New Life Live With Steve Arterburn

Caller Questions: My husband became addicted to cocaine and abandoned me. How do I help myself move forward?  I feel so distant from my transgender daughter in another state. She changed her name, but I can’t call the baby who was in my womb by another name.  My stepdaughter pushed me away after I put […]

Caller Questions: What do I do if my 33yo daughter has borderline personality disorder and is now delusional? I can’t support her anymore.  How does God look at my brother keeping all of our deceased sister’s money in his bank account? He’s not following her will.  My 36yo drug-addicted daughter lives with us, has kids […]

Caller Questions: Should I buy a mobile home for my daughter and her kids if my new husband is against it? My daughter is going through a divorce.  What age is the right time to tell my 7yo son he is adopted? I adopted my nephew from his drug-addicted parents when he was a baby.  […]

Caller Questions: I’m on my third marriage, and we keep having miscommunication problems; do I get a divorce?”  Should I confront or withdraw from my friend who is a control freak and holds me to her impossible standard?  My boyfriend has been addicted to heroin for 7yrs; would counseling help him? 

Caller Questions: Why is the man I’ve dated for 6yrs still talking to a female friend every day? It drives me crazy that he’s known her for 20yrs and are so close.  I lost my girlfriend to sepsis and my mom to a stroke; is it even possible for me to build new memories?  After […]

Caller Questions: How can I help my 34yo daughter with young kids who is dating a crack addict and started using? Does she have a trauma bond?  After 5yrs, how can I get off the drug suboxone which has kept me sober from painkillers?  I am 70yo and my wife of 30yrs no longer wants […]

Caller Questions: I’m a former Christian; how do you know there is a God?  How do I find a therapist for anxiety and depression? I have been in counseling on and off for 30yrs. I never thought I had ADHD until you talked about it the other day; what’s the best way for an ADHD […]

Caller Questions: I’m grateful today! My mom died a year ago, and it has gotten better by continuing to go to AA and seeing a therapist.  How do I resolve conflicts with my new husband’s 46yo daughter? She lives in our home and moved my Christmas decorations so she could put up her deceased mom’s […]

Caller Questions: How do I move forward after my husband took my investment money, is thousands of dollars in debt, and there’s a lien on our house?  I have been my mom’s caretaker; how do I confront her on using manipulation to keep me at her house?  How do we promote the gospel of love […]

Caller Questions: With compassion fatigue, how do I care for others and avoid getting absorbed and pulled down?  Will a brain scan help my bipolar husband stay even keel instead of making my life an emotional roller coaster?  As grandparents, what can we do to help our 10yo granddaughter who is not nice to her […]

Caller Questions: How do I confront a radio personality who is stalking me? He was my youth pastor when I was a child.  My wife and I have both committed adultery; should we continue after I found out about all her affairs?  In the eyes of God, are my first wife and I still married? […]

Caller Questions: My father cut off contact with me when he got married; does the Bible say anything about cutting off your kids who were born out of wedlock?  I’m married to a husband who stonewalls me for a week at a time, then he accuses me of having an affair.  You mentioned Christ being […]

Caller Questions: My angry husband dwells in the past and doesn’t believe in Christian counseling; do I stay or go?  I’m hopeless and on the verge of giving up after being let go from my job and no one responding to my resumes….help! 

Caller Questions: My 6yo grandson doesn’t know who Jesus is; what’s the best way to encourage my daughter to introduce him to Jesus?”  I’ve struggled with procrastinating my whole life but am semi-retired now; how do I muster the energy and motivation to do the things I need to do in the absence of structure?  […]

Caller Questions: I don’t know what to do to help my daughter whose husband is contemplating suicide.  How do I process being sexually abused by my pastor in childhood? Also my father had numerous affairs and was accused of murdering one of them.  What’s my next step if I just kicked out my Hindu husband […]

Caller Questions: How do I deal with my wife who is going through betrayal trauma from a past relationship? I don’t want to make it worse.  I am on the verge of retiring; how do I keep having a purpose since I have been working since 12yo?  Is it God’s will for me to hold […]

Caller Questions: How do I forgive my friend who said some very mean things about my other friend who died?  I’m a youth leader at church and am interested in a youth pastor there, but he told me he wasn’t interested in me; what can I do about it?  Can a Christian see a demon? […]

Caller Questions: Do you have any insight for my friend who abuses alcohol? His negative wife drives him away, which causes him to drink.  My 39yo daughter has been diagnosed with ADD and is breastfeeding; any guidelines as to how I can help her? 

Caller Questions: What can we do for our 30yo daughter who has PTSD from childhood trauma? She feels triggered when she sees me and doesn’t want Christian counseling.  Is there a way to help my single male friend who is a recluse? His neighbor gave me a note saying he is disturbing them.  How do […]

Caller Questions: Should I confront my adult daughter? She has had anger issues since childhood, and they are directed toward me.  Is it an act of deception that my fiancé has been intermittently contacting his ex-girlfriend? Or is it just his ability to compartmentalize? She doesn’t know I exist.