Enneagram and Marriag‪e‬ Christa Hardin, MA

Your Enneagram work is so important to relationship success but before Enneagram was popularized, there was and still is a number one marriage research program couples therapists use with often astounding success, the Gottman Method. Today's episode surrounds learning some of this method from the heart of a passionate therapist, Mac Cazeau, LMHC, who in addition to sharing the gift of relationship research also has the important goal of eventually removing the stigma of therapy for people of color.

We are so honored to have the best-selling author of "The Road Back to You" and "The Path Between Us," Enneagram teacher Suzanne Stabile as our guest this week. Suzanne expertly teaches us relationship tips for every type and also offers us tips to help avoid typing our spouses. Suzanne has learned so much over the years, not only from her 2 & 9 marriage pairing with her husband Joe, but as an Enneagram teacher of over 25 years, bringing both her wisdom and a most welcome heart-centered perspective.

This Valentine's week, we have our first official Enneagram Glow story for you with Jared and Kate Shaughnessy, an Enneagram 8-3, "Unstoppable" couple sharing their powerful falling-in-love and maintaining love stories both! Get ready to learn how to be more intentionally and healthily passionate as well as what it takes to humbly let down one's guard and surrender also. Jared and Kate share practical tips about sexual intimacy, forgiveness, and personal growth and we're so excited for you to tune in!

Among the most frequent questions around the Enneagram world are those that revolve around relationship pairings. Though there’s no such thing as the "perfect type compatibility," there are indeed fascinating relationship trends. In fact, this January 2021, Truity conducted an 88,000 person relationship study to aid in Enneagram and relationship research and we're so grateful! Join Christa and Molly Owens, founder and CEO of Truity Psychometrics on all things Enneagram and relationship research findings.

You hear about the holy idea of the Enneagram but how do we practically find soul care as we journey toward healthier life and relationship work? Join Christa with Penguin Random House authors Jackie Brewster, Enneagram 7 and Eve Annunziato, Enneagram 8 who have 7-3 and 8-5 relationships, respectively. Eve and Jackie have carefully and prayerfully laid the groundwork for you as you learn and grow, in their beautiful new Enneagram devotional book, Hearing God Speak: A Fifty-Two Week Interactive Devotional.

Today's families in our current cultural climate need to balance our hearts, minds, and body instincts more than ever. As anger brews in the world often for good reason, this MLK Day, we're taking time to process from a place of peaceful reintegration with our lost center's gifts, specifically the gift of the five senses and the body, especially considering our 8, 9, and 1 work. Don't miss out on ways to connect and to grow in family and marriage with healthy vulnerability, strength, and always, love.