"Enneagram and Marriage" with Christa Hardin
The Allender Center Podcast
The Allender Center
4.7 • 648 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
What does it take to thrive in our relationships—not just survive—and how can the Enneagram help us along the way?
In this episode of The Allender Center Podcast, Rachael Clinton Chen sits down with Christa Hardin, founder of Enneagram + Marriage and author of "The Enneagram in Marriage: Your Guide to Thriving Together in Your Unique Pairing." Christa brings years of wisdom from her own relationship, plus her expertise as a marriage coach and therapist, to offer a hopeful, honest perspective on why personality awareness matters—but why it's never the whole story.
Together, Rachael and Christa explore:
✔ Why joyful feelings (and even celebration) can feel harder than conflict—and what that reveals about us.
✔ Christa's concept of the Glow Stages in relationships—what they are, why we can't live on the mountaintop forever, and how to navigate the necessary valleys with grace.
✔ How the Enneagram helps us honor our gifts, name our shadows, and stay curious about ourselves and each other—whether in marriage, parenting, dating, or our spiritual lives.
âś” Why love, when nurtured well, not only transforms a marriage but becomes a force for calling, courage, and blessing in the world.
Whether you're single, newly married, in the trenches of parenting, or decades into a partnership, you'll find wisdom here for becoming more wholehearted—and more deeply connected. We invite you to listen to discover how your story, your marriage, and your love can grow through every stage.
Get the completely FREE extra chapter of "The Enneagram and Marriage: Your Guide to Thriving Together in Your Unique Pairing" here: https://www.enneagramandmarriage.com/hiddenchapter
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| 0:00.0 | Friends, we live in a world where the traumatic impact of racism is far too often ignored or minimized, |
| 0:14.1 | but the wounds are real in our bodies, our families, and our stories. |
| 0:20.1 | At the Alliter Center, we believe that the healing of our wounds begins when we tell the truth, |
| 0:26.8 | when we name our experiences, when we share our stories in community. |
| 0:31.9 | Hi, I'm Linda Royster from the Allander Center, and I'm honored to invite you to our upcoming story workshop for racial trauma and healing. |
| 0:41.7 | This is a profound event that invites you deeply into the themes of your life, particularly core things that are common to people within racially marginalized communities of color, who have experienced personal |
| 0:56.4 | and collective trauma. |
| 0:58.5 | This story workshop is created for and led by black, indigenous Latino and Latina, and |
| 1:05.4 | Asian Pacific Islander people as the global majority of the world's population. |
| 1:12.7 | By centering the lived experiences of people of color, this story workshop can create a safer space for you as you |
| 1:19.2 | seek to understand, write, tell, and live your story in deeper and more transformative ways. |
| 1:27.1 | We're committed to making this offering financially accessible. |
| 1:31.3 | Thanks to the generosity of the stewardship foundation and our donor community. |
| 1:36.1 | Need-based scholarships are available. |
| 1:38.9 | If you or someone you know is interested in being a part of this powerful experience, |
| 1:45.9 | we invite you to check out the upcoming dates and register at the Alondocenter.org forward slash workshops. |
| 1:52.5 | Again, that's the Alondonjicenter.org forward slash workshops. |
| 1:57.4 | We would be honored to hold space for your story this year. |
| 2:21.7 | Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast. |
| 2:23.5 | I'm Dr. Dan Allender. |
| 2:25.1 | And I'm Rachel Clinton-Cenn. |
| 2:29.4 | We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world. |
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