

Enneagram and Marriage
Christa Hardin, MA
The 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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Jun 24, 2024 • 39min
Creating Slow Rhythms in Your Marriage & Family w/Chris and Jenni Graebe, 7-1 Pairing
Today, we get to chat with Chris and Jenny Graebe (7w8 and 1w9 pairing) about how they slow down to create healthy rhythms for their marriage and for a healthy, intentional life of love and faith with their five kids. They also share from both their first book together, 📖 The Rhythm of Us, and their brand new book, The Rhythm of Home as well. They talk about how through exploring five intentional practices of flourishing families, you will learn to
map out a vision for your family legacy,
create a home environment that supports your deepest family values,
connect on a deeper level with your kids in ways that will last a lifetime, and
shape a loving and joy-filled family culture.
Whether you are just starting your family or are farther along in your journey, The Rhythm of Home will help you create a strong foundation. Listen here as they share!
Get their new book right here! https://a.co/d/0f5tlyEd
Find their website: https://www.therhythmofus.com/about-us
Visit their FB group: https://www.facebook.com/chrisandjenni/
Connect with Jenni on Instagram here! https://www.instagram.com/jennigraebe/?hl=en
Dive deeper into your pairing and Enneagram & Marriage love! 🥳💕 Get your copy of Christa's book "The Enneagram in Marriage" book right here: https://www.amazon.com/Enneagram-Marriage-Thriving-Together-Pairing/dp/1540903370
SALE: 📣📣📣📣 Use the code SUMMERFUN to get 50% off of our courses at www.EnneagramandMarriage.com here!
Spread the word about the podcast here! 📣🥳 Leave your review of this podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enneagram-and-marriage/id1493137938
Join Christa virtually on your own time in the Enneagram in Marriage 5 week course here! https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/the-enneagram-in-marriage-5-week-course-for-sale
We would love to hear from you! Leave your questions or messages for Christa or sign up for coaching RIGHT HERE: https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/contact-us
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Jun 19, 2024 • 23min
All About Type Fives + Fives With Each Type in Relationship
Discover the fascinating world of Enneagram Type Fives and learn how they can thrive in relationships. Explore their unique traits and the dynamics they share with other types. Uncover the strengths and challenges that come with being a Five, along with strategies for building deeper connections. This episode offers valuable insights for Fives and their partners, promoting self-awareness and balanced interactions.

Jun 17, 2024 • 39min
Redeeming Your Time & Relationships with Best-Selling Author Jordan Raynor, Type 3
Do you feel like you have a lot of work goals but can't seem to accomplish anything in the allotted time your day actually gives you? Do you feel frenetic because you're trying to do a good job at work but then your family life, not to mention your marriage or life with God, is majorly lacking? There are so many shifts we can make as humans, and each of us will have to move a bit differently to accomplish the goal of margin and redeeming our time so we can each make every day count. Yet there are throughlines for all of us to learn for efficiency and for the most inspired life and today Christa is joined by multiple best-selling author Jordan Raynor to walk you through them, as he shares the deeply hopeful and healthy plans for a productive + relational life in Christ. Through his bestselling books (The Sacredness of Secular Work, Redeeming Your Time, The Creator in You, etc.), keynote speeches, podcasts, and devotionals, Jordan has helped millions of Christians in every country on earth connect the gospel to their work.
In addition to his writing and speaking, Jordan serves as the Executive Chairman of Threshold 360, a venture-backed tech startup that Jordan previously ran as CEO following a string of successful ventures of his own.
