You've asked for more Enneagram Twos on the show, and here is a great start! Meet Sara Whitlock. Sara is a nurse practitioner from Ohio. Married to JD, an Enneagram 5, she and one of her daughters were both a part of the 2024 Enneagram Cohort with Suzanne (we'll get to hear from her daughter Katie in an upcoming episode!).

PLUG TIME

Great events coming up:

• TheoEd Talks Nashville - February 23 in Nashville at Woolworth Theatre or Online
• The Enneagram Journey Live - February 25 in Nashville at Beam Gallery
• A Contemplative, Healing, Enneagram - February 28 and March 1 in Nashville at Woodmont Christian Church
• Relationships and the Enneagram - March 7-8 in South Carolina at Bethel UMC
• 2025 IEA Global Conference - July 25-25 in Minneapolis
• 2025 Enneagram Bootcamp - SAVE THE DATE! August 7-9 in Dallas and Online

Today's Intro

• The Breakup (2006, Universal Pictures)
• Scrubs (S3, E5)
• American Dad (S10, E8)

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)