Leslie Parrott: The Good Fight

Real Life with Beth and Rob

Dr. Les Parrott, a licensed clinical psychologist, and Dr. Leslie Parrott, a marriage and family therapist, are #1 New York Times bestselling authors of dozens of popular books on love and relationships. Over the years, the husband-wife team has been featured on Oprah, CBS This Morning, CNN, and The View and in USA Today and the New York Times. They are frequent guest speakers and have written for a variety of magazines. Together, they have conducted thousands of mentoring sessions and travelled the world speaking about achieving healthy relationships. In 1991, the Parrotts founded the Center for Relationship Development on the campus of Seattle Pacific University – a groundbreaking program dedicated to teaching the basics of good relationships. The Parrotts are passionate about helping others build healthy relationships by combining their professional experience, real-life knowledge, and research of new trends and fresh perspectives on marriage into practical advice and tactics for everyone to utilize. Their website, LesandLeslie.com, features more than 1,000 free video-on-demand pieces answering relationship questions. The Parrotts also host a daily radio show on Chicago’s Shine FM. Happily married for over 25 years, Les and Leslie live in Seattle, Washington with their two sons. Listen as Leslie shares about her newest book, The Good Fight: How Conflict Can Bring You Closer. Filled with practical advice that couples can implement quickly and easily, The Good Fight helps couples at any stage build a relationship where harmony outweighs tension and peace finds a home. The Good Fight companion app helps readers put the book’s strategies into practice. Designed to share only between spouses, the app creates the world’s smallest social network of two. It features two-dozen applets, including videos, self-tests, games and exercises, and comes free with the book.