New Life Live With Steve Arterburn

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 […]

Caller Questions: Is Malachi the right Scripture for tithing? I have trust issues.  Does the whole world have problems like I hear on New Life Live, or is it just the USA?  I feel hopeless to lose weight; how do I stop my eating cycle?  How do I concentrate on my life in Christ when […]

Caller Questions: How do I resolve my issues with anger? I hold things in and have verbally lashed out, broken things, and screamed.  What do I do if my 19yo bonus daughter has had a battle with drug-laced marijuana, and my husband and his mom think the problem is going to magically disappear?  My estranged […]

Caller Questions: I’ll miss Steve Arterburn being on radio and I wrote a poem in his honor.  What should I do to get past my baby’s father getting shot and killed last year and then losing our baby when I was 5mos pregnant?  I wanted to share about meeting Steve when I was homeless and […]

Caller Questions: I shy away from confrontation and my bossy Bible study leader’s wife sent me a text that bothered me; should I confront her?  My elderly parents are drug addicts, and my dad left my mom on the floor after she fell. Do we let my mom move in with us?  How do I […]

Caller Questions: Why do I keep having negative thoughts of myself, and how can I change that?  My adult children want me to bail them out after they get into trouble; how do I find a balance and say no?  Where can I find the four core values Chris Williams mentioned so I can apply […]