SHOW NOTES:
Find Jordan’s website here! https://www.jordanraynor.com/
Find Jordan's books here! https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jordan-Raynor/author/B00KU24B80?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
Find Jordan's Bible App Plan "Redeeming Your Time" https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/27704-redeeming-your-time
Find Jordan on Instagram right here! https://www.instagram.com/jordanraynor/?hl=en
Dive deeper into your pairing and Enneagram & Marriage love! 🥳💕 Grab "The Enneagram in Marriage" book right here: https://www.amazon.com/Enneagram-Marriage-Thriving-Together-Pairing/dp/1540903370
Spread the word about the podcast here! 📣🥳 Leave your review of this podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enneagram-and-marriage/id1493137938
Join Christa's team for coaching here! https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/contact-us
We would love to hear from you! Leave your questions or messages for Christa or sign up for coaching RIGHT HERE: https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/contact-us
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Leave us a comment or question by sending an MP4 recording to enneagramandmarriage@gmail.com.
(You can use your Voice Memos app on your iPhone to record.)
Love what you're learning on E + M? Make sure you leave us a podcast review so others can find us, too , here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 12, 2024 • 22min
All About Sixes + Sixes With Each Type in Relationship
It feels so good to be known and seen for who we are, as well as to have clarified spaces from which to grow. To this end, today’s special shorter episode is a walk-through of the Enneagram type Sixes and who they are, as well as who they can become as they walk toward health. If you're a Six, learn how to become the healthiest version of yourself in relationship and take a special mini-peek at how Sixes relate with each and every type in marriage or relationship of any kind. Enjoy this episode as you learn more about yourself, your partner, or your family members right here! Watch on YouTube here!
Dive deeper into your pairing and Enneagram & Marriage love! 🥳💕 Get your copy of Christa's book "The Enneagram in Marriage" book right here: https://www.amazon.com/Enneagram-Marriage-Thriving-Together-Pairing/dp/1540903370
SALE: 📣📣📣📣 Use the code SUMMERFUN to get 50% off of our courses at www.EnneagramandMarriage.com here!
Spread the word about the podcast here! 📣🥳 Leave your review of this podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enneagram-and-marriage/id1493137938
Join Christa virtually on your own time in the Enneagram in Marriage 5 week course here! https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/the-enneagram-in-marriage-5-week-course-for-sale
We would love to hear from you! Leave your questions or messages for Christa or sign up for coaching RIGHT HERE: https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/contact-us
Sign Up For Christa's WEEKLY NEWSLETTER here: https://enneagramandmarriage.myflodesk.com/olivbuf96o
Instagram: @enneagramandmarriage | Facebook @ enneagramandmarriage
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@enneagramandmarriage?lang=en
Leave us a comment or question by sending an MP4 recording to enneagramandmarriage@gmail.com.
(You can use your Voice Memos app on your iPhone to record.)
Love what you're learning on E + M? Make sure you leave us a podcast review so others can find us, too , here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 10, 2024 • 53min
Tips for Traveling for Every Type in Relationship, w/Geographer + Travel Expert, Angela Gilmeister, Type 1
As Tolkien once said, "Not all who wander are lost," and you will be even less relationally lost as you wander into learning with E + M about the ins and outs of traveling with your spouse and/or family and friends! Take some time today to invest in the tips in this episode from travel expert and geographer Angela Gilmeister, Type 1 (Wild Hair Travels, Happy Women Travel Podcast) in this extra special E + M episode! Details include an excursion about traveling alone as a couple, a couple with kids, along with friends, and other combos too, as walk you type by type to the best travel and vacay plans yet together. You will truly enjoy your must- needed r & r time when you finally get it now more than ever with these great tips. Tune in here or watch on YouTube here!
SHOW NOTES:
Find Angela’s website here! https://wildhairtravels.com/author/wildhair-angela/
Find her podcast here! https://wildhairtravels.com/podcast/
Find her fun FB group right here! https://www.facebook.com/share/mEd1pUakHYSRZqNR/
Dive deeper into your pairing and Enneagram & Marriage love! 🥳💕 Grab "The Enneagram in Marriage" book right here: https://www.amazon.com/Enneagram-Marriage-Thriving-Together-Pairing/dp/1540903370
Spread the word about the podcast here! 📣🥳 Leave your review of this podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enneagram-and-marriage/id1493137938
Join Christa virtually on your own time in the Enneagram in Marriage 5 week course here! https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/the-enneagram-in-marriage-5-week-course-for-sale
We would love to hear from you! Leave your questions or messages for Christa or sign up for coaching RIGHT HERE: https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/contact-us
Sign Up For Christa's WEEKLY NEWSLETTER here: https://enneagramandmarriage.myflodesk.com/olivbuf96o
Instagram: @enneagramandmarriage | Facebook @ enneagramandmarriage
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@enneagramandmarriage?lang=en
Leave us a comment or question by sending an MP4 recording to enneagramandmarriage@gmail.com.
