Enneagram and Marriage

Have you always wondered what makes an Enneagram 8 tick? Feeling like you want to avoid making an 8 feel ticked off? Learn all about the often understood and awesome Enneagram 8s - people of power, lots of love, and a heart for leadership, love, and family! The goal of this episode is to bring honor and love to this group because in many ways, 8s make the world go round. We want you 8s to be as he...

Join Christa for a chat on this special bonus listener request show on blended family issues. Christa is joined by her sister Abbie, an Enneagram 3, who talks about being married to an Enneagram 8, and also about all she's learning in blending her family of five boys. Abbie shares tips about navigating emotions, family meetings, therapy, knowing your role as a step-parent, how to give space, how t...

It's time to talk deep about our light and refreshing Enneagram 7s and this episode goes down to the nitty-gritty depths indeed! Join Christa in going through Type 7 tendencies, misconceptions, and the whirling and swirling tendencies of this last counterpart in the anxiety triad. Known as storytellers with a penchant for using rationalization for the avoidance of pain, it's time to find out how y...

Have you been experiencing more fear during COVID? Have you been wanting to figure out how to master your stress as an Enneagram Six? Perhaps you're someone who's likely managing a lot more stress lately and you could use some tips and tools for bringing your personal stress levels down. This will bring healing and growth to your marriage and family. Lindsey Palmer, PharmD, an Enneagram Six takes...

Join Christa for a full on analysis of arguably the most analytical of all of the types, the Loyal and Skeptical Enneagram 6. Typically heralded as the most courageous of all the personality types, our 6s offer a myriad of paradoxes, starting with the fact that they're also considered the most fearful of all the types. You'll learn how marriages with varying types influence them as well as how you...

Whether it's a friendship like therapy or a professional helper, research tells us that whatever your Enneagram type, your relationship thrives with healthy encouragement from others. Many couples, however, are leaving this to the singles and not soliciting wise feedback when they need it most in marriage. Listen to this episode as Christa details the why, the who, the where and the when you need...

As the Investigators of the Enneagram personality typing system, 5s and their loved ones are in for a treat as we delve deep into the mind of the 5! We're exploring the gifts, wings, subtypes, and shadows of the 5, while giving you ways for you and your brilliant 5 to thrive!  Head on over to enneagramandmarriage.com to check out all of our amazing freebies and resources! Instagram: @enneagramandm...

Join Christa as she goes through each Enneagram type for healing from an affair. Though affairs can be a taboo topic, even more difficult to discuss is how we heal from them. She goes through the four classes of affairs and how to specifically treat them. This episode may not be as traditionally fun as many shows but we're so excited for you to listen because it's a truly life saving adventure to...

Do certain Enneagram types tend to cheat more than other types and what causes an affair? The findings of marriage studies tell us there are predictors for extramarital affairs but that the seasons of marriage, maturity levels, and ages, may have even more to do with this factor than which types are together. Join Christa in examining the eight reasons couples give for cheating as well as how to s...

Fours are considered the Individualists or the Romantics of the Enneagram. Why do Fours seem to delve into places of shame and sorrow more quickly than others, and why is there so much variety and stereotyping going on with them as well? What are they like in marriage, and most importantly, what can they do to be at the best individually and in their families and relationships? Join in for a talk...

This week as we wrap up our Around the Table segment, join Christa going through her research findings and chatting with her first official guest, her best friend Stacey Day, a dietician and PA-C. It's been so wonderful to conduct research and to spend time learning about how so many individuals and types have formed food preferences, food issues, and couple bonds over the course of their lives an...

In this episode, you'll get encouragement and learn how to talk about and address food issues in your marriage, season by season.  Research tells us ways we plan for or initiate and carry out our eating rituals in our families and cultures matter. Food together in marriage and family has such potential to either hurt or help your communication. You're also getting a great tool for conversations ar...

