Family Expectations with Maybo Lui
Season 4: Episode 4
This episode is a conversation about culture and family expectations from a Bowen family system theory perspective. Counsellor Maybo Lui joins us to discuss how cultural norms and environmental contexts influence family expectations, and how curiosity and flexibility are important to better understanding one’s own perspective as well as the family narrative.
Maybo Lui, MS, RCC is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and faculty member at Living Systems Counselling. She works mainly with adults and couples navigating relationship challenges, anxiety, and life direction. She has been studying Bowen Theory since 2015 and enjoys making these ideas more accessible through visuals and storytelling. Having grown up in a Chinese immigrant family, she often reflects on how family roles and cultural expectations influence how people show up and relate to each other.
Resources
- Maybo Lui’s practice: www.couplesontheroad.com
- Dr Murray Bowen, Commitment to Principles: Murray Bowen Archives
- Peggy Chan: Bowen Theory, Culture and Therapeutic Applications to Asian Families, Australia and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 2024
- Kathleen Smith: Overfunctioning? Try Leaving Instructions for Aliens
- Center for Family Consultation (Chicago), Midwest Symposium information
- Want to speak with a counsellor? Contact us
