“The E + M podcast has given me such wonderful insight not only on myself and how to take care of my self love but also, how my 5 husband operates. We are both able to go a different way about things within our marriage, it has been such a positive change. You’re doing such wonderful things for people! 💗” - Katie, Type 9

The Enneagram & Marriage Podcast

 

The Enneagram + Marriage Podcast is focused on educating listeners on how they can work through their relationship issues using the Enneagram and other marriage and relationship tools. Christa Hardin brings her experience helping couples for two decades to engage the E + M audience as fellow peers on the journey of life and love as she teaches and brings guests on to share as well! Tune in to learn what the Enneagram can and can’t help you with, what the best marriage research is teaching us, and how to understand your unique personality in terms of relationship dynamics, as well as how to find encouragement as you intentionally integrate healthy change in your marriage and life.

Relationship coach, Christa Hardin has a background in clinical psychology and the E+M Podcast specifically and practically yet empathically touches on topics like connecting over just communication, learning you/your spouse's conflict styles, understanding revolutionary sexual intimacy tips, and how you and your spouse can shine or "Enneagram Glow" together as a team in your romance as well as in the world as part of a bigger and more meaningful collective. Start your week off on the right foot with a new episode every Monday of the Enneagram + Marriage Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Castbox, and platforms episodes. We’ve got over 1 million downloads and counting of our 100+ episodes!

Burn Fat & Feast with Sarah Thomas, Enneagram 1 (1-8) Glow

Today's podcast offer both a personal and a collective experience for empowered healthy fitness lifestyle habits. Christa is joined by Sarah Thomas of Burn Fat and Feast, an Enneagram 1 (1-8 Glow). Sarah not only shares her hard journey from the college weigh-ins to truly empowered living with less of a focus on the scale. She has helped thousands to find their way back to abundant and strong eating rhythms. Instead of body shaming, we emerge from this month stronger for our marriages and families together!

 
 

The Three Types of Enneagram Fives in Marriage

Join us for this simple series on each type, including as we share about the three subtypes of Fives in marriage and family life!

Bringing Healthier Hormones & Body Practices to Your Marriage with Health Coach Jenn Johnson, Enneagram 1

When you're struggling with healthy eating or extra weight, we know the last thing you need is to be shamed. However, your life and relationship is ever so much stronger when you feel good. What better way to learn about feeling good, hormones, and the body than from a detailed Enneagram who Type 1 who holds all of this with us and comes from a place of abundance? Join us on today's E + M Pod with accredited Health Coach Jenn Johnson! She is awesome at sharing life-changing health and fitness tips you won't want to miss for anything!

 
 

The Three Types of Enneagram Fours in Marriage

Join us for this simple series on each type, including as we share about the three subtypes of Fours in marriage and family life!

Finding Your Way to Enneagram & Health w/Coach Myrna Cervetti, Enneagram 1

We are indeed better spouses when we're energized and following a healthy fitness and eating routine, but let's face it, sometimes we simply need someone to cheer us on, someone who knows both Enneagram + Health Coaching. Today we are delighted to be joined by the fabulous health coach Myrna Cervetti, Enneagram 1, of Enneagram & Health (@Enneahealth on Instagram). If you need inspiration and hope for the journey, we give an added boost to each and every Enneagram type together!

 
 

The Three Types of Enneagram Threes in Marriage

Join us for this simple series on each type, including as we share about the three subtypes of Threes in marriage and family life!

Getting Healthy Together in Marriage with Wes Hardin, PA-C

As we lean into our health and fitness focus on the podcast this month, Christa takes an interview-style approach with her husband Wes, a specialist in family medicine, who has helped thousands of families with their healthcare needs across seasons of life and marriage. Make sure you tune in to this important discussion of getting and staying as healthy as possible together for your own happily ever after!

 
 

The Three Types of Enneagram Twos in Marriage

Join us for this simple series on each type, including as we share about the three subtypes of Twos in marriage and family life!

