Happy 2025 to everyone on their Enneagram Journey! And even to those who haven't started yet. The first episode of the year is fantastic and features pastor, spiritual director, and author Laura Murray, Enneagram 4.

• Laura is married to an Enneagram 5
• The difference between Home and where you belong
• Some surprising Enneagram Wing discussion with Suzanne
• Spiritual Practices
• Parenting and more

Below you will find the practice of Examen that Laura shared with us. You can also find a link for it in PDF format at theenneagramjourney.com in her episode. You can find out more about Laura and all the great things she is doing at laurabmurray.com.

In the introduction of this episode, you heard a lot of plugs!

• TheoEd Nashville - Sunday, February 23 - theoed.com/nashville
• A Contemplative, Healing, Enneagram - February 28, March 1 in Nashville - lifeinthetrinityministry.com/nashville
• EnneaSummit 2025 featuring Suzanne and the Reverend - February 4-7 Online - CLICK HERE for information and registration
• Relationships and the Enneagram - March 7-8, Charleston, South Carolina - lifeinthetrinityministry.com/charleston

Examen: A Spiritual Practice

The spiritual practice of examen is one of invitation. You are opening yourself up to both yourself and God. There is not a grade in examen, nor is there a grade in any other spiritual practice. Various questions can be helpful in the examen practice. Below is one way of practicing examen.

The hopes are awareness and attending The practice requires permission and welcome

• The practice begins with permission. In examen, you give God permission to show you parts of yourself that are hidden or harder to see. You also welcome and allow parts of yourself to be seen by God and yourself.

• This is done by reflecting on and responding to a series of questions. As you do this awareness of those parts of you starts to emerge.

• Then, you permit God again to attend to what came up. Your work here is to welcome what you can and allow God to attend to you.

• Repeat daily for 7-10 days, giving yourself time to notice and explore what you see.

Examen Questions: What do I find myself grateful for today?

What am I grieving today?

Where do I sense God’s nearness to my grief?

Where do I sense God’s distance from my grief?

How has God been generous with me lately?

How is God calling me to be generous today?

Prayer: After responding to these questions, allow God to attend to you through your responses and what is coming up in you. Tell God thank you after a few minutes or however long you need.

visit laurabmurray.com to learn more!

TODAY's INTRO

• Baby Come Back, Player (RSO, 1977)
• John Wick (Summit Entertainment, 2014)
• Without Me, Eminem (Shady-Aftermath, 2002)
• Home, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (Rough Trade, 2010)
• The Sandlot (20th Century Fox, 1993)

Your Enneagram Godmother and an Enneagram Guncle got together for this INCREDIBLE conversation!

If you don't know Jonathan yet, Enneagram 3, this is a wonderful introduction.

"...othering the other that othered them."

It'll make more sense after you hear him talk about it!

Jonathan is a writer on faith and culture, the author of Learning To Speak God From Scratch, Jesus is Better Than You Imagined, My Guncle and Me and a few other great reads. You can find him on Instagram @jonathan_merritt and online at jonathanmerritt.com

PLUG TIME!

OOOOOHHHHHH, don't let this event sell out without you being a part of it:

A Contemplative, Healing, Enneagram with Rev. Joseph and Suzanne Stabile, and Hunter Mobley.

February 28 - March 1, 2025 in Nashville, TN

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS or visit lifeinthetrinityministry.com/nashville

Today's INTRO

• The Office (S3, E1)
• Modern Family (S4, E21)
• The Other Guys (Columbia Pictures 2010)

The Enneagram Godmother + The Great Russ Hudson + The Reverend

Where do we sign up?!?!

Today's podcast episode comes from the LTM teaching event in Dallas, Br5aking The Cycle (don't worry, you'll learn why it is spelled that way and what 5a means).

As you'll hear Joel explain, this 2 hour teaching is only the opening for the rest of the next 10 hours, but it is an entire workshop in itself!

There is nobody Suzanne holds in higher regard when it comes to Enneagram Wisdom than Russ Hudson. The real magic that comes out in this weekend's teaching is that Suzanne, Joe, and Russ are each in different Enneagram Triads: Suzanne, Heart - Russ, Head - Reverend, Gut. And the teaching is on Enneagram Triads, managing your dominant center of intelligence, and how we br5ak this darn cycle!

Wanna send Suzanne a message while she is recovering? CLICK HERE

PLUG TIME

If you want to continue on this journey of Br5aking The Cycle, you can purchase the entire workshop during the month of October and get it at 40% off!! Be prepared though, because it is 12 hours of challenging teaching for us to try and do, think, feel things differently. Click here for the workshop handout and to get the entire 3 days of teaching for 40% off.

Thank you for listening to the show and for helping to make the world more compassionate! To learn more about Life in the Trinity Ministry visit lifeinthetrinityministry.com.

Today's Intro:

• "The Chain" (Fleetwood Mac, Rumors 1977)
• "It's Been a While" (Staind, Breaking The Cycle 2001)
• "All We Ever Knew" (The Head and The Heart, Signs of Light 2016)