The Enneagram and Marriage Podcast, hosted by Christa Hardin, MA, is rooted in her 18+ years of experience counseling and coaching couples. On top of her expert marriage advice, Christa uses the Enneagram to add in another layer of understanding as to how we work as individuals and gives us deeper insight into how we connect with others and how we view the world.
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Mini-Meditations for Each Enneagram Space
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Do you ever notice how when your emotions get flooded, you end up finding yourself on the wrong side of regulation? Your relationships, especially those closest bonds, suffer while you put on a happy face for everyone at work and community. When this happens, you need tools, and this mini-podcast is a meditation for each of us when we hit every spa…
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Attachment Needs for Every Enneagram Type in Marriage
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How does your Enneagram personality type specifically get in the way of your deepest attachments in marriage? Without a safe language, you're probably deeply uncomfortable talking about the vulnerabilities that are preventing you from truly bonding intimately. Today we will talk from an attachments framework about each and every Enneagram type in m…
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Dealing with Attachment Breaches: Tips for Head, Heart, and Body Types in Relationships
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Do you ever feel like your spouse truly misses out on what your greatest attachment needs are? You may even wonder occasionally if you're doomed as a couple for not agreeing on what secure attachment really looks and feels like. In today's mini-episode, Christa walks you through the reasons those who lead with their hearts, minds, or bodies, tend t…
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A Memorial Day Mystery Couple Episode with Author Kate Hallock (Type ???)
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As you kick back a bit from work this opening summer Monday, we hope you take some time to chill during this fun conversation together with author Kate Hallock. As you learn about Kate, her husband, and their process for undertaking the first Enneagram mystery novel, Nine Ways to Die: An Enneagram Murder Mystery, we also have a mystery to solve tog…
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How Your Enneagram Worldview Affects Your Relationship
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We each bring something valuable and beautiful to our marriages in terms of worldview but also bring an accompanying shadow to the relationship as well. Today we are talking about what each of us brings in terms of worldview to our marriage via our Enneagram type. We are also going through an exercise that gives you briefly a chance to move toward …
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Love on the Brain: Brain Boosting Hacks w/ Dr. Krissy Thomas, Ph.D
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Did you feel different when you fell in love? Love does indeed change our brains, and wonderfully, love can even support us with emotional bonding. However, the intensity of love can also have negative effects on the activity within the brain. Today on the podcast, we demystify the brain and practically hack our way through the best ways we can all…
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E + M Rom-Com Fun: Typing Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan Movie Characters Together!
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In this unabashedly romantic and just-for-fun episode, Christa and Hannah curl up in the 7 space with some decaf chai and invite listeners to grab a cup and join them in another personality-type excavation! This time we invite our audience to Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan characters with us across their cinematic history of slow-burn and enemies-to-lovers…
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Essential Conflict Goals for Every Enneagram Type with Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo, One Extraordinary Marriage
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You need to know exactly what's getting in the way of the two of you in conflict, not only in terms of Enneagram type issues but also in terms of your meta-communication. In fact, if conflicts aren't addressed, they'll continue to control you from under the surface of your vices. On this brand new episode just for you, we are making the goal-gettin…
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Nurturing Children of Every Enneagram Type
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Research tells us kids struggle more post-Covid with mental health issues and it's often because they have a sense of hopelessness and culture. They look to what social media tells them, largely, about who they are., and yet come up empty every time they don't measure up. Why not gift them with the best awareness of themselves and their incredibly …
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Setting New Parenting Goals As We Resist Toxic Teaching with Sheila Wray Gregoire, Enneagram 8w7
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This week of Mother's Day, we work together on parenting goals as we look at the absolute best and worst researched-based practices with teens as they will influence marriage and sexual relationships with Sheila Wray Gregoire, Enneagram 8w7. We take both a microscopic and wide lens view of generational practices around sexual and faith norms across…
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An E + M Mini: BookTok Picks Across the Enneagram Types, Melody Hardin, Enneagram 9
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Sometimes you just need to let down and read a really good book, and today Christa is joined by her daughter Melody Hardin, Enneagram Nine, to discuss exactly that - great books for each and every personality type! Join us for this exclusive episode where we wind down after a busy spring, and prepared to launch ourselves into summer with some levit…
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Amping Up Your Sexual Goals Together with the Sex Educator You Always Wish You Had, Carlie Palmer-Webb, MS
