

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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Sep 27, 2023 • 18min
An E + M Mini: Shaping the Stories & Shadows We Bring to Marriage & Relationships
The 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 otherwise in terms of places and spaces we want to grow from together! Also, celebrate with us a day on the top of the Amazon Christian Marriage charts for the new books, because of our awesome launch team! Don't forget to order yours right here as we bring the Enneagram learning to others! Pre-order your book right here and get the bonuses! Watch on YouTube Bonuses are: 🕯A guide to lead a small group book study on The Enneagram in Marriage! 🕯A handy printable chart for quick and easy reference on The Enneagram Types! 🕯Tips to increase sexual intimacy for each Enneagram Personality Type! 🕯Plus, you’ll get a FREE Audiobook! Grab and order here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 25, 2023 • 38min
Questions from An Enneagram Skeptic w/Wes Hardin, MA, Enneagram 1
Many 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 scientific logical viewpoint so you can learn more for yourself and more about how to discuss the Enneagram with intelligence and care in your marriage, faith, and social groups! Visit much of this content in written form on our FAQ page here also! Watch the convo on YouTube here You can find Jesse Eubanks' podcast link/s here and Tyler Zach's aforementioned resources on the same topics here! You can grab Christa's new book, "The Enneagram in Marriage: Your Guide to Thriving Together in Your Unique Pairing," right here also!https://a.co/d/ed25gVA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 20, 2023 • 48min
Making Space for What Matters in Marriage w/Dr. Merideth Hite Estevez, Enneagram 4
When 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 continue to find our best rhythms together. She also talks about her marriage to her type 7 hubby who is the pastor at Kirk on the Hills Church in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Join us for this lilting conversation with this tremendously gifted writer, teacher, speaker, Ivy-league-trained musician, and creative artist Dr. Merideth, and also enjoy her music in the background during her introduction as well so you can find your own joyful rhythms as we connect together here! Episode music credits: Merideth Hyte-Estevez - oboe Jani Parsons - piano Find Merideth's beautiful site, podcast, and work here! www.artistsforjoy.com and for creative (and free!) meet-ups find her popular The Artist's Way group here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 18, 2023 • 43min
Every Season Sacred w/Author Kayla Craig, Liturgies for Parents, Enneagram 8
Although 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 only Enneagram (she and her hubby are an 8-8 couple with differing instinctual stackings), but she's got four kids, including a child who needs extra measures so she truly gets how lost we can be in finding the depths and heights with God when we're literally knee deep in kid messes of all kinds. We get real here on this fun but meaningful podcast. Don't miss this time together, and definitely don't miss Kayla's brand new book, Every Season Sacred that launches into the world this week! Watch on YouTube here! Kayla Craig's author website and Liturgies for Parents Get Kayla's book! Love the Enneagram & Marriage pod? We would love to get your review so others can find the show as well. Share on Apple Podcast right here! Buy Christa's new book now so you can make sure tou get your pre-order bonuses before the launch date in 2 weeks! www.enneagramandmarriage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 13, 2023 • 18min
An E + M Mini: Holy Thinking for Each Type in Marriage (The Holy Ideas)
The 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 healthier rhythms with us right here! Pre-order your book right here and get the bonuses, including the one-page chart with your holy ideas, virtues, vices, fixations, and more all on one page! Read my book, “The Enneagram in Marriage: Your Guide to Thriving Together in Your Unique Pairing” so you can truly thrive! Get these bonuses for pre-ordering, too! 🕯A guide to lead a small group book study on The Enneagram in Marriage! 🕯A handy printable chart for quick and easy reference on The Enneagram Types! 🕯Tips to increase sexual intimacy for each Enneagram Personality Type! 🕯Plus, you’ll get a FREE Audiobook! Grab and order here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 11, 2023 • 31min
Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself w/Dr. Morgan Cutlip, Enneagram 9
Parenting 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 episode! To connect with Dr. Morgan and 20OK+ followers (her reels are awesome!) find her here Get Dr. Morgan's book plus bonuses right here! Watch on YouTube here! Visit www.enneagraminmarriage.com for all of your E + M needs, including our book bonuses! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 6, 2023 • 13min
An E + M Mini: Generational Theory and Why It Matters to Your Marriage
There 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 copy of The Enneagram in Marriage and sign up for your pre-bonuses right here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 4, 2023 • 37min
Reclaiming Your Honeymoon Era: An Enneagram Mystery Episode with Molly Wilcox, Enneagram 7
As 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 honeymoon has lost its first gleams. How does Molly keep balance, love, and faith in her life even across the busy threads of life? And how can you follow suit as you re-embrace your own honeymoon a bit here with us? Join us here for lift-off to a journey of joy on this fun Labor Day episode! Play the typing mystery contest @ our Instagram Stories and guess Molly's hubby's type! Find Molly's website and book and find her inspiring Instagram here @MrsMollyWilcox! Pre-Order your new Enneagram in Marriage book here and get the pre-bonuses also! Watch Episode on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 30, 2023 • 22min
The Power of the Pause for All Enneagram Types in Life and Marriage
When 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 Christa's book here! Listen on YouTube here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 28, 2023 • 50min
Increasing Compatibility & Satisfaction in Marriage w/Dr. Frederik Coene
It’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 time, sexually or otherwise in marriage. This is a time where integrity and doing one's work matters more than ever and we are learning together! Join Christa in this riveting and potentially life-changing conversation right here! Watch on YouTube here! Take Dr. Coene's sexuality course on YouTube free Find Frederik on his website here Save your receipt as you buy your book here so you can get maximum discounts and bonuses! Love this episode? Share with others and at Apple Podcast here,too! Head on over to enneagramandmarriage.com to check out our membership and all of our Enneagram & Marriage freebies and resources! Instagram: @enneagramandmarriage | @enneagrammarriagepod Facebook @enneagramandmarriage You can also leave a review on Spotify here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices