Marriage has many seasons and we need to prioritize goals and intentional time in each and every season. Christa talks to one of her favorite couples, author and executive pastor at Willow Creek Church, Tim Stevens and his wife Faith Stevens, 2-5 Glow, about setting important marriage goals around all the seasons of marriage. As they remind us, it may seem slow at times but it goes by really fast and prioritizing marriage is essential.

Emotional attunement is important in our marriages and all of our relationships. Pairing attunement with our Enneagram type allows for couples to grow closer and stronger together.

Christa is joined by Gottman level 2 coach Melissa Thomson, Enneagram 2 who is also E + M Certified to cover this important topic of couples learning to open their hearts to one another. This will truly help them to both self-attune as well heal on the deepest of levels emotionally, spiritually, physically, and bodily as we go through each of the Enneagram types together.

Learn about your Enneagram vices and virtues, as well as Biblical examples of each type. Christa is joined by author Tyler Zach, Enneagram 3 (3-6 Glow with his wife Lindsey) who is a co-pastor of a multi-ethnic church and heads up the Gospel for Enneagram Instagram account to talk about this through the lens of faith and community. Take a peek with us inside of the hopeful narratives of many heroes of the faith who also struggled with the very same things as we do!

Learn more about Enneagram vices and virtues through our Deep Dives. Check them out here!

Join in as we take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of the Enneagram type nine in marriage and relationships. We talk about the origins of a nine, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Nine in your life so you can shine brighter together all year long!

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Join in as we take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of Type Eight in marriage and relationships. Christa and Jenn talk about the origins of a Eight, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Eight in your life so you can shine brighter together all year long!

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Join us as we take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of the Enneagram type Seven in marriage and relationships. Christa and Jenn talk about the origins of a Seven, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Seven in your life so you can shine brighter together all year long!

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Join us as we take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of Type Six in marriage and relationships. Christa and Jenn talk about the origins of a Six, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Six in your life so you can shine brighter together all year long!

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Join us as we take you on a deep dive discussing the following traits of Type Five in marriage and relationships. Christa and Jenn talk about the origins of a Five, the vices (passions), fixations (thought patterns), subtypes, wings, arrows, and most of all tips for a healthier and more fulfilled life and marriage. Share this episode with the Enneagram Five in your life so you can shine brighter together all year long!

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In this episode, Christa talks with Truity's founder and CEO Molly Owens, an Enneagram 4 about the new love styles test. Evidence shows there are now seven styles of love for partners to learn about and use in their marriages and relationships. Don't miss this chance to learn and grow with us as well as to take the test yourself!

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Join Christa and Alicia Larkey, an Enneagram Life and Marriage Coach, Enneagram 2, as you discover the secrets to your deepest and most vibrant intimate life together. Listen in as they discuss how to be intentional about bringing romance into the bedroom, even after the honeymoon period is over. You and your relationship are worth it!

Love takes many shapes in families and in this special episode, Christa and her daughter Hannah take you on a journey to delve deep into The Notebook and briefly, Encanto. In this special coffee-shop style chat about love, romance, and family bonds, join us as we consider who these characters really are as they struggle to find themselves. We also talk about what deep love and commitment really means across seasons and generations. Whether you're married or single, join us in the bustle of the cafe as we analyze all of these memorable characters!

Listen in as Christa talks with Amy Wicks, Enneagram 7 (7-9 Pairing) of the Simply Wholehearted Podcast as she joyfully shares about romantically recharging your relationship. As couples, we tend to fall into relationship patterns that make us both comfortable and friendly together. This is great but you don't want to leave intimacy behind in your desire for healthy long-term attachment. Your spouse and your marriage will be blessed by this episode!

Listen in as Christa discusses Enneagram head types and commitment in marriage. She talks with two head types, Cassandra and Dylan Boom (5-7 Glow) about their devotion to ongoing learning together. Dylan and Cassandra also love displaying their love as an interracial African-Canadian and German/Dutch Canadian couple, graciously reminding us that love comes not only in all Enneagram types but in all shades and cultures as well.

Join Christa and guest, biologist Katy Beckham, Enneagram 6 (6-1 pairing, Perfectly Planned) as she talks about life, marriage, bodywork, and the keys to a less anxious and more empowered, healthy life for her pairing and all types. Doing your bodywork is so much more than just fitness and nutrition, it's about engaging on a microlevel both at your own body and hormones, as well as taking a deep and refreshing look at the world around you.

Join Christa and Jenn for Enneagram tips for your head, heart, and body as you plan your very best for the next step of growth! You know that last-minute resolutions aren't going to get you on your way in your marriage for 2022 as well as we do. Instead it will be grace-filled intentional growth that gets you there, growth that factors in your personality type, your instincts, and your nuances as a pairing.

Join this fun episode of Christa interviewing her teens Hannah and Melody about using the Enneagram as they talk casually and candidly about how the Enneagram can help or hurt them in their developing lives, families, and friendships. Figure out the best timing in sharing the Enneagram with your kids as you plan for, begin, or continue the parenting journey, how to grow and glow in type across time, and about how to both find your identity as well as avoid your kids getting boxed in by evolving type work.

Join Christa and Olivia for the annual E + M Christmas movie typing special in analyzing the rom-com "Serendipity." Set in Christmas in New York City in the early 2000s, Serendipity has so many playful and fun, romantic characters to type. The movie also brings so much encouragement to those seeking the right relationship as well as those seeking to revive their love. Grab some popcorn and a mug of hot cocoa and join us for this fun special and not-so-serious Enneagram and movie review and typing episode!

Join Christa as she talks about how to make the most of your time using the Enneagram in your marriage. Keeping your marriage and family goals aligned with your big dreams is an intentional process and there's no one better to talk about it on our show today than the ambitious Connor Swenson and Claire Dinan, both Enneagram types 378 on Truity's Enneagram assessment. They talk about the truly innovative four-step "Make Time" process that connected us to their love story!

Today Christa takes a journey with Kirsten and Jeshua Barker (2-8 Glow) as they use the Enneagram to help couples process the ins and outs of dealing with the codependency that can occur with passionate pairings. When two expressive types come together, there's pure passion no matter the result. It's truly a journey to find balance with all the big love and feelings going on. They also share the blessing of the Enneagram across the family, and the process of their own healing journeys as they learned to come back together in marriage, now bringing their glow of love to others.

Listen in as Christa and Dan share tips about the importance of intimacy in marriage. Great, pleasurable sex life isn’t something a lot of people even in premarital counseling are taught since intimacy is such a private space. After having their 6 kids, Dan and Emily Purcell (types 7-9) of the Intimately Us App and the Getting Your Marriage On Podcast are sharing a tool that helps couples bring their morals as well as a ton of fun into their most intimate space together.

Christa is joined by Enneagram and Marriage Certified Coach Lisa Carter of the 7-8 Love in Motion Glow pairing for a deeper dive into love languages. Christa and Lisa walk through the five love languages through the unique lens of the Enneagram and marriage, sharing how each type not only gives love but also feels loved. Lisa also introduces us to the ways Enneagram types speak forgiveness languages as well so a couple's gifts can shine all the brighter together in the world.

Whether you're an Enneagram heart, head, or body type, your body is important and the ways you move and don't move affect your marriage and relationships. Christa interviews the amazing Hallie Ringhand, Enneagram 2, of New U & Fit Enneagram about helping couples with their health and fitness needs. Hallie is of the 2-6 Glow and not only does she tell us heart tips from over two decades of marriage but she also shares tips for all individuals about what to watch out for in their health and fitness needs.

Christa talks with therapist and author Aundi Kolber, Enneagram 4, about our body's responses to triggers with her trauma-informed approach Try Softer, while also offering tangible healing steps. When you're hitting trauma triggers in your relationships, you need to restore your body's sense of safety and survival to progress. As we work to bring safety into our lives one grounding step at a time, Aundi reminds us that the result of this newfound freedom and growth will be a unique piece of our gift to the world.

You won't want to miss this talk with Katherine Fauvre, discoverer of Tritype, a systematic way of looking at your gifts and issues through a multi-faceted lens. Are you looking for new ways to move in your relationship? Wondering what motivates certain behaviors and instincts in your partnership outside of your core Enneagram types? Here you'll get practical tips to use the information you discover, learn more about the heart connection between couples, as well as hear from listener Tritype questions as well!

In this episode, Christa is joined by financial experts, the energized 3-3 Glow pairing, Daniel and Kay of Centsei Financial, to help give you the tips that could change your financial trajectory forever. We all need refreshment and tips on how to get on the same page with a spouse or partner. In addition to sharing their Truth in Love Glow Guide tips, Daniel and Kay take us on their marriage journey and give you tried and true tips for yours!

Today's show covers the fascinating topic of how you can use the newest Enneagram Truity research to deepen your bond, to help you discover missing pieces together, or even to help you hone in on finding a partner. Truity's latest Enneagram personality tool helps couples to take their relationship to a healthier level together, but understanding how to use it makes all the difference. Christa is joined by Molly Owens, CEO of Truity as they join efforts in analyzing this compelling relationship research.

Christa is joined by Sarajane Case to talk about her 7-4 Glow pairing with her husband Oby and their goal of balancing one another. When you have a relationship rhythm where one partner has an entirely different way of moving through the world than you do, you have to learn to balance. Join two Sevens in a conversation about Oby falling in love with Sarajane in their better-than-fiction coffee shop romance love story, and more importantly, how they continue to learn the importance of pacing together to both embrace one another in the shadows and to find one another again in the hopeful light.

Join Christa as she goes through the Enneagram Harmony triad to learn how being an idealist, relationalist, or pragmatist affects your marriage. Your worldview greatly affects how you move in relationships and in life, and it especially influences how you get stuck, too. Depending on whether you're an idealist (1, 4, or 7), a relationalist (2, 5, or 8), or a pragmatist (3, 6, or 9), you operate differently, often contrasting your spouse in other groups or even a different kind of idealist, relationalist, or pragmatist than you. Listen in for actionable steps to help you grow on your own and in your marriage!