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As we begin to refine our goals together this month, we're covering the area of sexual intimacy right off the bat with the wonderful sex educator you always wish you had, Carlie Palmer-Webb, MS! Carlie runs the popular Instagram account @theChristianSexEducator to teach people who may not have been given healthy tools about sex the chance to build …
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Life and Marriage with an Enneagram 1, Wes Hardin
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In this "Life" series, you're getting to listen in on the relationship stories of each of the Enneagram types. It's a time for you to experience sitting with an authentic person of each personality type in a very authentic fashion as you join us for a meaningful chat as we finish our last dripping of the Enneagram type series of chats, ending with …
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Scott Allender, Enneagram 3, The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence and the Defense Strategies Blocking Us from Our Goals
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What's preventing you from reaching your goals, from thriving personally, relationally, or at work? It's often so more than just circumstantial, but something you could actually get a handle on by increasing your emotional intelligence quotient with the Enneagram of personality, including your Enneagram instincts, defense strategies, triads, core f…
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Sober Spirituality: The Joy of a Mindful Relationship with Alcohol, Erin Jean Warde, Enneagram 6
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How can those who struggle with sobriety create mindfulness around alcohol, especially since the struggle affects all of us culturally as the leading substance issue today? Join us today for a compassionate and thoughtful conversation with author, sobriety coach, and spiritual director Erin Jean Warde, Enneagram 6. Erin shares practical ways we can…
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Orphaned Believers: How A Generation of Christian Exiles Can Find Their Way Home w/Author Sara Billups, Enneagram 4
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So many individuals and couples depend on faith for life's sustenance as well as a purposeful call together in relationships, and yet many times there are often so many faith or cultural disillusionments that send us far away from the rhythms of life wrapped up with God and communities of faith, especially at this precarious moment in culture wars.…
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Life & Marriage with an Enneagram Type Two, Kirsten Barker
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In this "Life" series, you don't just get to hear about relationships with each of the Enneagram types but for you to experience sitting with an authentic and open person of each personality type in a very down-to-earth fashion, too. Join us for another fascinating chat as we continue to drip out an Enneagram series with this week's guest Kirsten B…
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Allowing In Your Grief & Faith Questions w/Dr. Mekel Harris, Enneagram 4w3
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Grief hits us all at times - as a world, as a community, and yes, even as leaders, helpers, pastors, parents, or spouses. When gried and the ensuing life-changing rhythms and questions move us to new spaces that our friends, families, and often spouses, cannot fully navigate, what can do we do? And when faith questions arise, where can we go? In ot…
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Life & Marriage with an Enneagram Type 3, Abigail Perry
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In this "Life" series, you're doing more than learning about relationships with each of the Enneagram types but it's a time for you to experience sitting with an authentic and real person of each personality type in a very real fashion, too. Join us for an authentic chat as we continue to drip out an Enneagram series of chats with each type with Ch…
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Whenever we approach spiritual growth, we look for roots in hurt or pain. Where have we gone off track with God and how does this distance or these wounds affect our relationships? In this new series on digging deep for faith individually and/or as couples, we ask hard questions - questions everyone has asked at some point but may not always feel a…
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Life with Enneagram 4s + Sleep Tips for Each Type, Jentry Courter, Enneagram 4
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In this "Life" series, you get to experience sitting with an authentic and real person of each personality type in a very relaxed fashion, too. Join us for a restful and fun chat as we continue to drip out an Enneagram series of chats with each type with some added extras! Today we are interviewing Jentry Courter, Enneagram 4 and ICU Nurse. Jentry …
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Strong Like Water with Aundi Kolber, Enneagram 4
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Whether you're hypervigilant or you tend to become withdrawn in the aftermath of trauma, there are certain costs to being strong - we were made well and we can live in survival mode for a long time. However, walking to freedom and safety on the other side is not only the goal, but it's accessible and present. Today we are grateful to have acclaimed…
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Life and Marriage with a 5, Jennifer Passmore
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In this "Life" series, you don't just get to hear about relationships with each of the Enneagram types but for you to experience sitting with an authentic and real person of each personality type in a very real fashion, too. Join us for a truly treasured deep chat as we continue to drip out an Enneagram series of chats with each type! Today we are …
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The Enneagram & Your Marriage with Jackie Brewster, 7-3 Marriage Pairing
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When we don’t have a healthy foundation or direction for exploring conflict well together, things tend to fall apart and keep falling apart - conflict management is essential as we have been discussing all month. Today on this deeper dive into conflict, we are joined by author Jackie Brewster as she walks us through her practical, hands-on brand ne…
