New Life Live With Steve Arterburn

Caller Questions & More: Dr. Jill Hubbard shares about Travel and Adventure (a perspective change that a time away can provide).  When is it time to take care of me instead of my brother with a severe crack addiction?  I’m going through a divorce but want to have a friendship with my ex to help […]

Caller Questions & More: Dr. Alice Benton shares about Family Screen Agreements for the summer. Do we need marriage counseling or individual counselors? My husband has left the marriage emotionally and we live like roommates.  Train yourself to search for the silver lining, no matter the circumstance. I found God when I began looking for […]

Caller Questions: Fear and faith cannot occupy the same space in your brain at the same time.  How can I deal with the guilt of not taking care of my mother in her old age? I am already caring for my elderly father-in-law.  My dad claimed I wasn’t his child, and my life has spiraled […]

Caller Questions & More: Dr. Alice Benton shares about Attribution Bias (when we judge others by their actions and judge ourselves by our intentions).  My spouse wants to spend more time in the south for the winter, but I don’t; do you have any suggestions?  What are some ways for me to have a cordial […]

Caller Questions: Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris shares how We Can Do All Things Through Christ.  My 12yo grandson has a serious eating disorder and my son won’t talk to me anymore.  When it comes to tithing, are we under the New Covenant or Old Covenant?  How can I approach the conversation with my fiancée that I […]

Caller Questions: Dr. Jill Hubbard shares about Pathological Demand Avoidance.  What’s going on with my life at 57yo? It seems like the harder I work, the more things go wrong.  Should I go out of town if I feel shame for my gambling addiction and don’t want to run into people I know?  My niece […]

Caller Questions & More: Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris shares about Knowing Our Values.  If my 12yr marriage has never been consummated, do I have grounds for a divorce?  What type of therapy works best for betrayal trauma?  How can I deal with my adult daughter who blames me for encouraging her to stay in a college […]

Caller Questions: JJ West shares about The Serenity Prayer and Unexpected Disappointment.  How do I deal with my elderly father who says he will no longer want to live after his significant other dies?  I struggle with flashbacks from discovering my husband had an affair for several decades; how do I move on? How do […]

Caller Questions & More: Dr. Alice Benton shares about Separation Anxiety Disorder.  How do I understand my emotions so I can love my wife how she needs to be loved? We had an argument last night.  My nephew struggles with sex addiction; what are my boundaries with letting him come into my home?  Have you […]

Caller Questions: Chris Williams shares about Great Fears getting in the way of Great Connection.  Am I experiencing true guilt or false guilt after my son with mental illness ran away from his group home?  We moved my 92yo mother to a care facility with a shared room, and now she says she wants to […]

Caller Questions: Dr. Jill Hubbard shares about Airport Anxiety.  How do I start looking forward instead of looking back? My husband had an affair 12yrs ago, and I don’t trust him.  Why do I find myself in friendships with people who do all the talking and don’t ask anything about my life?  Did I make […]

Caller Questions: Dr. Jim Burns shares about Rites of Passage.  My wife started making false accusations about me having an emotional affair with a woman from church and left me; pursue or move on?  My friend is in the LGBTQ community and wants to go to church with me; is that right in the eyes […]

Caller Questions: My wife had affairs and then turned my sons against me when she divorced me. Since she passed away and my sons think she’s a saint, how do I reconnect with them?  I’m almost 70yo and bipolar and have done ECT, but the doctor I saw wants to do light therapy and neurotherapy; […]

Caller Questions: Is it worth it to reconcile with my unfaithful husband? We’ve been married three times and divorced twice, but he continues to be unfaithful.  My family has uninvited my husband to a $5,000 vacation we paid for because they want me to divorce him; what do I do?  My ex-husband told me there […]

Caller Questions: How do I trust people again and keep going after my husband asked me to leave, my mom passed, I was homeless, and I drank a bottle of vodka a day?  My mom tried to drown me and my dad played Russian roulette with me when I was a child; how can God […]

Caller Questions: My daughter has had four miscarriages and two stillbirths; how do I find some words to say to her?  How do I support my 17yo daughter with her social anxiety before she goes to college?  I lost my wife of 20yrs at Thanksgiving; how can I honor God with my sexuality as a […]

Caller Questions: How do I handle my adult son who gets angry and yells at me for hours?  My sister took guardianship of our niece but is using the money for herself; how do I oppose her if she is blaming us in court?  How do you help someone who doesn’t think they have a […]

Caller Questions: My four adult children no longer talk to me after I bashed their mom, but I’ve forgiven her for divorcing me 30yrs ago.  How can I get beyond my family who turned my daughter against me as she was dying from cancer?  I filed for a divorce from my husband who may have […]

Caller Questions: What kind of help do I need for brain trauma from football and bipolar disorder?  How do we help our 11yo granddaughter who is struggling after her mom’s surgeries and extended hospital stay?  What boundaries can I put in place for my husband who is in contact with his ex-girlfriend?  Was it a […]

Caller Questions: My adult kids set boundaries with me and aren’t willing to sit down and talk about it; any suggestions?  How do I encourage my unfaithful husband to go to counseling?  My son and his wife cut themselves off from us 4yrs ago but recently asked us to give them money to help them […]