Enneagram and Marriage
394 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsThe Enneagram and Marriage Podcast, hosted by Christa Hardin, MA, is rooted in two decades of experience counseling and coaching couples. On top of her expert marriage advice, Christa uses the Enneagram to add another layer of understanding in how we work as individuals and gives us deeper insight into how we connect and shine together in marriage and relationships across the collective community.
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Episodes
Special Episode: Marvel Character Typing w/Melody Hardin, Enneagram 9
October 31, 2023 22:00 - 32 minutesIn this episode, join Christa and Melody Hardin, Enneagram Nine as they walk through each Enneagram type through the lens of Marvel characters. Join us as we hack out each type in nuanced detail with some superhero fun typing Iron Man, Black Widow, Loki, Bucky, Roadie, Dr. Strange and more and bring joy but also meaningful insights as we enjoy a lighter moment on this Hallo-week episode! Get Christa's book, "The Enneagram in Marriage: Your Guide to Thriving Together in Your Unique Pairing" ...
Tips To Love Your Spouse or Partner of Each Enneagram Type
October 30, 2023 06:00 - 29 minutesWe get scared as humans when we feel our pair bond is threatened and today's episode is designed to empower you to feel both safe and loved together, type by type. Listen to tips for your partner of each type and find not just goals but systems to carefully place these specific tips into actionable steps so you can truly begin thriving more and more together, starting today! Get my book, "The Enneagram in Marriage: Your Guide to Thriving Together in Your Unique Pairing" here paperback, audi...
Finding Your Marriage Mission Together: Part 2 w/Wes Hardin, Enneagram 1
October 25, 2023 06:00 - 25 minutesTo find our truest mission, it's not only important to find our personal gifts, but there's a deeper joy in marriage in finding collective missions, too, not just to be self-serving as a couple. Here in this episode, Christa helps you to find synchronization together with your partner, to encourage growth in one another as well as celebrate one another's gifts and struggles. She brings her husband Wes, Enneagram 1 also on as he helps you to learn to sit with your spouse's gifts and struggles ...
The Top Three Reasons Couples Divorce (and How to Stay Strong Together)
October 23, 2023 06:00 - 17 minutesThough each of us is unique, today on this E + M short, we're talking about the three most common reasons why couples cite divorce and ways to prevent your own relationship from becoming a passive casualty. One of the main ways we will keep this episode hope-filled is that we're also sharing tools for the specific timelines where issues tend to crop up and take down 43-44% of married couples. Don't miss this noteworthy, logical, and encouraging episode that will help you sit up, take note, an...
Authentically Healing In Marriage w/Best-Selling Author Justin Davis, 8
October 18, 2023 06:00 - 32 minutesWhen we're not honest with our spouse and with God about what's actually going on inside, we bring that darkness and the layers of hiding to our spouses and families. Whether you're hiding from each other because you feel hopeless, angry, hurt, or believe that being honest will drive you even farther away from your goals of connection, this is a MUST-LISTEN episode guiding you and your relationship back to true intimacy. Christa is joined by Justin Davis, best-selling USA Today author (Bein...
Finding Your Marriage Mission Together: Part 1
October 16, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutesFinding your marriage mission just isn’t possible without finding your own authentic God-given gifting, a gift others may have missed in your life. Today Christa intimately weaves her own stories and encouragements for you together on the podcast to give you a lift in finding your authentic self before God. This episode can help you to destabilize shame in your life and find your gifting again with yourself and with God, even amidst church hurt, family of origin wounds, marriage hurt, and mor...
Soul Care in Marriage with Executive Editor Stephanie Duncan Smith, Enneagram 4
October 11, 2023 01:03 - 36 minutesToday we take a peek into the soul of the Enneagram in Marriage book in a heartfelt conversation with Christa and the Baker Books executive editor Christa worked with on the pages of it, Stephanie Duncan Smith (Slant Letter, @stephanieduncansmith on Instagram). Stephanie and Christa discuss not only the heart of the mission of E + M in the pages of the book but also private writing as soul care, and how partners can and must give one another support, liftoff, and a safe place for us to explor...