(You can use your Voice Memos app on your iPhone to record.)
Love what you're learning on E + M? Make sure you leave us a podcast review so others can find us, too , here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 5, 2024 • 37min
All About Type Sevens + Sevens With Each Type in Relationship
It feels so good to be known and seen for who we are, as well as to have clarified spaces from which to grow. To this end, today’s special shorter episode is a walk-through of the Enneagram type Seven and who they are, as well as who they can become as they walk toward health. If you're a Seven, learn how to become the healthiest version of yourself in relationship and take a special mini-peek at how Sevens relate with each and every type in marriage or relationship of any kind. Enjoy this episode as you learn more about yourself, your partner, or your family members right here! Watch on YouTube here!
Dive deeper into your pairing and Enneagram & Marriage love! 🥳💕 Get your copy of Christa's book "The Enneagram in Marriage" book right here: https://www.amazon.com/Enneagram-Marriage-Thriving-Together-Pairing/dp/1540903370
SALE: 📣📣📣📣 Use the code SUMMERFUN to get 50% off of our courses at www.EnneagramandMarriage.com here!
Spread the word about the podcast here! 📣🥳 Leave your review of this podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enneagram-and-marriage/id1493137938
Join Christa virtually on your own time in the Enneagram in Marriage 5 week course here! https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/the-enneagram-in-marriage-5-week-course-for-sale
We would love to hear from you! Leave your questions or messages for Christa or sign up for coaching RIGHT HERE: https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/contact-us
Sign Up For Christa's WEEKLY NEWSLETTER here: https://enneagramandmarriage.myflodesk.com/olivbuf96o
Instagram: @enneagramandmarriage | Facebook @ enneagramandmarriage
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@enneagramandmarriage?lang=en
Leave us a comment or question by sending an MP4 recording to enneagramandmarriage@gmail.com.
(You can use your Voice Memos app on your iPhone to record.)
Love what you're learning on E + M? Make sure you leave us a podcast review so others can find us, too , here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 3, 2024 • 59min
How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told with Dr. Harrison Scott Key, Ph.D.
When infidelity wounds a couple, in the wise words of our guest today, Dr. Harrison Scott Key, Ph.D, best-selling author and the winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, there's a marriage murder mystery to be solved: Who killed this marriage, is it really dead, and can it come back to life?
Join us for a riveting and deep-diving episode with Key, surrounding the events of his unexpectedly vulnerable marriage epic about when his wife confessed to infidelity that comes out this week in paperback“How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told”, a book the Washington Post calls shocking, “shot through with sharp humor”, and a spiritually profound story of his journey through hell and back when infidelity threatens his marriage. Join us for this serious chat which also manages to bring Key's lighthearted wit and eloquence in as we discuss the long and winding road to healing, red flags, seeing one's own part in the story, and also affair prevention right here in this must-listen episode.
