Family Perspectives

Dr. Kylee Marshall shares her insights on developing a greater body image as well as fighting off the plague of eating disorders. Tune in for guidance in how you can better your own self image as well as the self image of others.

Dr. Chelom Leavitt shares her insights and tools from her research on mindfulness and the way that mindfulness can benefit our lives and sexual relationships. This episode is the first part of a two part segment on healthy sexuality. 

Dorie Haws, an early childhood educator at BYU, joins us in talking about the principles of building relationships and teaching through conflict! We discuss principles that benefit all relationships including parent-child, child-child, and adult-adult!

Dr. Jeff Hill joins us to explain how money can be source of joy within a marriage. He shares how to discuss the topic of money within marriage, how a saver and a spender can strengthen each other, how to teach children about money, and more. This episode will improve your relationship IQ by empowering you to use money in the spirit of equal partnership within your marriage.

In this episode, we learn from Dr. Ashley Larsen Gibby and Dr. Adam Rogers as they share their knowledge based in their research about gender. They highlight how better understanding gender can improve our relationship IQ. Dr. Gibby and Dr. Rogers share their thoughts on gender stereotypes and how to ensure that our relationships are not dictated by these stereotypes. They also give advice on how to move towards equal partnership in a relationship/marriage and the benefits of this. This episode will leave you feeling empowered and knowing how to better navigate the gender differences in your relationships. 

In this episode, Dr. Larry Nelson shares research-based advice on parenting, including how to help children flourish rather than flounder. Join us in our conversation aimed to leave you with many applicable ways to improve your relationships.

A new season of The Family Perspectives Podcast all about "How to improve your relationship IQ!"

This episode, Dr. Brian Willoughby shares advice on how to be a great date based on his research and expertise as a professional dating coach. Join us in our conversations aimed to leave you with many applicable ways to improve your relationships.

A new season of The Family Perspectives Podcast all about "How to improve your relationship IQ!"

This episode, Dr. Busby from the BYU School of Family Life shares quick tips and principles for smart marriages, based on his research and expertise as a professor and marriage and family therapist. Join us in our conversations aimed to leave you with many applicable ways to improve your relationships.

If you have more questions, you can visit https://familylife.byu.edu/faculty to learn more about each of these professors.

You can also email us at [email protected] with questions about today's episode, or future guests you'd like to hear from! We would love to hear from you!

Start out 2022 with a new season of The Family Perspectives Podcast all about "how to improve your relationship IQ!" 

On our first episode of the season, listen to 5 different professors from the BYU School of Family Life share how they think relationships can be improved based on their research and field expertise. Join us in our conversations with Dr. Hawkins, Dr. Lebaron-Black, Dr. Coyne, Dr. Willoughby, and Dr. Leavitt. Their ideas will leave you with many applicable ways to improve your relationships. 

If you have more questions, you can visit https://familylife.byu.edu/faculty to learn more about each of these professors. 

You can also email us at [email protected] with questions about today's episode, or future guests you'd like to hear from! We would love to hear from you! 

Dedication to Professor Julie Haupt:

Julia Dawn Harris Haupt, our dear mother, sister, teacher, colleague, confidant, and friend, passed away suddenly on Tuesday the 12th of January, 2021. Julie leaves behind a legacy of love, compassion, friendship, diligence, and hope to all who knew her. Julie was kind, wise, and down-to-earth. She spent her life as an educator and a teacher in all aspects of her life, whether in her family, with her friends, in her career, or in her many other efforts to serve others. Her focus was on the well-being of others and how to best love, serve, and teach them. Julie’s willingness to follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit helped her change countless lives for the better.