This dynamic conversation with Joe and Suzanne Stabile, co-founders of Life in the Trinity Ministry, delves into the heart of contemplative spirituality and the Enneagram. Joe, a former Catholic priest, and Suzanne, known widely as a master teacher of the Enneagram, share stories of their unique spiritual journeys. They explore how the Enneagram has shaped their lives, relationships, and marriage, while also revealing aspects of the tool that many may not know. Listeners will gain a deeper understanding of how each Enneagram type faces challenges such as uncertainty, suffering, and grief, and how this ancient system can provide insights into navigating life's difficulties.

The Stabilies discuss how they use the Enneagram to bridge relationships in their marriage and family, offering perspectives on managing life’s tensions, including the balance between desire and surrender. They speak to the current challenges of polarization and unrest, sharing their wisdom on finding hope and making sense of today’s turmoil from both an Enneagram and contemplative lens.

May you leave inspired to embrace the spiritual journey within a community, learning practical ways to cultivate inner stillness in a fast-paced world and deepen your self-awareness for a richer relationship with the Sacred.

Speaker bio: 

As an internationally recognized Enneagram Master, Suzanne has conducted over 500 Enneagram workshops over the past 30 years. 

She has spoken to College audiences that include Baylor and Drury Universities, Hendrix College, Perkins School of Theology (SMU) and Brite Divinity School (TCU), Formation Gathering 2017 (Harvard Divinity School), Pepperdine Bible Lectures 2017, Seminary of the Southwest, hundreds of churches across America including First Baptist Austin, Highland Park United Methodist, Dallas, First Congregational Church, L.A., Otter Creek Church, Nashville, First Baptist Church, Portland, and teaches in the Baylor Health Care System, in Dallas, in both the Cancer and Transplant Hospitals.

Additionally, she has taught at Richard Rohr’s Center for Action and Contemplation and has been a speaker for Conferences offered by the CAC.  She taught with Father Rohr to an international audience in Assisi, Italy, on The Enneagram and Paradox. Other events Suzanne has spoken at include The North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, Christianity 21, The Festival of Courage and Faith in Greenwich CT, the Emerging Christianity and Telemachus Conferences, the Southwest Regional Gathering of the Disciples of Christ, Laity Lodge and The Apprentice Gathering.

Suzanne received her B.S. in Social Sciences from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas where she also completed additional graduate work in the Schools of Sociology and Theology. She has served as a high school professor, the first women’s basketball coach at SMU after Title IX, and as the founding Director of Shared Housing, a social service agency in Dallas. When she is not on the road teaching and lecturing, 

Suzanne is at home in Dallas, Texas with her husband Rev. Joseph Stabile, a United Methodist pastor with whom she co-founded Life in the Trinity Ministry and the Micah Center. She is the mother of four children and grandmother of nine: Will, Noah, Sam, Gracie, Elle, Joley, Jase, Piper, and Josie.