Epic Marriage

Hard seasons are not a sign your marriage is broken. They are the curriculum. In this episode of the Epic Marriage Podcast, Nick and Alex Leyva close the season with the most honest life update they have ever shared. Baby number six arrives in August. Nick is releasing his first book, a 30-day plan that helps husbands lead through delivery and the first month of fatherhood. And the family is walki...

If your marriage looks fine on paper but feels quieter than it used to, this episode is for you. Good marriages rarely fall apart from one big betrayal. They quietly come undone from small patterns ignored long enough to compound, until couples find themselves fighting for a relationship they should have protected years earlier. In this episode of the Epic Marriage Podcast, Dr. Brian Willoughby jo...

If your marriage looks fine on the outside but feels heavy underneath, this episode is for you. Author and mental health educator Ganel-Lyn Condie joins Nick and Alex Leyva for a conversation about what actually keeps an eternal marriage alive over decades, not days. In this episode of the Epic Marriage Podcast, Ganel-Lyn shares the seasons of almost-divorce, the Portland Temple visit where 30 yea...

In Part 1, Dr. Tim Rarick shared what it looks like to defend the family at the United Nations. In Part 2, the conversation moves inside the home. Nick and Tim tackle the stuff that actually breaks marriages apart: pride disguised as being right, shame disguised as humility, and the slow drift that happens when couples stop seeing each other as people and start seeing each other as obstacles. In t...

Dr. Tim Rarick is a professor of Home and Family at BYU-Idaho who has spent over a decade defending the family on the world stage. He has spoken at the United Nations more than 20 times, met with diplomats from dozens of countries, and faced hostile pushback for standing up for fatherhood, motherhood, and the family unit. He has also been married to his wife Jody for 25 years and is raising four c...

If your spouse has stopped reaching for you, or if you have stopped noticing when they do, this episode explains exactly what is happening and how to fix it. Bids for connection are the small, everyday moments that hold a marriage together. A wink across the room. A hand on your back. A text that says I am thinking about you. When those bids get ignored long enough, couples stop making them altoge...

StartFragment If your idea of quality time together has been reduced to scrolling on opposite ends of the couch, this episode will get your attention. Fun is not a luxury in marriage. It is the lubricant that keeps everything moving, and most couples have run dry without realizing it. In this episode of the Epic Marriage Podcast, Nick and Alex Leyva sit down with Tammy Hill, a licensed marriage an...

If your marriage looks fine on the surface but runs on autopilot instead of revelation, this episode is the wake-up call you need. Knowing about Christ and actually knowing Him are two very different things, and the gap between them shows up in every corner of your relationship. In this episode of the Epic Marriage Podcast, Nick and Alex Leyva wrap up their four-part EPIC Marriage mini-series with...

If your marriage has started running on autopilot - driven by schedules, stress, and leftover energy, this episode is for you. Drift rarely feels dramatic. It often looks like a normal, busy life.  But without vision and intention, even good marriages can slowly lose connection.   In Part 3 of the EPIC Marriage series, "I is for Intentional," Nick and Alex Leyva explore what it...

If your marriage feels like a board meeting with a little kissing on the side, this episode is for you. Playfulness is not childish or extra. It is relational oxygen, and when it disappears, couples drift into efficiency, grievance, and quiet distance. In Part 2 of the EPIC Marriage series, 'P is for Playful,' Nick and Alex Leyva explore why joy belongs at the core of a covenant marriage. They tal...

If you feel like your marriage is drifting into something that looks good on the outside but feels thin on the inside, this episode is for you. Eternal marriage doesn’t happen by accident—and aiming for “pretty good” often leads couples to slowly become well-organized roommates. In this episode of the Epic Marriage Podcast, Nick and Alex Leyva launch a four-part EPIC Marriage mini-series built on...

If you don't teach your kids about sex, someone else will. And that someone will be their peers or the internet - the two worst possible sources of information that will shape their marriage, their self-worth, and their relationship with God. In this episode of the Epic Marriage podcast, hosts Nick and Alex Leyva explore why most parents feel awkward and unprepared to discuss sexuality with their...

Ben Kjar and LaCol Kjar return for Part 2 of their 'Epic Marriage' conversation with Nick and Alex. LaCol shares their 10-year infertility journey and the moment they reached peace without children. They told each other "we're good. If we go the rest of our lives without kids, that will be an amazing life together." After surrendering that desire to God, they were surprised with three children thr...

Ben and LaCol Kjar share their extraordinary love story on the Epic Marriage podcast. Ben was born with Crouzon Syndrome and became Utah Valley University's first All-American wrestler after doctors said contact sports were impossible. LaCol was a track athlete who slid into Ben's DMs and came home from their first date knowing she was in trouble—she thought she might be in love. In this episode,...

Dr. Chelom Leavitt returns to Epic Marriage to discuss intimacy and sexuality in covenant relationships. Nick and Alex explore why disciples of Christ often struggle to connect spirituality with physical intimacy, and Dr. Leavitt explains how Satan distorts something designed to bond couples together. In this episode of the Epic Marriage podcast, hosts Nick and Alex Leyva learn that emotional conn...

Nick and Alex Leyva unpack Bishop Gérald Caussé's BYU-Idaho devotional "I Saw Your Potential," which tells his personal story of meeting his wife Valérie 39 years ago. He describes himself as a nerdy, unattractive ward clerk who spent most of his time studying behind closed doors. When he asked Valérie how she fell in love with such an unattractive man, she answered, "I saw your potential." In thi...

Everyone leaves the temple holding hands. A temple matron told Jenny Oaks Baker this, and it stuck. When you grow closer to God, you grow closer together. That principle has anchored 27 years of marriage. In this episode of the Epic Marriage podcast, hosts Nick and Alex Leyva sit down with Jenny Oaks Baker, a Grammy-nominated violinist, and her husband Matt Baker, a CEO who manages both his compan...

Nick and Alex Leyva sit down with Dr. Chelom Leavitt, a sex researcher and associate professor at BYU who has spent her career helping couples understand sexuality as something sacred, not taboo. Married for 36 years with nine children, Dr. Leavitt teaches that strong marriages don't happen by accident—they happen through daily intentional commitment. This episode tackles why Latter-day Saints oft...

Nick and Alex Leyva celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Family Proclamation by unpacking Elder Ronald A. Rasband's recent General Conference talk. Discover the untold story of how President Russell M. Nelson led the committee that drafted this document, why it was first shared at a Relief Society meeting, and what the gender roles actually mean. Many people view the proclamation as exclusionary,...

Nick and Alex Leyva unpack what makes temple marriage truly epic in this second episode. Moving beyond the checkbox mentality of just getting sealed, they explore the restored truths in the Family Proclamation that protect covenant relationships. Temple marriages have a 12-14% divorce rate compared to 63% for the general population ages 20-40. But sealing alone isn't enough. The Leyva's walk throu...

Nick and Alex Leyva launch the Epic Marriage Podcast with a simple but revolutionary message - eternal marriages should feel epic, not exhausting. In this premier episode of the Epic Marriage podcast, discover why so many LDS couples settle for "enduring to the end" instead of building relationships that actually thrive. The Leyvas share their unexpected love story that began in a BYU Hawaii marri...

StartFragment Your marriage wasn’t meant to be endured—it was designed to be your greatest masterpiece. On The Epic Marriage Podcast, Nick and Alex Leyva invite you into the art and adventure of eternal love—where divine design meets real-world desire. Blending heavenly insight, family-science research, and raw, honest stories from couples who refuse to settle for survival mode, they show how marr...