Enneagram and Marriage

You hear about the holy idea of the Enneagram but how do we practically find soul care as we journey toward healthier life and relationship work? Join Christa with Penguin Random House authors Jackie Brewster, Enneagram 7 and Eve Annunziato, Enneagram 8 who have 7-3 and 8-5 relationships, respectively. Eve and Jackie have carefully and prayerfully laid the groundwork for you as you learn and grow,...

Today's families in our current cultural climate need to balance our hearts, minds, and body instincts more than ever. As anger brews in the world often for good reason, this MLK Day, we're taking time to process from a place of peaceful reintegration with our lost center's gifts, specifically the gift of the five senses and the body, especially considering our 8, 9, and 1 work. Don't miss out on...

As you begin a new journey of 2021, how can you manage the massive levels of stress that we're dealing with right now as a culture, now including not only a global pandemic and a racial justice movement but also the issues at the Capitol last week? How do you help a spouse with their stress as well as show patience and love for people who are different from you? Perhaps most important to these tim...

We know the our Enneagram passions all too well, they are the ego fixations and parts of our personality that we get stuck with all the time. Sometimes, however, we trick ourselves into thinking these maladaptive parts of ourselves will heal our deepest wounds individually and in marriage. However, instead, it is our type's virtue that will provide the steadying factor to soothe our weary souls. F...

We said goodbye to 2020 and now we're saying a big healthy hello to 2021! Let's do it together with a challenge that helps us to create a healthy flow in our hearts, minds, and bodies this year, one that considers our angst and issues but is ultimately comprised of gratitude, thoughtfulness, and love. This special episode outlines steps to restore things that have been unintentionally lost in the...

The thinkers among us are equipped to shape the world with their innovating dreams that often become inspiring realities, sometimes even shaping the world abroad. However, for the people who are constantly dealing with an active brain, living in a family with others who are more heart or body-based can be a daunting challenge, to say the least. This episode covers our wise Fives, our brave Sixes,...

Whatever your Enneagram type, 2020 is throwing all of us for a loop this holiday. The ups and the downs can bring out grief, loneliness, and a lack of direction, and we've decided to give you a healthy roadmap. Join Christa and her precious 4, Hannah in reminding us of ten ways we can embrace the both the beauty and the depths of this season. Don't forget ways you can connect with your people desp...

Heart types of the Enneagram have unique gifts in understanding others emotionally. As we open up our own hearts for learning from the feelings center with staff coach Melissa Thompson, Christa and Melissa take an honest view of how amidst caring for others, hearts types and others can unlearn codependency and learn to both protect and take care of themselves. Melissa offers tips for learning stro...

This special fun episode takes a long look at love and the Enneagram on the big screen this time with some holiday fun added in! Join Christa and Olivia (who is back as a long-awaited guest!) as they finish the debate/conversations about not only the The Office and Gilmore Girls love interests but also take up typing the A-listers hanging out in a much-beloved Christmas fave, "The Holiday." This e...

Did you ever wonder what the differences are between males and females in personality? How about the types that are considered more masculine while others are called feminine types? Join Christa in dissecting not only human and animal studies in terms of gender but a type by type journey of comparing Enneagram traits. Christa shares both your research as a community as well as reflects on couples...

On part 2 of the Enneagram Glow series, Christa and Alaina listen to marriage and family therapist Michael Shahan, MA, LMFT, an Enneagram 9, talk not only about the way trauma can be healed in marriage but also particularly about how the popularly paired 1-9 couple can glow together. In this episode, we cover less of the research and development concept of the glow (see "Discovering Your Enneagram...

This podcast covers the fascinating way that in marriage we create a union that is something more than either of us was before. The glow is our fun way of describing how we don't just learn our partner's type but we actually take traits on! This means each type takes on a different shade, depending on their partner's type and how then they can share their unique couple glow. Christa is joined by f...

Every single type in marriage struggles with conflict. When is anger right? When should we curb it? What do we do in marriage with our anger and what can we do when we're holding onto our rage or hurts? Join Christa for a discussion of strategically and compassionately sharing hurts and dealing with conflict and anger with every type. This is an episode you don't want to miss, Enneagram love aside...

