Marriage Breakthroughs: Ian Cron's Tips For Turning Trials Into Triumphs With The Enneagram & 12 Steps EP 105
Healthy By Heather Brown
Heather Brown
5 • 814 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
00:00 Welcome to the Healthy by Heather Brown Podcast
00:14 Introducing Ian Crone: Bestselling Author and Psychotherapist
00:55 Ian Crone's Journey with the Enneagram
02:04 The Inspiration Behind 'The Road Back to You'
03:28 Introducing 'The Fix': A New Path to Transformation
04:35 Ian's Personal Recovery Journey
06:09 Marriage Insights: Ian and Anne's Journey
08:40 Understanding Enneagram Pairings in Marriage
09:56 Heather and Ian Discuss Enneagram Types
17:32 Marriage Advice from Ian Crone
26:11 Dealing with Resentment in Relationships
28:54 Reflecting on the 12 Steps and Resentment
29:37 Biblical Insights and Encouragement
30:49 The True Purpose of the 12 Steps
31:34 Practical Applications and Personal Growth
32:30 Resetting as a Couple
33:19 Balancing Personal and Shared Growth
34:19 Health and Wellness in Marriage
35:13 Closing Thoughts and Resources
36:26 Marriage Corner: Listener Questions
38:32 Unexpected Changes in Marriage
43:56 Communication and Intimacy
50:39 Final Reflections and Encouragement
55:25 Podcast Wrap-Up and Call to Action
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- Ian Cron’s website: https://ianmorgancron.com
- Ian Cron’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmorgancron/?hl=en
- Should We Beware of the Enneagram As Christian Couples With Brittany Thomas of Enneagram Explained EP 56: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-by-heather-brown/id1638763905?i=1000628396963
- Ian Cron’s new book and other resources as well as all books, supplements & other Amazon finds mentioned in this episode: https://amzn.to/42sj8h0
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, y'all, and welcome to The Healthy by Heather Brown podcast, where I encourage you in |
| 0:05.0 | healthy, mind, body, and spirit through my Sunday reset. |
| 0:08.8 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:14.1 | Hey, girl, gang, and welcome back to the Healthy by Heather Brown show. |
| 0:17.1 | Today, we are in for a treat because we get to talk to Ian Crone, who is the best-selling |
| 0:22.5 | author speaker, and you've probably heard of his book The Road Back to You, but he actually |
| 0:27.4 | has a new book coming out called The Fix, How the Twelve Steps, Offer a Surprising Path of |
| 0:33.5 | Transformation for the well-adjusted, the down and out, and everyone in between. |
| 0:39.1 | He is also a psychotherapist. He is married to Ann, his wife, in Nashville, just about three |
| 0:44.6 | hours away from me in Birmingham. And so with all that said, Ian, we are so excited to have |
| 0:49.2 | you today. How are you doing? Thanks, Heather. I'm glad to be here. I'm doing well. |
| 0:53.6 | Awesome. So glad to hear it. So tell us a little |
| 0:55.9 | bit about where you got your start in Enneagram and then what has led you to writing your latest book. |
| 1:03.3 | I just think it's such a fascinating journey. You were one of my first big introductions to the |
| 1:07.6 | Enneagram. So I'm just fascinated by the whole concept. |
| 1:16.2 | Yeah, so my first introduction of the Enneagram was I was in graduate school studying to become a psychotherapist, and I happened upon a book on the Enneagram, and I remember reading it and thinking |
| 1:24.2 | to myself, holy smokes, where has this been? I've been studying human |
| 1:29.7 | development and abnormal psychology and all these other important topics. But I thought this is an |
| 1:35.9 | amazing, weirdly accurate depiction of the inner architecture of different kinds of people that could be really useful to people. |
| 1:48.7 | Absolutely. And then you started to share some about it and you know, you were learning so much. So then |
| 1:55.4 | what led you to actually then be like, I want to write a book on this? And then how has your |
| 2:00.4 | journey kept |
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