Finding Spiritual Growth with the Enneagram w/Author Meredith Boggs

As we pause to reflect on all of the growth of the seasons past, we transition to new spaces with spiritual growth in mind. Christa is joined by author Meredith W. Boggs, Type Eight as we stop for some soul care. Meredith walks us through not only the virtues and essence of each Enneagram type, but also three of the most helpful spiritual practices for each of the Enneagram types as well. As we focus on growth, take a listen to this deep dive into practices you can take into your life, marriage, parenting, and friendships as well.

 
 

The Three Types of Enneagram Ones in Marriage

Join us for this simple series on each type, including as we share about the three subtypes of Ones in marriage and family life!

Finding the Most Loving Sexual Intimacy in Your Marriage with Expedition Marriage

Join us for our final episode in the July sex series with the wonderful Chris and Jamie Bailey of Expedition Marriage. Christa brings the hard but most important questions to Chris and Jamie about the journey to the most satisfying intimate experiences of a couple's life, and their life as a 9 and 6 on the Enneagram also. We are so happy to share this episode with you as not only do Chris and Jamie share the best of their marriage but they also share life lessons they've needed to learn along the way, tips you don't want to miss for your marriage either!

 
 

E + M Shorts Series: What a Type 9 Wants in Marriage

Do you want to know the collective facts about what each Enneagram type wants in marriage? Join us for this simple series on each type as we share what a type nine wants in marriage and family life!

Instincts in Intimacy with Sexpert, Sam E. Greenberg, Enneagram 5

Have you wondered how your survival instincts affect your sex life or lack of intimacy as a couple? The instincts are undoubtedly relevant as we talk with Enneagram researcher and sexpert, Sam E. Greenberg, Enneagram 5 about how you can grow together as you work to understand one another's ways of staying feeling loved, close, and safe in the world. Sam and Christa go over both the basics as well as the depths of each of the instincts and how you as partners can relax enough in your instincts together to enjoy a mutually pleasurable intimacy life together. Tune in as you find one another's very best together!

 
 

E + M Shorts Series: What a Type 8 Wants in Marriage

Do you want to know the collective facts about what each Enneagram type wants in marriage? Join us for this simple series on each type as we share what a type eight wants in marriage and family life!

Bringing Sexual Desire Back to Marriage

So many times couples aren't on the same page about sex and often it's due to one or both lacking desire. Find out four root causes that lead couples and especially women away from desiring sex in marriage as well as ways you can shine brightly not only in the world together but also in the bedroom. Join Christa as she brings not only clarity but also competency when it comes to healing the intimacy gaps in your relationship.

 
 

E + M Shorts Series: What a Type 7 Wants in Marriage

Do you want to know the collective facts about what each Enneagram type wants in marriage? Join us for this simple series on each type as we share what a type seven wants in marriage and family life!

Masculine and Feminine Energy in Marriage

Tune in to hear how masculine and feminine energy affect your marriage and your life!

 
 

E + M Shorts Series: What a Type 6 Wants in Marriage

Do you want to know the collective facts about what each Enneagram type wants in marriage? Join us for this simple series on each type as we share what a type six wants in marriage and family life!

Building Adventures + Intimacy with One Extraordinary Marriage Tony & Alisa DiLorenzo

How do you not only build but keep intimacy and adventures over the long years of marriage? We talk real marriage tips today, not just during the honeymoon period with the world's number one marriage podcast hosts Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo of the One Extraordinary Marriage Podcast. Join Christa with guests Tony and Alisa as they take us on a deep dive into their marriage story, adventures, and share the 6 essential pillars of intimacy building! (Hint, you need them all!)

 
 

E + M Shorts Series: What a Type 5 Wants in Marriage

Do you want to know the collective facts about what each Enneagram type wants in marriage? Join us for this simple series on each type as we share what a type five wants in marriage and family life!

Bringing Health into Your Marriage Adventures with Jenn & Rob Johnson

After the honeymoon period of marriage, it's so important that couples work together to turn their dreams into reality together. Whatever your pairing, we're happy to get great tips from Enneagram & Marriage Jenn and her husband Rob today, who are part of the 1-3 Pairing. They're also taking us on a deep dive into bringing health into your adventures and life together since Jenn's a health coach with awesome tips for all!