SHOW NOTES:
Find Harrison’s book, newly in paperwork starting 6/4/24 on Amazon here!! https://www.amazon.com/How-Stay-Married-Insane-Story-ebook/dp/B0BHTP1S6Y?ref_=ast_author_dp
Find his website and other books here, including his award-winning "The World's Largest Man" at www.harrisonscottkey.com
Dive deeper into your pairing and Enneagram & Marriage love! 🥳💕 Leave your review of "The Enneagram in Marriage" book right here: https://www.amazon.com/Enneagram-Marriage-Thriving-Together-Pairing/dp/1540903370
Spread the word about the podcast here! 📣🥳 Leave your review of this podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enneagram-and-marriage/id1493137938
Join Christa virtually on your own time in the Enneagram in Marriage 5-week course here! https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/the-enneagram-in-marriage-5-week-course-for-sale
We would love to hear from you! Leave your questions or messages for Christa or sign up for coaching RIGHT HERE: https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/contact-us
Sign Up For Christa's WEEKLY NEWSLETTER here: https://enneagramandmarriage.myflodesk.com/olivbuf96o
Instagram: @enneagramandmarriage | Facebook @ @enneagramandmarriage
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@enneagramandmarriage?lang=en
Leave us a comment or question by sending an MP4 recording to enneagramandmarriage@gmail.com.
(You can use your Voice Memos app on your iPhone to record.)
Love what you're learning on E + M? Make sure you leave us a podcast review so others can find us, too , here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 29, 2024 • 30min
All About Type Eights + Eights w/Each Type in Relationship
Get ready to unravel the complexities of Enneagram Type Eights! Discover how these passionate protectors can evolve towards healthier relationships. Learn about the dynamics they share with other types, especially Sevens and Nines, emphasizing communication and emotional safety. Uncover strategies for rebuilding trust and enhancing conflict resolution. Plus, find out how therapy can be a game-changer in navigating these intense connections. Dive in to boost your understanding of yourself and your loved ones!

May 27, 2024 • 52min
Somatic Tips for Every Type in Marriage w/Author and Coach Melissa Kircher, Type 5
What a necessity it is to have great tools to process our conflict and trauma together in marriage, parenting, and relationships, and yet often in the moments of great felt threat or pain, our very bodies rise in protective styles, even possibly blocking us from doing this work. Today we get to talk about bodywork or somatics and to learn some helpful trauma tools, both in general and type by type, with coach Melissa Kircher, Enneagram 5. Melissa is not only an author and artist, but she also shares from a very personal space about her 5-3 marriage, her journey of seeking fertility, adoption, and so much more, to sit in the very real work with us. We are so grateful to share in conversations of healing depth with Melissa and you today, too, as we celebrate this vital episode during Mental Health Awareness Month! Stay tuned this Wednesday for our Type 8 episode! Watch on YouTube here!
Find Melissa here:
Melissa's website is here:
Her Instagram at EnneaPaths: https://www.instagram.com/enneagrampaths/?hl=en
Spread the Enneagram & Marriage love! 🥳💕 Leave your review of "The Enneagram in Marriage" book right here: https://www.amazon.com/Enneagram-Marriage-Thriving-Together-Pairing/dp/1540903370
Spread the word about the podcast here! 📣🥳 Leave your review of this podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enneagram-and-marriage/id1493137938
Join Christa virtually on your own time in the Enneagram in Marriage 5-week course here! https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/the-enneagram-in-marriage-5-week-course-for-sale
We would love to hear from you! Leave your questions or messages for Christa or sign up for coaching RIGHT HERE: https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/contact-us
Sign Up For Christa's WEEKLY NEWSLETTER here: https://enneagramandmarriage.myflodesk.com/olivbuf96o
Instagram: @enneagramandmarriage | Facebook @ @enneagramandmarriage
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@enneagramandmarriage?lang=en
Leave us a comment or question by sending an MP4 recording to enneagramandmarriage@gmail.com.
(You can use your Voice Memos app on your iPhone to record.)
Love what you're learning on E + M? Make sure you leave us a podcast review so others can find us, too , here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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May 22, 2024 • 24min
All About Type Nines + Nines With Each Type in Relationship
Discover the essence of Type Nines, the Peacemakers, and how they shape relationships. Learn practical tips for nurturing your connection while prioritizing self-care. Explore the interplay of Nines with each personality type and gain insights into navigating relationship dynamics effectively. Celebrate individuality and growth, while honing communication skills to address personal needs. This deep dive fosters understanding and enhances the emotional depth of your partnerships.