"The Enneagram in Marriage" Series: Book Backstory & Rising Above Our Vices in Marriage w/Wes Hardin
October 09, 2023 04:47 - 28 minutesWhen you're in seasons of shadow, it often feels like your spouse is the antihero and you're not only the hero but the author, writing your own story and having to rely on whatever methods you need to survive. In the new "Enneagram in Marriage" book, we remember together that it's not so much about casting judgment on one person wholly as it is about discovering the emotional backstory behind the maladaptive marriage struggles in one or both partners - and more, just what can be done about t...
Inside the Heartfelt Pages of "The Enneagram in Marriage: Your Guide to Thriving Together in Your Unique Pairing," Book!
October 03, 2023 03:08 - 19 minutesToday, our biggest hearts for you are for you to reach into the pages of Christa's brand-new book that launched today, The Enneagram in Marriage: Your Guide to Thriving Together in Your Unique Pairing, which LAUNCHED TODAY! This is a book dedicated to helping you to grow healthier in the ways you shine together in your relationship and yes, it's finally here for you to order wherever you buy books, including Kindle and Audible, etc! In this open-hearted episode, Christa dives into the purpos...
Essential Steps for Your Life's Mission Around the Enneagram Ring w/Author J.R.R. Tolkien
October 01, 2023 21:15 - 22 minutesAs Christa prepares to launch her new book into the world tomorrow, she draws strength from one of her greatest heroes, J.R.R. Tolkien, reminding listeners of the absolute necessities we can learn for our own life's epics on the shadowy roads of life and relationships. Join us as we share about the week's adventures here at E + M as well as what you came for, an epic saga of psychology, literature, lore, and lessons with the bestselling "Lord" of the Rings, himself. Stay tuned for our heart-...
An E + M Mini: Shaping the Stories & Shadows We Bring to Marriage & Relationships
September 27, 2023 06:00 - 17 minutesThe shadows and stresses each of you bring to marriage have volumes of family lore behind them, backing them up and urging you each on to survival in your own nuanced ways. When the honeymoon is over, and these rhythms tend to re-emerge and spousal stories converge and collide into differing rhythms in middle seasons of marriage, how can you stand united? Today Christa invites you on a brief and gentle journey of viewing your stories alongside some of the stories right here from her book and ...
Questions from An Enneagram Skeptic w/Wes Hardin, MA, Enneagram 1
September 25, 2023 06:00 - 37 minutesMany of us from faith circles have been asked questions about the Enneagram origins and whether they are compatible with a Christian or even logical scientific worldview. Today we take time to process this question in detail with Christa's husband Wes Hardin, MA, who has a degree in biology and philosophy as well as a Master's in Theology from Wheaton College, along with his medical degree as a PA. Join Christa in the interesting conversation with Wes from a historical, faith-centered, and sc...
Making Space for What Matters in Marriage w/Dr. Merideth Hite Estevez, Enneagram 4
September 20, 2023 06:00 - 47 minutesWhen we get busy and overwhelmed in marriage, talking about what’s deep and emotional may feel like the least desirable option. Yet we all know that hiding and stonewalling are the very worst things we can do together, especially during the busiest years with school-aged kids underfoot. Today we talk with Juilliard-trained creative artist and oboist Dr. Meredith Hite Estevez, Enneagram Four, who offers us an invitation to find the depths together safely, helping us not to lose ourselves as we...
Every Season Sacred w/Author Kayla Craig, Liturgies for Parents, Enneagram 8
September 18, 2023 06:00 - 43 minutesAlthough most parents desire a deep relationship spiritually with God, it's easy to leave it behind along with self-care and marriage care during the busiest seasons of the parenting era. Kayla Craig, author, wife, mom of five, and creator of Liturgies for Parents, has comforted thousands of souls with her prolific words on prayerfully parenting together through the very hardest of days. Christianity Today calls Kayla's page an essential parenting resource, and in this interview, we speak not...
An E + M Mini: Holy Thinking for Each Type in Marriage (The Holy Ideas)
September 13, 2023 06:00 - 18 minutesThe work we do across personality types often has its very foundation in how our thinking tends to shift in stressful moments. In this E + M mini, Christa walks you through all the ways our mental fixations can attack us in life and marriage. To combat the dysregulating thinking, we also walk together through the holy ways of thinking of each type (the Enneagram holy ideas) and release our biggest mental blocks spiritually. Take a few moments to try to bring your unhealthy mental focus into h...
Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself w/Dr. Morgan Cutlip, Enneagram 9
September 11, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutesParenting well with intention has so many great benefits for your child, but also takes its toll if you forget to take care of yourself. Yes, dysregulated and exhausted parents need support, too, and as we walk through the parenting era together, we have one of our favorite guests back to guide us, Dr. Morgan Cutlip, psychologist, burnout support expert Instagram leader, and beloved Enneagram 9 (9-3 pairing). Whether your kids are littles, big, or grown, we invite you to today's refreshing ep...
An E + M Mini: Generational Theory and Why It Matters to Your Marriage
September 06, 2023 02:34 - 13 minutesThere are so many cultural overlays that affect our relationships, and development across generations is absolutely one that matters, both in your marriage and as you hack or deep dive your way through life, depending on your generation. Take a quick dive intergenerationally with Christa today as we dive into practical tips for both Erikson's developmental theory and Strauss and Howe's generational theory for your marriage and family today! Watch the mini-episode on YouTube! Pre-order a cop...
Reclaiming Your Honeymoon Era: An Enneagram Mystery Episode with Molly Wilcox, Enneagram 7
September 04, 2023 06:00 - 36 minutesAs we jump into talking about marriage across seasons, stages, and generations all month, we take a fun leap into September with author Molly Wilcox, Enneagram 7, as we walk through the steps it takes to shine brightly together once again or for the very first time. With a book behind and another ahead, as well as work and baby life in the first five years of honeymoon, Molly has systematized ways to keep her married life both intentional and playful and continues to thrive even after the hon...
The Power of the Pause for All Enneagram Types in Life and Marriage
August 30, 2023 06:00 - 22 minutesWhen we learn to pause, you give your system time to regulate, and you also bring yourself into sensory awareness for the very best of conversations and inner scripts to spring forth. Each Enneagram type in marriage and life needs intentional pausing for a different reason, and today we talk about what those reasons are in this E + M mini with Christa. Listen here as you truly become more life-giving and empowered in your relationship right here! Get your pre-order bonuses today when you buy...
Increasing Compatibility & Satisfaction in Marriage w/Dr. Frederik Coene
August 28, 2023 06:00 - 49 minutesIt’s a common fallacy in marriage to look at one’s spouse as being less healthy than one's self or to think that having a spouse of another type may create fewer issues. However, we bring ourselves into all relationships as a common denominator, too, an extremely important issue to consider. Today we are so grateful to have European Union diplomat Frederick Coene, Enneagram researcher and SP 6 to help us process what to do when you hit these difficult seasons all couples will hit from time to...
More Than Just Your Instincts: An E + M Mini w/Christa
August 23, 2023 06:00 - 13 minutesWe work very hard to balance our self-preserving, sexual, and social instincts, but who are we outside of that - and more importantly, above these base instincts? Christa walks you through the higher virtues lying outside of the instincts today so that you cannot only keep balance amidst the lower-hanging fruit of the three instincts themselves but also keep a higher plain of goodness in your life. Check out this in quick but important E + M mini right here! Watch on YouTube here! Click he...
How Workplace Stress Affects Marriage Across All Types w/Consultant Kaleigh Newby, MA, 2w1
August 21, 2023 06:00 - 1 hourWork relationships can and do affect the ways we treat one another at home. As we dive into this much-needed topic today, today’s juicy podcast episode features Kaleigh Newby, MA, Enneagram 2w1 (2-9 pairing). Kaleigh is the perfect guest for the job, having done significant Enneagram and relationship work across organizational development as she's helped individuals and couples of each Enneagram type to find their best strides. In this pivotal episode on balancing work + relationships for eac...
Finding Your Kids' Emerging Gifts w/the Enneagram
August 16, 2023 06:00 - 26 minutesIt's tempting to want to box our kids into one type or another the moment we see certain behaviors emerging, but an even better way to process how our kids are emerging is to honor both their gifts as well as the shifts and nuances across your children's development. As you help them to find and hone their traits, listen as Christa walks you through all nine types across the Enneagram in terms of developing children. We share key ways for you to reach kids across all kinds of struggles in thi...
