fascinating forgiveness research surrounding the Enneagram and marriage. Learn through you and your spouse's type's lenses so you can find ways back to true and unfiltered and forgiving connection with your spouse! Find Lisa's ministry outreach team at Stonegate Fellowship here: https://stonegatefellowship.com/ Find Lisa'...

Join Christa as she and Jenn take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of Type Eight in marriage and relationships. They talk about the origins of a Eight, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Eight in your life so you can shine brig...

There are three distinctive ways of being that are hard-wired into our nervous systems and they are associated with the three centers in the Enneagram, body, heart, and mind. Today Leslie Hershberger, Enneagram expert of 25+ years, and married to her husband Dave for 40 years, shares with us here and on YouTube about the ways we process conflict in marriage. Don't miss Leslie's very deep dive into...

Join Christa as she and Jenn take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of Type Seven in marriage and relationships. They talk about the origins of a Seven, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Seven in your life so you can shine brig...

Many couples think that conflict is bad or unhealthy but our most recent studies and experts on the show, including Kimberly Holmes, the CEO of the world-renowned relationship outreach, Marriage Helper, disagree. Conflict keeps a marriage honest, healthy, and allows couples to learn with each other and to teach one another. Today Christa is joined by Kimberly, who is an Enneagram 3, to talk about...

What happens when real love is actually on tap at Netflix? Tune in to hear our fun tea and convo on the social experiment of Season 2: Love is Blind as we discuss the love stories that skyrocketed the show to the number #1 rank on Netflix last week and had seventy percent of our audience intrigued. Christa and guest Olivia Haymond bring you right into the experiment with us as we discuss the love...

Join Christa as she and Jenn take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of Type Six in marriage and relationships. They talk about the origins of a Six, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Six in your life so you can shine brighter t...

How can we shift our knee-jerk instinctual responses in marriage? How can we offer more compassion and growth opportunities where we may have written one another off as deficient? In today's episode Christa chats with world-renowned Enneagram teacher, thought leader, and coach Beatrice Chestnut of CP Enneagram Academy about how we can both respond to and gently learn to shift and balance with our...

Join Christa as she and Jenn take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of Type Five in marriage and relationships. They talk about the origins of a Five, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Five in your life so you can shine brighte...

Today’s podcast is a special show that aims to both inspire and balance you as we talk about walking through the season of darkness and divorce with Enneagram author Kim Eddy, Type 1. It's so important to know how to support the many who go through a divorce in friend circles, in extended families, and especially when it's personal to you. Join Christa and Kim as we talk through tips for not letti...

Join Christa as she and Jenn take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of Type Four in marriage and relationships. They talk about origins of a Four, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Four in your life so you can shine brighter to...

Although the love languages were created several decades ago, the Truity Psychometric Assessment team recently studied 500,000 modern individuals to find out if the data had shifted. Evidence shows there are now seven styles of love for partners to discuss and to discover their best ways of loving together, which is exciting. We're talking about them here with Truity's founder and CEO Molly Owens,...

Join Christa as she and Jenn take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of Type Three in marriage and relationships. They talk about origins of a Three, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Three in your life so you can shine brighter...

We all desire romance but making it happen is an intentional process, one that takes both motivation and effort after the honeymoon period of a relationship. However, just because something is hard doesn't mean it's not worth the investment. In fact quite the opposite is true - you and your relationship are very much worth it. Join Christa with special guest Alicia Larkey, an Enneagram Life and Ma...

Love takes many shapes in families and in this special episode, Christa and her daughter Hannah take you on a journey to delve deep into The Notebook and briefly, Encanto. In this special coffee-shop style chat about love, romance, and family bonds, join us as we consider who these characters really are as they struggle to find themselves. We also talk about what deep love and commitment really me...

Join Christa as she and Jenn take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of Type Two in marriage and relationships. They talk about origins of a Two, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Two in your life so you can shine brighter toget...

As couples, we tend to fall into relationship patterns that make us both comfortable and friendly together. This is great but you don't want to leave intimacy behind in your desire for healthy long-term attachment. Amy Wicks, Enneagram 7 (7-9 Pairing) of the Simply Wholehearted Podcast shares her refreshing joy with us and her seventeen years of marriage wisdom as well! Tune in to hear tips for yo...

Join Christa as she and Jenn take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of Type One in marriage and relationships. They talk about origins of a One, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram One in your life so you can shine brighter toget...

We're entering the terrain of bringing the brain into romance today and there's no one better to help guide us there than two head types, Cassandra and Dylan Boom (5-7 Glow). We not only get to learn about their beautiful and fun love-at-first-sight introvert-extrovert story but also about their commitment to ongoing learning together. Dylan and Cassandra also love displaying their love as an inte...

Join Christa and guests Juli and Thomas Hobby from Marriage Puzzle as we break down both individual and couple strategies for making sure your mental wellness stays in check all year long. Whatever your Enneagram type, you're getting tips so you can find your way back to time logging off, time leaning in, and time loving your people intentionally. Episode Links: https://www.instagram.com/marriagep...

Doing your bodywork is so much more than just fitness and nutrition, it's about engaging on a microlevel both at your own body and hormones, as well as taking a deep and refreshing look at the world around you. Join Christa and guest, biologist Katy Beckham, Enneagram 6 (6-1 pairing, Perfectly Planned) as she talks about life, marriage, bodywork, and the keys to a less anxious and more empowered,...

Over time in our relationships, we absolutely must be able to go deep into the recesses of both joy and grief in life and marriage. As we talk about emotions, Christa is joined by author Elisabeth Bennett of Enneagram Life, as she talks about all things emotions for every type, the 4-1 pairing and her popular Enneagram devotional series. Elisabeth shares invaluable tips from the contemplative and...