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Life and Marriage with an Enneagram 6, Heather Richmond
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Join us for a cup of matcha and convo as we continue to drip out an Enneagram series of chats with each type! In this "Life" series, you don't just get to hear about marriage with each of the types but for you to experience sitting with an authentic and real person of each personality type as well who has been journeying for awhile, too. Today we a…
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A Powerful Conflict Tool w/Psychologist Dr. Wyatt Fisher, PsyD
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Psychologist Dr. Wyatt has an important mission: to reduce the divorce rate one marriage at a time and today on the Enneagram and Marriage podcast, he does just that. As one of the leading marriage and relationships podcasters, today we are in for a treat as he vulnerably shares not only from an objective clinical lens but from a visceral empathy f…
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Life and Marriage with an Enneagram 7, Alaina Pompa
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In this "Life" series, you don't just get to hear about marriage with each of the types but for you to experience sitting with an authentic and real person of each personality type as well who has been journeying for awhile, too. Join us for a cup of coffee and convo as we continue to drip out an Enneagram series of chats with each type! Today we a…
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Stances, The Repressed Centers of Intelligence in Marriage with Best-Selling Enneagram Author & Master Teacher Suzanne Stabile, Enneagram 2
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Join us for a deep dive into a relationship chat on our repressed centers of intelligence, or stances, with Suzanne Stabile, best-selling author, speaker, and Master Enneagram teacher (The Road Back to You, The Path Between Us, The Journey Toward Wholeness). Suzanne shares her wisdom from connecting with thousands of families and across thirty-five…
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Lessons in Love By Enneagram Type from Jane Austen Character Arcs
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In today’s mini-podcast just-for-fun episode, we take you through the nine Enneagram types by way of some of our favorite classical characters in the Jane Austen novels! In particular, we walk you through the 9 types as found in Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma. Join Christa as we analyze character arcs, talk love tr…
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Life & Marriage with an Enneagram 8, Laurie Palau, This Organized Life
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In this "Life" series, you don't just get to hear about marriage with each of the types but for you to experience sitting with a person of each personality type as well. Join us for a cup of coffee and convo as we continue to drip out an Enneagram series of chats with each type! Today we are interviewing writer, teacher, and master organizer, Lauri…
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An E + M Mini: The Four Types of Love You Need in Marriage from CS Lewis & The Four Loves
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This Ash Wednesday, as we consider our fallibility in loving perfectly and yet our strong need for community and connection as humans, we're talking about four encompassing and diverse ways of love in a marriage. Join us as we discuss eros, filial love, affectionate love, and agape love so you can see which ones you're thriving in and which ones yo…
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Life & Marriage with an Enneagram 9, Emily Wingfield, Enneagram with Emily
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Join us for a cup of coffee and convo as we drip out an Enneagram series of chats with each type! Today we are interviewing an Enneagram Type 9 speaker and coach, Emily Wingfield, about all the nitty gritty Nine issues you've been wondering about! You'll learn all about Emily's work, family, and love story, and at the 18 minute mark, you will hear …
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An Enneagram Valentine's Day Mystery Mini-Episode
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In this fun shortie episode, Christa invites listeners to join her in a personality-type excavation to find the Enneagram types of a couple in a brief, light case study as we welcome listeners to a Valentine's Day Mystery Contest (and share the results post-Valentine's Day) as well as open the doors to studying actual case studies in our E + M Cert…
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Loving Each of the Enneagram Types in Marriage w/Dani Cooper of Deep Waters Enneagram
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As we explore the heart of romance together, one of the most important ways we can connect hearts together is by really understanding the deepest needs of our spouse. As we walk through today's episode with Dani Cooper, certified Enneagram teacher, author, and coach for individuals, couples, and teams, (and 1-6 marriage pairing with her hubby Sean)…
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The Heart of True Marriage Connection with Elizabeth Overstreet
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February can be a tough month of disillusionment and regret because of a lack of expected romance, a break of connection due to stress, or even finding ourselves alone and misunderstood because of gender differences in processing styles or other disparities. Today we are privileged to have the relationship expert Elizabeth Overstreet on the pod as …
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Revving Up Your Romance with Relationship Coach Dana Che, Enneagram 3 (3-9 Pairing)
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We begin a month of romance with our fresh and fun first February guest relationship coach Dana Che, Enneagram 3! Dana is witty, articulate, hilarious, and fun, and she has not only been coaching couples for practically forever, but she's down to earth and able to be honest about her journey of depth here with us as well. Join Dana as she brings us…
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An E + M Short: Celebrating & Reflecting on One Million Podcast Downloads With You!