Special E + M Mini Episode: Matt Cline of Restored Ministries: Healing from Sexual Brokenness
August 14, 2023 12:35 - 14 minutesWhen we confess our sexual struggles, we are given grace, hope and most, love and a release from the binding shame that comes with this brokenness. Matt Cline of Restored Ministries reaches out to spouses here in this E + M mini! He talks about community, God's grace, and his own story of recovery as well with us right here! Listen as Matt walks you through what he continues to teach thousands across campuses and groups about sexual brokenness and pornography recovery and restoration. Mat...
From Sexual Shame to Healing from Pornography with Author Jessica Harris, Enneagram 4w5
August 14, 2023 06:00 - 48 minutesPornography is not always something people feel comfortable talking about, inside of marriage or out. This is most especially true within the church. Today Christa is joined by author Jessica Harris, Enneagram 4w5 (4-3 marriage pairing) as she both shares her story and discusses an important topic for couples, especially women who desire to find freedom and true healing from pornography. As we discss this pivotal topic that has been ignored in the church in many cases (often out of fear or no...
Health & Fitness Across the SP, SX, & SO Instincts w/Coach Jenn Johnson, Enneagram 1
August 09, 2023 06:00 - 37 minutesIf you're just keeping afloat amidst endless to-dos or busy seasons of life, your self-preservation - and your entire marriage and family - has likely looped off track. Today Christa is joined by Jenn Johnson, Health Coach, and E + M Certified Coach to guide you back on track, or perhaps finding your stride for the first time! This is an episode you definitely don't want to miss as we deep dive into all three instincts and how you can find your healthiest self with grace, intention, and impro...
Parenting Tips for Every Enneagram Type with Kelsey Lincoln, Enneagram 6
August 07, 2023 06:00 - 47 minutesAcross many transitions of life, there are important grounding lessons to be learned as we aim to parent well too. Today as we prepare to launch kids into their own mental wellness with healthy rhythms, Christa is joined by Enneagram expert, and coach Kelsey Lincoln, Enneagram 6 (Fuller Theological Sem, Intercultural Studies). Kelsey shares her wisdom and foresight to give us these tools we need for relationship success across every single type as we do our best to parent with love, wisdom, a...
Special Episode w/Truity Labs & Megan Malone: Hacking Which Types Make the Most Income & Why
August 02, 2023 06:00 - 33 minutesHave you ever wondered how your personality affects your well-being in terms of financial savvy and success? Or which Enneagram (and MBTI) types are more and less motivated by more relational versus financial provisions? Truity Psychometrics has done the deep diving for us about what we can all learn from one another, and the world is paying attention. In this all-new episode for you, we get to chat practically and relationally today about the findings, and today Christa interviews Megan Malo...
Research + Sexual Intimacy Tips for Every Type w/Dr. Sam Greenberg, Enneagram 5
July 31, 2023 06:00 - 50 minutesIn our conversation last summer w/Dr. Sam Greenberg, we had a groundbreaking episode on sex and how we see it across various instinctual patterns, depending on whether we're more socially, sexually, or wired for more self-preservation. Here we are joined yet again by Christa and Dr. Sam on a deeper dive level for each and every Enneagram type in terms of the typical sexual findings, in hopes you can truly find your best sexual closeness yet. This episode is SO helpful for your marriage grow...
Boundary Setting for Every Type in Marriage with Melissa Thompson, Enneagram 2
July 26, 2023 06:00 - 58 minutesYour goal is deeper intimacy, but did you know autonomy and healthy boundaries and self-care are SO helpful for a relationship as well? Today Christa is joined by one of our most popular guests, Gottman, AACC, and E +M Certified Coach Melissa M Thompson, Enneagram 2, in a conversation about how to do just this for each and every type. Join us as Melissa refreshes us with healthy hacks and reminders of how we can hold love, strength, boundaries, and compassion at the same time. Watch the Epi...
Research on Safety in Your Intimacy Together w/Award-Winning Author and Therapist Jay Stringer, Enneagram 3
July 24, 2023 06:00 - 46 minutesYou and your spouse's intimacy issues began long before you were married. Award-winning author, therapist, and ordained minister Jay Stringer has integrated the best of research and marital modalities for a deeper understanding of how our intimacy patterns began, and more importantly, how they can truly improve together. Today in this vital episode for marital healing, we take a truly biopsychosocialspiritual journey across the most important ways you can build safety together. Take the holi...