It's no secret that the holidays will be a bit different this year - and this on top of the fact that despite Hallmark movies, holidays in relationships aren't always a winning combo! Join Christa for an episode covering the realistic goals you can set for your holiday so you'll be blessed and able to give your very best to others! Special discount code for our new "Love With..." Enneagram merch!...

You've probably heard of the counterphobic 6 but did you know that each of the Enneagram types has a countertype? Christa goes through each of the 9 types and discusses the countertype flowing in the other direction of the type's usual positioning. Different from the counterpassion, the countertype involves wanting the same result but using a different defense mechanism to get there! Find encourag...

During this festive Halloween week, join Christa for fun tips for every type! This episode also covers tips directly from the R & R Marriage Method such as learning how manage sarcasm, finding one another's favorite styles of play, and  learning to be light together on a regular basis even in this heavy season of 2020. This is also a great episode for contest fun as we do giveaways for the R & R M...

Over a quarter of American families are affected by miscarriage and infant loss and almost as many have struggled with infertility yet it's a topic that's not often discussed in marriage and parenting circles with ease. Our guest on this extra special episode is AnnMarie Jones, mom of 3 and co-founder of Bridge A Life Adoption and Foster Care Ministry, and her story today as an Enneagram 2 is ever...

In-law tensions in marriage are nothing new but when we butt heads or in this case, butt Enneagram types and subtypes, there are specific routes we can take for more healthy moves and interventions. Listen in as Christa shares tips and advice for those living close and far away. She also incorporates research, and offers hope for even the most difficult and seemingly hopeless relationships. https:...

The Enneagram is infiltrating the church and that's no doubt a gift, since it offers a framework for connection across personalities. However, amidst the current "hustle" mentality of the church, there is great need to grow in caring for those with deep mental health struggles and addictions. Christa is joined by therapist and Enneagram 3 Alexandra Thompson, LMSW, owner of Cumberland Counseling Se...

Listen in as Christa helps you to understand mental health struggles paralleling each Enneagram type at their most stressful levels. When you're trying to find a road map, or what is clinically called a treatment plan, it's important not to self-diagnose, but to go to a trained mental health professional for an assessment. This episode is a guide for whom Enneagram work may just not be not enough...

As much as we want sexual intimacy to be amazing, sometimes we come into marriage with unintentional baggage in this area. Whether you're dealing with problems that occurred before your marriage began or you've had issues build up along the way, tune in to Christa's interview with therapist and Christian professor Dr. Camden Morgante, PsyD. as they talk all things sex therapy, purity culture, and...

Listen in as Christa discusses one of the most highly requested topics of Enneagram tritypes. Understand the importance of balancing the three intelligence centers, the head, the heart, and the body in your marriage and family life. Get ready to dig deep on some especially juicy soundbites as you learn to tell your narrative and to honor your own Tritype journey of health and healing!  Head on ove...

Do you believe in love at first sight? Perhaps you locked eyes with your spouse and the rest is history. Others of you had more of a calculated, careful and pre-meditated love story and some are not yet with your future spouse. In this exciting opening episode, we're establishing not only the definition of love type by type, we're walking through finding joy inside and outside of a relationship. C...

We need to come to marriage knowledge from many different personality perspectives, and today's episode will give you such depths from a new direction. Christa interviews a LMHC on her team, Craig Stratton, MA, an Enneagram 9. We also hear his marriage story to his beautiful wife Mary Kay, another 9! Craig shares his heart for making sure others are heard, what therapy is really like, as well as t...

It's time to go deep with our peaceful and powerful Enneagram 9s!  Join Christa in going through Type 9 tendencies, misconceptions, and paths to growth. Find out how you and your 9 loved ones can both get healthy and find your voice and power as a 9!   Head on over to enneagramandmarriage.com to check out all of our amazing freebies and resources! Instagram: @enneagramandmarriage | @enneagrammarri...