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When we started the podcast just around the time of the pandemic, we had no idea what was in store; so many systems for healthy relationships have developed since then as a result of the collective of people who have come together to bring this show to life. Spend time reflecting in this milestone episode with Christa about the building up the E + …
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How Christ Relates to Each Type w/Jesse Eubanks, 3w4 of Love Thy Neighborhood & The Enneacast
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In this darkest time of the year, it's so important we have good ways to wrestle with the things keeping us from hope, from faith, and from light. In this episode, Jesse Eubanks of Love Thy Neighborhood and The Enneacast remains us that empathy is one of the key ingredients of deep trust with God and others as he joins us for an important discussio…
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E + M Shorts: Why & How Anger Must Be Addressed in Marriage for a Healthier You
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In this short but essential episode, Christa talks about how critical anger processing is for your marital and physical health for individuals of every Enneagram type, especially those most prone to bottling things up resentfully or raging. In this episode, we cover the four-step path to working out your anger as shared by trauma and anger speciali…
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In Sickness & In Health: Immunity-Boosting For Your Marriage w/Coach Jenn Johnson
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When we agree to vows to support one another in sickness and in health, we want to be able to provide one another a safe space to heal as well as a safe space to grow a healthier immune system. We interview Coach Jenn Johnson, Enneagram One, trained by Dr. Hyman's Institute for Integrative Nutrition, who is also an E + M Certified Coach, and she no…
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A Mini-Episode: #RelationshipGoals for Each Enneagram Type
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We interviewed each type to find out what would be the most popular goals of each Enneagram type in marriage this year. In this mini-episode, we have the results of these conversations, as well as some E + M recommended steps for each of the Enneagram types in life and marriage. Need a warm getaway, stat? Buy your Feb Glow Gala Dinner-Dance Tix for…
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Trauma and Polyvagal Processing with E + M Coach Jessica Vangsnes, 4-8 Pairing
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Join E + M Certified Coach and trauma-informed polyvagal specialist and marriage helper Jessica Vangsnes, of the 4-8 pairing on today's E + M Pod. Jessica walks you through practical and peaceful steps to bringing healing to your body this month as we continue our journey through wellness in the New Year. Christa and Jessica also discuss Jessica an…
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Activating Your Repressed Instincts in Life & Marriage
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Often our instincts lead the way in marriage, sometimes even more than type. However, they can also be our biggest stumbling block. In this E + M Mini, join Christa in building a stronger foundation by bravely awakening your repressed instinct. You'll be inspired to take steps to thrive, not just survive, as you grow and glow together in marriage a…
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Our second week of the New Year brings your brightest and best in the bedroom together as we discuss the 5 main sexual love languages in your marriage. In this episode, Christa not only shares some insights type by type sexually but also walks you through five love styles sexually, offering you tips to bring you back to the most intimate times toge…
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An E + M Mini: Finding Your Best Goal Rhythms w/Your Spouse
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Christa briefly walks you through five essential goal practices that have not only been life-changing and that are going to help you clarify and step into your New Year's rhythms and bring into your home and family for your brightest glow together! Visit Enneagram and Marriage & use code NEWYEAR for 25% off The 52-Week Glow Planner! Need a special …
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Five Goal Practices That Will Change Your Life This New Year
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We open Season Five of the E + M Podcast as Christa walks you through five habits that have been life-giving and life-changing for her and invites you into healthy rhythms for your new year. Visit Enneagram and Marriage & use code NEWYEAR for 25% off The 52-Week Glow Planner! Need a special getaway gift idea? Buy your Feb Glow Gala Dinner-Dance Tix…
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Resentments of Each Enneagram Type and How to Heal Your Marriage
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Resentments are one of the main issues in a marriage, and we've got the reasons why for both marriages in general as well as Enneagram users. E + M did research with our audience and today we're closing out 2022 letting go of resentments together. Take a deep cleansing breath and tune in with us to find out not only what the resentments of each typ…
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Christmas Movie Fun with Amy Wicks of Simply Wholehearted, Enneagram 7
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When the holiday stress arises and you need to just relax, there’s nothing more fun than hanging out together and talking about Christmas movies and the Enneagram! Join this casual convo with Christa and guest Amy Wicks of Wholehearted Enneagram and get double the type 7 joy and fun as we invite you into a full-out convo about both holiday Rom-Coms…
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The Gifts Each Enneagram Type Brings to Marriage
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During a season of dysregulation, it's easy to forget the good of our spouse. Studies also remind us that the holiday vibes create a wishful desire for our spouse to match the latest Hollywood holiday heartthrob. But what if you settled your heart in a peaceful, loving, joyful, and also realistic way? What if you regulated yourself enough to see th…
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E + M Shorts Series: Compatibility Across Head, Heart, and Body Triads
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Though each member in a couple can balance one another out as we give to one another, there are also certain ways we crash together in terms of our head, heart, and body centers. Today's E + M listener-requested mini-podcast helps us to not only avoid predictable pitfalls when we consider the tendencies of the Enneagram types merging with one anoth…
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