Fresh from the vault of pre-COVID times comes our "All About Enneagram 3s in Relationship" episode! Though our voices are a bit lighter in earlier 2020 times, the content you'll find for loving and living with your Enneagram 3 is just as rich and deep as you would hope. Enjoy this episode so you learn more about this secretly romantic and deeply vulnerable (under the stylish and bold exterior) hea...

Happy events in our lives and marriages deserve to be celebrated, and not just at the end of the road, but at important milestones too. In this episode, join Christa as she talks about various personality trappings for your types and hers, and especially how celebrating the amazing journey along the way changes your life for the better. Research, media, and personal examples all converge to tell u...

Marriages are in danger of losing connection more than ever due to literally constant tech use & interruptions. The research we gathered over quarantine shows that phones are getting out of control and communication is suffering. Listen to why tech is particularly addicting, what types suffer most, and how it's hurting you even if you don't realize it. We also share seriously vital tips you need i...

Join Christa in a conversation about the importance of compassion, listening, empathy, and specific steps for healing trauma wounds in a marriage using the Enneagram. These steps bring success to a large degree and are the hallmark of healing difficult moments - together. Tune in for the three steps in healing attachment wounds as a couple, and stick around or our free resource for regaining balan...

Can a few seconds really make a difference in the life of a person, a marriage, a culture? The answer is a resounding yes, and in light of what's been happening in culture lately with the instability, the quarantine and the racial tragedies, it's the very best time to bring life and healing to your marriage, family, and community. Starting with a prayer and some tips for what you can do about what...

We know you're working so hard to make a great life and legacy for future generations together both in the world and in your family. But what do we do in marriage when trials and losses hit, as they inevitably do as time passes. Join Christa for an amazing journey through her own and your grief at each stage with tons of practical and heartfelt marriage and personal tips and an extra special freeb...

Listen in as Christa uses the Enneagram to openly discuss sexual needs and desires, as well as the ways they have been stifled, shamed, and overexposed. This episode is critical for you to listen to on your own or with your partner. Then you can get started on the road to your most amazing and sacred intimate life together with tons of practical tips and research you don't want to miss! Kendra Swa...

Whatever their socioeconomic status, couples continue to report that arguing about finances is one of the three biggest issues in their marriages. In this vital episode, we're talking about the effects of financial infidelity as well as finding your wise and authentic financial voice.  Start now on integrating your own budget as we share our weekly tools and more from financial gurus across the gl...

Couples we're surveying are talking about a new topic of communication that's currently at hand. The question is about when and how to individually and jointly emerge from quarantine, especially where there's disagreement. When survival is at stake, what and who gives? Join in for this special midweek mini-edition of the podcast in a conversation about how we can still live and work together with...

Tired of running around the same marriage stumbling blocks? Join us for another episode where we tackle not just the rhetoric but the actual roadblocks of marriage communication issues! Whatever your Enneagram type, there are some tried-and-true methods for getting through to your spouse that will enrich your relationship for a lifetime! Head on over to enneagramandmarriage.com to check out all of...

Just how does your Enneagram type inform your parenting at best and at worst? This is a special episode that's full of grace for parents, and one that we're finally releasing from the pre-quarantine time capsule! We hope you take some time this Mother's Day weekend and beyond to both explore and to embrace the fun and the learning lessons of each Enneagram type, both from your own days as kids and...

Even if you're an assertive type and you don't like to be controlled by another person, human relationships need not only connections, but routines together to thrive, especially married couples. Don't worry, however, routines can be varied and fun! Listen as we go over the vital habits you need to continually establish so you can find or re-find your best routine vibes both individually and toget...

Tune in to hear about the importance of emotional self-care for each Enneagram type. Listen to hear how Christa and the couples she's been working with have been taking steps to get more in touch with their hearts. Get tips on both your type and your spouse's type to have better emotional self-care for yourself and your marriage! Head on over to enneagramandmarriage.com to check out all of our ama...