 
 

E + M Shorts Series: What a Type 4 Wants in Marriage

Do you want to know the collective facts about what each Enneagram type wants in marriage? Join us for this simple series on each type as we share what a type Four wants in marriage and family life!

Opposite Temperaments in Love and Adventure with Dr. Sharon Otis, PhD

What do you do when you've got two opposite temperaments system in your marriage or relationship? One of Christa's favorite mentors, Dr. Sharon Otis, PhD, Enneagram 2 (2-9 Glow), is here for the task of telling you how she's done it and how you can do it too! With positivity through tremendous trials, with grace, and with lots of love, Sharon is here with joy, hope, and the wisdom of fifty years of working with family systems. This is a #lifer episode you don't want to miss!

 
 

The E + M Shorts Series: What a Type 3 Wants in Marriage

Do you want to know the collective facts about what each Enneagram type wants in marriage? Join us for this simple series on each type, including as we share what Type Three want in marriage and family life!

Adventures in Marriage with Christa and Wes Hardin

This special anniversary episode with Christa and Wes as they go over the very best and worst of adventuring together in marriage. You'll get tips for how to plan for as well as to enjoy your marriage and plan for amazing adventures together as we open up the month of June and hear from various couples and individuals about how to plan the adventures of a lifetime together! Join us for this special anniversary episode with us!

 
 

The E + M Shorts Series: What a Type 2 Wants in Marriage

Do you want to know the collective facts about what each Enneagram type wants in marriage? Join us for this simple series on each type, including as we share what Type Twos want in marriage and family life!

A Marriage Mystery with Dana and Johnny Lawsom

Let's take the mystery out of what makes for a great couple pairing. Today Christa is joined by Dana and Johnny Lawsom who are #goals for so many in their community because of their beautiful love story. Enjoy this light-hearted, fun episode, trying to guess their couple pairing along the way!

 
 

Goal Getting Across Enneagram Types in Life and Marriage

Goal-getting differs by Enneagram type and stumbling blocks are a very real thing. As we talk about marriage and individual goals in terms of the nuances of each type, join Christa in unwrapping how to get through blocks each type experiences. Most of all, discover how to get through those blocks!

E + M Shorts Series: Encountering Jealousy in Relationships

Join Christa in a brief convo and exercises in addressing and discharging jealousy that arises as we do our work with intention. Jealousy is often an under-discussed issue in achieving marriage and life goals. Listen in to learn how to deal with and manage jealousy in healthy ways!

 
 

Transitioning to Parenting in Marriage with Dr. Camden Morgante, 6-9 Glow

Join Christa as she talks with psychologist and professor Dr. Camden Morgante, Enneagram 6 and her husband John, Enneagram 9 as they tell us some of the best ways they've gone from pre-pregnancy to happily married and well-adjusted to life with two kids! Marriages statistically drop in health once babies come and yet your marriage is more than just a statistic. Listen in to get tips and advice to keep your marriage healthy and strong once the babies come along!

E + M Shorts Series: The Sp, So, and Sx Instincts in Biblical Storylines

Join Christa for a brief journey and a sharing of wisdom gained through the narratives of biblical characters who struggled with the same instinctual issues as we do in life and marriage. When you're stuck in a rut, it's often helpful to hear how someone else worked through something, and the ancient stories in the Bible truly bring the instinctual lens home to us!

 
 

Goal-Getting in Marriage with Sean Palmer, Enneagram 3

Christa is joined by speaker, Enneagram theorist, author, and coach Sean Palmer, Enneagram 3 (3-1 Glow Pairing) to walk you through your goals with both love and success. Using the Enneagram stances, they discuss how to find better balance and move healthily toward, not away from one another!

Using the Enneagram and the Centers Approach to deal with Conflict

Check out this pod as Christa talks with Leslie Herschberger about the centers approach using the Enneagram. There are three distinctive ways of being that are hard-wired into our nervous systems and they are associated with the three centers of the body, heart, and mind. Leslie Hershberger, Enneagram expert of 25+ years, and married to her husband Dave for 40 years, shares with us about the ways we process conflict in marriage. Don't miss Leslie's very deep dive into the centers with us as she unpacks the ways we defend our positions as well as the ways we can continue to find a richer path to healing together.