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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Essential Conflict Goals for Every Enneagram Type with Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo, One Extraordinary Marriage
May 15, 2023 06:00 - 49 minutesYou 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-getting deep and meaningful but also fun and practical with #1 rated marriage podcast experts Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo of One Extraordinary Marriage join...
Nurturing Children of Every Enneagram Type
May 10, 2023 06:00 - 20 minutesResearch 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 precious gifts as they navigate these times, so they too can find balance? Christa invites you here to life-changing tips for your child as they...
Setting New Parenting Goals As We Resist Toxic Teaching with Sheila Wray Gregoire, Enneagram 8w7
May 08, 2023 06:00 - 46 minutesThis 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 generations. From prior to Gen X to purity culture to now, there's still work to do around healthy teaching and training and we have the best tips...
An E + M Mini: BookTok Picks Across the Enneagram Types, Melody Hardin, Enneagram 9
May 03, 2023 06:00 - 32 minutesSometimes 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 levity, love, and, fun literature as well! Check out Melody's book club reads on her page on the E + M website here! Wes and Christa's Book Recommen...
Amping Up Your Sexual Goals Together with the Sex Educator You Always Wish You Had, Carlie Palmer-Webb, MS
May 01, 2023 06:01 - 44 minutesAs 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 beautiful intimacy together. We talk about sexual mindfulness, purity culture, low libido, differences in desire, and how we can build up sexual de...
Life and Marriage with an Enneagram 1, Wes Hardin
April 26, 2023 13:48 - 55 minutesIn 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 Christa's hubby Wes today, who helps us learn more about the Type 1! Christa and Wes have shared over twenty five years of growth together and so y...
Scott Allender, Enneagram 3, The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence and the Defense Strategies Blocking Us from Our Goals
April 24, 2023 06:00 - 48 minutesWhat'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 fears, and more. Scott Allender, Enneagram 3 (3-4 pairing), is here to talk about all of this with us as you take steps to move your life, business,...
Sober Spirituality: The Joy of a Mindful Relationship with Alcohol, Erin Jean Warde, Enneagram 6
April 19, 2023 06:00 - 51 minutesHow 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 honor one another's experiences more gracefully and allows for rich conversations as we walk towards virtue together individually, in relationship...
Orphaned Believers: How A Generation of Christian Exiles Can Find Their Way Home w/Author Sara Billups, Enneagram 4
April 17, 2023 06:00 - 46 minutesSo 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. Prolific author Sara Billups, Enneagram 4 (4-5 pairing) invites us into a deep and curious dive into the past as well as movements for going forwa...
Life & Marriage with an Enneagram Type Two, Kirsten Barker
April 12, 2023 06:00 - 56 minutesIn 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 Barker, who is not only an E + M Certified Coach, but also a 2 who has been doing her work for a long time! Kirsten is also a wife, mom, and an Enne...
Allowing In Your Grief & Faith Questions w/Dr. Mekel Harris, Enneagram 4w3
April 10, 2023 06:00 - 39 minutesGrief hits us all at times - as a world, as a community, and yes, even as leaders, helpers, pastors, parents, or spouses. When grief 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 other words, you must give your loss and sadness a healthy space to process so you can both honor your story as well as emerge when the time is right...
Life & Marriage with an Enneagram Type 3, Abigail Perry
April 05, 2023 06:00 - 44 minutesIn 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 Christa's sister Abbie today, who is an SX 3! Abigail is the COO of the Detroit Area Agency on Aging, a mom of five children, and a full-on go-gettin...
Overcoming Father Wounds w/Kia Stephens
April 03, 2023 06:00 - 54 minutesWhenever 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 are heard. Today we welcome powerful speaker, writer, and influencer at Proverbs 31 Ministries, author Kia Stephens as we discuss one of the key que...
Life with Enneagram 4s + Sleep Tips for Each Type, Jentry Courter, Enneagram 4
March 29, 2023 06:00 - 54 minutesIn 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 curates restful rhythms for not only Fours but brings her caring wisdom to offer sleep tips for individuals of each Enneagram type as well. In this...
Strong Like Water with Aundi Kolber, Enneagram 4
March 27, 2023 06:00 - 54 minutesWhether 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 trauma specialist and author Aundi Kolber, LMHC of Try Softer sharing her brand new book, Strong Like Water as we learn the way to more fluidly an...
Life and Marriage with a 5, Jennifer Passmore
March 22, 2023 06:00 - 57 minutesIn 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 interviewing Jennifer Passmore, school principal, pastor's wife, and mom of four adult children, Enneagram Five. Jennifer's not only a Five but she...
The Enneagram & Your Marriage with Jackie Brewster, 7-3 Marriage Pairing
March 20, 2023 06:00 - 39 minutesWhen 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 new 7-week workbook on using extremely practical and organized Enneagram tools and tips to help you grow personally and heal these threads of discor...
Life and Marriage with an Enneagram 6, Heather Richmond
March 15, 2023 06:00 - 56 minutesJoin 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 are interviewing singer, dietician, momma, and wife, Heather Richmond, Enneagram Type 6 on all the ways you want and need to grow (and glow!) with a...
