With the holidays just around the corner, we're bringing back a conversation that continues to deliver relational gold. Whether you heard it the first time or you're discovering it now, this replay with author and Enneagram teacher Christina Wilcox offers a beautifully practical and deeply compassionate look at how the Enneagram can transform the way we show up for one another during the most emotionally charged season of the year.

In this episode, Christina shares her journey of discovering herself as an Enneagram Six—along with the courage, clarity, and self-understanding that followed. Together, we explore how each type navigates holiday stress, joy, expectation, and connection…and how you can care for the people you love in ways that truly meet them where they are.

You'll learn:

• How to support friends and family of every Enneagram type through the busyness and emotional intensity of the holidays

• Practical tools for managing social anxiety, especially for Sixes

• Why presence and gratitude matter so deeply, particularly for Fours—and how all of us can cultivate them

• Simple, insightful practices for building healthier, more attuned relationships this time of year

Whether you're hoping to deepen your emotional intelligence, strengthen your closest relationships, or simply bring more kindness and awareness into your holiday rhythms, this episode is a gift worth unwrapping again.

Lean in, listen well, and let the Enneagram help you love the people in your life a little better this Christmas.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

P.S. For a limited time, take 40% off all Enneagram Courses through the holidays. Use the discount code HOLIDAY40 here.

What happens when the life you built—carefully, faithfully, and publicly—splits down the middle in a single night?

On this episode of Typology, I sit down with bestselling author and beloved cultural commentator Jen Hatmaker to talk about her stunning new memoir, Awake. Jen, an Enneagram Three with a courageous streak that can look a whole lot like an Eight, opens up about the "before-and-after date" that changed everything—July 11, 2020—when her 26-year marriage ended, and her whole world cracked open.

Together, we explore what it means to wake up in midlife:

• to grief and betrayal,

• to leaving behind scripts you never chose,

• to freedom from needing to be liked,

• to discovering what really matters in the "second half of life."

We dive into the Enneagram and the unique way Threes navigate identity, image, success, and failure—especially when life doesn't cooperate with the plan. Jen shares how therapy, embodiment work, and raw honesty helped her rebuild, and why this memoir isn't about spectacle, but about hope.

This is a conversation about midlife transition, spiritual awakening, and the quiet miracle of becoming more fully yourself—right when you thought everything was falling apart.

If you're navigating change, heartbreak, faith shifts, or a midlife renaissance of your own, this episode will feel like a hand on your shoulder and a light on the path.

----------------------------------------------

ABOUT JEN HATMAKER

Jen Hatmaker is a bestselling author, award-winning podcaster, speaker, and fierce advocate for women living in freedom and agency. With 14 books—including four New York Times bestsellers—along with her beloved For the Love podcast, Jen Hatmaker Book Club, and more, she reaches millions with her signature mix of humor, vulnerability, and wisdom. Her newest book, AWAKE: A Memoir, (released on September 23, 2025), chronicles her raw, real-time journey through the shocking end of her 26-year marriage and surprising reinvention. She lives in a creaky old farmhouse, loves 90s country, and drinks Almond Joy creamer like it's a personality trait. Find her at JenHatmaker.com.

CONNECT WITH IAN

Follow Ian on Facebook or Instagram at @ianmorgancron and @typologypodcast.
Check out Ian's website at www.ianmorgancron.com

**Interested in a 30-minute one-on-one virtual coaching session with Ian? Fill out this intake form and we'll be in touch.

This week on Typology, we welcomed the incomparable Lynn Smith—former national news anchor turned communications strategist, executive coach, and proud (and newly discovered) Enneagram Three with a Two wing. And friends… buckle up. This conversation is a masterclass in emotional intelligence, presence, and what it means to pursue success without losing yourself in the chase.

Fresh off taking the Typology Assessment, Lynn joined us in that familiar Three-ish blend of humor, candor, and high-octane energy, joking that the results made her want to immediately call her therapist. What unfolded from there was a remarkably vulnerable exploration of people-pleasing, approval-seeking, identity, and the hidden costs of a lifetime spent earning applause.

Lynn pulled back the curtain on her years in broadcast news—an industry where worth is measured in seconds, headlines, and flawless delivery—and revealed the deeper story beneath her polished exterior: a lifelong drive to achieve, a tenderness inherited from her family's immigrant narrative, and a powerful desire to help others communicate with confidence and authenticity.

But the real gem of this episode is Lynn's groundbreaking work on what she calls "the brain bully."

That inner critic.
That saboteur whispering that you're one misstep away from failure.
That internal voice Threes know far too well.

Lynn not only names it—she teaches you how to outsmart it.

Her framework for dismantling fear and building resilient confidence is practical, empowering, and deeply human. And when she reveals her own brain bully's name—"Bob"—you can't help but laugh and exhale. Sometimes the most powerful breakthroughs come with a wink.

We also wandered into a juicy conversation about magnetism versus authenticity, why your energy enters a room a full tenth of a second before you do, and how the Enneagram can radically improve communication across teams, industries, and families.

Connect with Lynn Smith at www.lynnsmith.com or on socials at @lynnsmithtv

CONNECT WITH IAN

Learn more about the Enneagram at www.ianmorgancron.com or follow Ian at @ianmorgancron and @typologypodcast on Instagram and Facebook

P.S. Interested in a 30-minute one-on-one virtual coaching session
with Ian? Fill out our interest form here.