Inner Child Work in Your Marriage with Michael Shahan, LMFT, Enneagram 9
July 19, 2023 06:00 - 1 hourOften we wonder what we've carried forth from childhood in our Enneagram and relationship work, as well as wonder what we may have incidentally left behind in our quest for pleasing our family of origin. Today on this special episode with marriage and family therapist (and likely one of your fave Instagram therapy accounts) Michael Shahan, we take a tour around the Enneagram to walk through the Enneagram inner child theory derived from Sandra Maitri and others, also called the Soul Child theo...
Rediscovering Your Story Together on Your Dates w/Restory Expert Tracy Johnson, Enneagram 8w9
July 17, 2023 06:00 - 44 minutesDid you know that the narrative you tell about your marriage truly matters, perhaps more than almost anything else? Yes, truly knowing one another and sharing meaningful stories is the best way to reach the deepest intimacy in relationships. Today, we are grateful to have ReStory expert Tracy Johnson, Enneagram 8 (8-7 pairing), introducing us to a model for reaching one another again and again as we tell new stories and find new ways to make that deeper meaning together. She gives us a formul...
Mini Ep: The Vital Sex Check-Up You Need in Your Marriage
July 12, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutesYou may often deal with expectations (and sexpectations) for the roles you hope the other spouse will play in your sexual journey together. Many times, these expectations don't get discussed and spouses are left hurt and distant on the interior. These brief but vital questions will bring you on a deeper level of intimacy than ever before, so take them one at a time as we draw you closer together than ever before right here! Grab our Love Maps freebie to increase general intimacy also! Get ...
Marriage & Menstrual Cycles with Evie Jenner of The Type Guide
July 10, 2023 06:00 - 55 minutesThis must-listen episode is for both men and women since couples who track and hack their unique monthly female cycle together tend to strategically understand one another better across the board. This allows for work, family, and relationship dynamics to thrive in a healthier system than ever before, and this issue is so big in fact, that about 90% of couples experience these shifts in their relationships across the month. Today, Christa deep dives with us in a practical and also fun convers...
5 Quick Tips for Creating a Healthier Sexual Culture Together
July 05, 2023 06:00 - 17 minutesThere are five absolutely key components for a healthier and happier sex life and culture in your marriage and in this quick episode, Christa walks you through ALL of them. Tune in for these practical tips you can incorporate immediately as you create a healthier vibe together all summer (and year!) long. Don't miss the opportunity to both identify the greatest stumbling blocks to intimacy and the best and most tangible steps forward. Watch the episode on YouTube Get Our Freebie on the 3...
Processing Trauma Through Compassionate Inquiry with Jennifer Hurst, 2, Everyday Enneagram
July 03, 2023 06:00 - 54 minutesMany times we bring trauma into marriage unwittingly and our spouse has to work very hard to work with us and our sensitive idiosyncrasies. Today we welcome Enneagram Coach and trauma practitioner, Jennifer Hurst of Everyday Enneagram to walk us through compassionate inquiry in our own healing versus relying on our spouses to be all things to us, a term coined by the world-renowned trauma/addictions MD, Dr. Gabor Maté, whose program Jennifer has trained in. Join us as we walk through both gen...
9 Quick Tips for Moving Through Your Marriage Conflict Now
June 28, 2023 06:00 - 18 minutesWhat can you do when your marriage is in crisis… now? This episode is geared toward every person or couple who’s ever had a really bad day or moment in marriage or other relationships and just needs some support to help them out of a difficult spot. In this episode, Christa takes you around the Enneagram with lots of tips, bringing you warmth, soothing, and most of all, an array of clarified, simple strategies to help you find your healthy self — and your relationship again. In this episode, ...
Out of the Box and Into the Wild: Nature Metaphors for Relationships w/Author Stephanie Spencer, 4
June 26, 2023 06:00 - 40 minutesOften we can make the mistake of completely defining others with unilateral Enneagram stereotypes, further expanding our differences, leaving us not only in the box of our type, but in the shadows of relationships. In this new episode just for you, author and expert Stephanie Spencer invites us into a more adventurous yet intimate journey through our styles of interaction using the broader lens of nature metaphors by type (Did you know, for instance, 4s can be like an iceberg at times as well...