A Powerful Conflict Tool w/Psychologist Dr. Wyatt Fisher, PsyD
March 13, 2023 06:00 - 37 minutesPsychologist 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 from his own marriage trauma healing over seasons as well. As we study conflict together all month, this episode gives you a very practical look at ...
Life and Marriage with an Enneagram 7, Alaina Pompa
March 08, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutesIn 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 are interviewing artist and illustrator, Alaina Pompa, Enneagram Type 7 of Ray of Light (the artist behind our glow guides and planner!) all about a...
Stances, The Repressed Centers of Intelligence in Marriage with Best-Selling Enneagram Author & Master Teacher Suzanne Stabile, Enneagram 2
March 06, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutesJoin 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 years of marriage, offering honest advice for marriage success. As we discuss changing instincts across seasons and a conversation about our stanc...
Lessons in Love By Enneagram Type from Jane Austen Character Arcs
March 01, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutesIn 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 tropes, share mini-book reviews, talk Enneagram typing, and most of all, bring love lessons from the world's number one romantic writer of all time ...
Life & Marriage with an Enneagram 8, Laurie Palau, This Organized Life
February 27, 2023 07:00 - 58 minutesIn 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, Laurie Palau, Enneagram Type 8 of This Organized Life about all the super big questions you've always wanted to ask an Eight as well as a few tips about...
An E + M Mini: The Four Types of Love You Need in Marriage from CS Lewis & The Four Loves
February 22, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutesThis 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 you need support in with today's refreshing reminders as we allow in some practical encouragement from CS Lewis' work, The Four Loves. We're also d...
Life & Marriage with an Enneagram 9, Emily Wingfield, Enneagram with Emily
February 20, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutesJoin 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 about: Marriage and family with a 9 Withdrawing Merging Past Orientation Action/Sloth And more! https://enneagramwithemily.com/ Become an ...
An Enneagram Valentine's Day Mystery Mini-Episode
February 14, 2023 03:08 - 11 minutesIn 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 Certification program. Show Links: Become an E + M Certified Coach - Classes Start Feb 23! Sign up here! Head on over to enneagramandmarriage.com to...
Loving Each of the Enneagram Types in Marriage w/Dani Cooper of Deep Waters Enneagram
February 13, 2023 07:00 - 46 minutesAs 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), we get clarifying reminders about what each personality type really ultimately delights in receiving in terms of their deepest needs. Don't miss ...
The Heart of True Marriage Connection with Elizabeth Overstreet
February 08, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutesFebruary 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 we navigate these complex issues with clarity, hope, and joy. Elizabeth has been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, and all over media as a practical and ...
Revving Up Your Romance with Relationship Coach Dana Che, Enneagram 3 (3-9 Pairing)
February 06, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutesWe 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 all into our goal-oriented 3 space by loving our partner with intention, an open heart, and lots of loving action! Show Links: Visit Dana and ge...
An E + M Short: Celebrating & Reflecting on One Million Podcast Downloads With You!
February 01, 2023 07:00 - 16 minutesWhen 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 + M framework for finding our Enneagram rhythms together as we take an open-hearted and grateful look back with you before we look ahead to what's on...
How Christ Relates to Each Type w/Jesse Eubanks, 3w4 of Love Thy Neighborhood & The Enneacast
January 30, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutesIn 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 discussion on how Christ relates to each of the Enneagram types as we discuss his brand new Harper-Collins Zondervan book, How We Relate: Understanding Go...
E + M Shorts: Why & How Anger Must Be Addressed in Marriage for a Healthier You
January 25, 2023 07:00 - 15 minutesIn 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 specialist Dr. Gabor Mate MD, as well as how to process the backstory that initially got us on a survival path of processing anger unhealthily in the first...
In Sickness & In Health: Immunity-Boosting For Your Marriage w/Coach Jenn Johnson
January 23, 2023 07:00 - 46 minutesWhen 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 not only helps us to honor our marriage vows during times of sickness but also helps us to create a winning, research-based formula for immunity-buil...
A Mini-Episode: #RelationshipGoals for Each Enneagram Type
January 18, 2023 07:00 - 19 minutesWe 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 a Valetine's Glow Together: https://www.enneagraminyourmarriage.com/glowgala Become An Enneagram & Marriage Certified Coach: https://www.enne...
Trauma and Polyvagal Processing with E + M Coach Jessica Vangsnes, 4-8 Pairing
January 16, 2023 07:00 - 45 minutesJoin 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 and her husband Travis' (4-8 pairing) peaceful mountain retreat center in East TN for couples! Show links: Jessica and her husband Travis doing hil...
Activating Your Repressed Instincts in Life & Marriage
January 11, 2023 07:00 - 17 minutesOften 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 and family. Visit Enneagram and Marriage & for all of your relationship tools and use code NEWYEAR for 25% off The 52-Week Glow Planner! Need a sp...
Five Love Languages of Your Sex Life
January 09, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutesOur 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 together yet! Visit Enneagram and Marriage & for all of your relationship tools and use code NEWYEAR for 25% off The 52-Week Glow Planner! Need a spe...
An E + M Mini: Finding Your Best Goal Rhythms w/Your Spouse
January 04, 2023 07:00 - 17 minutesChrista 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 getaway gift idea? Buy your Feb Glow Gala Dinner-Dance Tix for a Holiday Allure: https://www.enneagraminyourmarriage.com/glowgala Head on ove...
Five Goal Practices That Will Change Your Life This New Year
January 02, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutesWe 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 for a Holiday Allure: https://www.enneagraminyourmarriage.com/glowgala Head on over to enneagramandmarriage.com to check out all of our Ennea...
REPLAY: Christmas Movie Fun with Amy Wicks of Simply Wholehearted, Enneagram 7
December 28, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutesWhen 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 While You Were Sleeping and Elf, Enneagram style! And yes we did classify Elf as a rom-com for this TOTALLY carefree and fun time with you! Show ...
Resentments of Each Enneagram Type and How to Heal Your Marriage
December 26, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutesResentments 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 type are as well as how to heal, release, and reconnect together. Visit Enneagram and Marriage w/code FESTIVEFIVE for $5 off PDFs, including the E + ...
The Gifts Each Enneagram Type Brings to Marriage
December 19, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutesDuring 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 the good each type brings to life and to marriage this holiday and beyond? Take a moment to dive into a relaxation practice with us, to release stres...
E + M Shorts Series: Compatibility Across Head, Heart, and Body Triads
December 14, 2022 07:00 - 17 minutesThough 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 another across and within the heart, heart, and body triads, but also to find our way to healthier connection and vulnerability together! Visit Enneagr...
Finding Your Flow & Joy in Marriage w/Neal Samudre, Enneagram 3w4 of EnjoyCo
December 12, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutesHave you been going through the motions lately, scared to look under the surface for fear you may not be able to get back up again? Today's episode has specific tips geared toward helping you to walk from the shadows and into the light and life you were made for. Neal and Carly Samudre, founders and a therapist and coach team, expertly created a way to own and evoke healthy feelings and embrace each one as it comes. Today Neal, 3w4 joins us and gives us tips to find joy, flow, and hope on the...
Working Through Parental Enneagram Overlays This Holiday
December 07, 2022 07:00 - 14 minutesSo many times, we don’t realize that the parental overlays from our first few years of development have laid a foundation that runs deeper than we can imagine. In this mini episode, Christa runs through the dysregulation patterns of each Enneagram type just in time for the holidays so you can make sure that you are not only aware of potential connection disruptions, but also truly prepared for the very best times together in life and marriage! Links from Today's Episode Sign up for our new ...
Music Therapy & Marriage with Destiny Boyum, MT-BC, Enneagram 2w3
December 05, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutesDestiny Boyum, MT-BC, Enneagram 2w3 joins Christa on the podcast today to help our community to process how music therapy can heal and soothe and even potentially mend marriage communication, sexual intimacy, sleep, grief, and dysregulation. Don't miss this special episode on music and marriage in your Enneagram as well as our special gift to you, type-by-type audience submitted E + M playlists! Links from Today's Episode Sign up for our new Tuesday Newsletter Deeper Dive Subscription Here!...
An E + M Mini: Building Out Your Marriage Mission
November 30, 2022 07:00 - 13 minutesWhen the holidays get busy, it can be so easy to get lost in the shuffle of the tyranny of the urgent. However, without intention, you not only won't merge your Enneagram gifts to find your best and brightest ways to glow in the world, but worse, you can fall into the shadows. Join Christa for this mini that includes a brief writing exercise as well to get you fired up and focused together out there as you shine! Get Your Marriage Mission Freebie at the E & M Website Here! Sign up for our n...
The Nitty Gritty of Non-Verbal Communication in Marriage
November 28, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutesAs we head into the topic of marriage communication, Christa takes us on a journey of nonverbal communication research and why the tiny nuances in microexpressions matter more than you may have ever realized. We talk about mitigating communication, good encoding, acoustic manipulations, and so mix more as we refine the very best of the 3 C’s of nonverbal communication styles in life and marriage together here! Sign up for our new Tuesday Newsletter Deeper Dive Subscription Here! Get $5 Off...
An E + M Mini: Processing Grief This Season
November 23, 2022 07:00 - 19 minutesAre you feeling alone in your grief or even just stuck this season? Join Christa for a therapeutic journey of discovering ways of processing grief, learning to lament and move ahead, and honoring the story within. Show Links: Dr. Mekel Harris, PhD >> Free Mindful Grief Journaling Prompts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Building Marriage Allure Versus Affairs
November 21, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutesThe dangers of a complacent marriage are many, ranging from stagnancy to infidelity, the latter of which makes trauma imminent. During the holidays, as couples get busier, marriage often gets put on the back burner and the allure is gone. However, "do no harm" can hurt just as much as an overt issue, and in this episode, we address both the makings of an affair as well as the makings of a magnetic monogamous relationship! Join Christa for an episode on affair prevention and the discovery of y...