Voices in the Family Archive
About 5% of couples have open relationships – where the partners are committed to staying together, but see other people.
In
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Air Date: March 26, 2018
Listen 03:29
When couples hold hands, their breathing and heart rates synchronize. If one of the partners is in pain, it diminishes the more the brain
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Air Date: March 19, 2018
Listen 02:42
Adding hope to health messages may lead to better outcomes
Doctors often have to talk to their patients about different health risks – obesity, smoking, too much alcohol – but WHAT sho
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Air Date: March 12, 2018
Listen 03:24
How to help teens look beyond their screens
We often think of teenagers as obsessed with their phones, selfies, or being popular.
Researchers are learning more about what help
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Air Date: March 5, 2018
Listen 03:36
Why some don’t seek treatment for depression
Millions of American adults experience depression. There are treatments and medications that can help. But in a recent study of more than
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Air Date: February 20, 2018
Listen 2:55
Hope, Hopelessness, and Healing
When faced with a degenerative disease or life threatening illness, might hopelessness improve the quality of our lives?
On this
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Air Date: January 19, 2018
Listen 51:07
The importance of thinking critically
How intelligent a person is can predict many things in terms of their quality of life: success, money, or power. But researchers say we s
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Air Date: December 22, 2017
Listen 3:38
Meeting Holiday Conflict Head-On
A lot of people dread conversations around the table during the holidays. We try to avoid hot-button topics like politics, and maybe igno
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Air Date: December 18, 2017
Listen 3:43
How to Discuss Obesity with Children
One third of American children are overweight or obese, so weight is a topic that comes up in doctors offices a lot.
In a
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Air Date: December 12, 2017
Listen 03:18
Does meditation really help inmates?
Mindfulness meditation helps many people deal with stress, and other mental health issues. But when researchers tried mindfulness with pr
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Air Date: December 4, 2017
Listen 03:30
Turkey, Stuffing, and Feelings of Inadequacy
Are you checking out all of your friends’ amazing Thanksgiving pictures on social media?
And does it look like everybody had
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Air Date: November 27, 2017
Listen 03:28
Time Flies When You’re Eating Turkey
It’s Thanksgiving week. You’re probably thinking about all of the work you need to get done before Thursday…
The
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Air Date: November 20, 2017
Listen 3:02
Happiness is more than the feeling you get after eating a delicious meal. But what is happiness? On this Voices in the Family special, Dr
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Air Date: November 16, 2017
Listen 51:03
Are relationships the key to a longer, happier life?
A Harvard research study spanning 80 years that looked into the life and health trajectories of well over a thousand people offers some i
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Air Date: November 6, 2017
Listen 03:22
Don’t keep hanging on the telephone
There’s a new study on romantic relationships titled “My life has become a major distraction from my cell phone.”
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Air Date: October 23, 2017
Listen 03:03