Adventuring Together Across Stances This Summer!
June 21, 2023 06:00 - 24 minutesAdventures vary across couples and across types. But we can all agree on one thing - they're essential to a healthy marriage. Today Christa takes you on a quick but important journey across the stances in the various ways each of us brings the best and the worst into our marriage adventures. Listen in for clues for bringing the very best adventuring this season! Show notes: Get the E + M 52 Week Glow Planner with questions, themes (including adventure, goals, Enneagram types, intimacy, and ...
Creative Ways to Build Connection in Marriage w/Billboard & Dove-Award WInning Artist Paul Cardall, Enneagram 4
June 19, 2023 06:00 - 45 minutesWhen you're in an opposites-attract marriage, you've got to be creative to make sure you're moving together in harmony. Today we get to talk to Dove-award winning artist Paul Cardall, whose lilting songs have been downloaded billions of times and graced the stage and airwaves for two decades, even through a heart transplant, about this very thing. Paul is an Enneagram 4 (with high 3 and 8 traits) and his wife Tina has strong 1 and 5 traits. Together they bring expansiveness and a very powerfu...
Virtue Signaling and Villainizing Across Every Enneagram Type
June 14, 2023 03:13 - 17 minutesWhen you're upset in your relationship, do you ever villainize your spouse? You're not alone if you do, in fact, it's part of human nature to rate oneself as above average and to give oneself grace while fault-finding in one's spouse, especially in the post-honeymoon years. But you're not average, you're right about that part. You're doing your work, and today Christa walks you through doing just that as we cover every Enneagram type in marriage and the ways you can watch out for both villain...
Building Deeper Connection in Marriage with Dove Award Winner Matt Hammitt, Enneagram 9
June 12, 2023 04:07 - 32 minutesWhen you have family, fame, and faith, plus a Dove-award-winning musical career with millions of downloads (Sanctus Real, Matt Hammitt), life can feel a bit like coasting. Yet today, recording artist Matt Hammitt, Enneagram 9, reminds us that the space of Enneagram 9 must not only bring comfort but connection for relationships to truly thrive. In this candid interview, Matt walks us through his story of truly leading with love and outlines the radical steps he took to be in his marriage, and ...
Mini-Meditations for Each Enneagram Space
June 07, 2023 06:00 - 18 minutesDo 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 space on the Enneagram. This episode was created so you could truly find refreshment and a bit of rest with us if you're feeling anxious or overwhelm...
Attachment Needs for Every Enneagram Type in Marriage
June 05, 2023 06:00 - 33 minutesHow 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 marriage and the ways you can become closer together in this brand new episode. Christa finally shares the big E + M news also! Listen up, now for s...
Dealing with Attachment Breaches: Tips for Head, Heart, and Body Types in Relationships
May 31, 2023 06:00 - 17 minutesDo 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 to feel differently about what secure attachment really looks like, and more, how you can begin to live life more securely together. This is an epis...
A Memorial Day Mystery Couple Episode with Author Kate Hallock (Type ???)
May 28, 2023 19:00 - 32 minutesAs 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 together right on air! Join us here to examine what type Kate and her husband are for a chance to win a copy of Kate's novel and one of our mystery di...
How Your Enneagram Worldview Affects Your Relationship
May 24, 2023 06:00 - 25 minutesWe 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 one another when you hit a roadblock in achieving your goals together. Today's show links: Check out Dr. Wyatt, PsyD relationship course starti...
Love on the Brain: Brain Boosting Hacks w/ Dr. Krissy Thomas, Ph.D
May 22, 2023 06:00 - 44 minutesDid 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 allow our thinking and activities to support us in our goals together! Join Christa with an exclusive look at how to boost your brain with healthy...
E + M Rom-Com Fun: Typing Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan Movie Characters Together!
May 17, 2023 06:00 - 40 minutesIn 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 tropes together. We visit the magical mutual pining in Sleepless in Seattle, revisit the modern Pride and Prejudice in You've Got Mail, and make a...