New Life Live With Steve Arterburn

Caller Questions: My wife has lost desire for intimacy and doesn’t want to do what the doctor says. Do I pray for my desire to go away?  Should I separate from my verbally abusive husband who started drinking again?  Our 15yo daughter is going to be arrested for having THC at school. How do we […]

Caller Questions: My husband has been distant from me for the past 2yrs. When is it OK to separate with the hopes of reconciliation?  How do we come up with a plan to help our 18yo daughter who is vaping marijuana and depressed? She is moving back home.  As a believer, we are not supposed […]

Caller Questions: Should I stay with my wife or give her what she wants and leave? She hasn’t hardly talked to me for 2yrs and won’t combine our finances.  I’ve been trying to get in touch with an old high school friend, and she won’t respond to me. Do I write her off?  How do […]

From the New Life Live! archives, this show originally aired on December 17, 2010 Caller Questions: What is the best way to talk to my sister after finding out she has been a lesbian for 10yrs?  How can I learn to connect with people?  My husband of 5yrs just confirmed he was having an affair; […]

Caller Questions: I’m 63yo and lost my wife; I started dating a woman online, and she scammed me out of a lot of money. Will God ever trust me again?  My husband of 30yrs is physically and verbally abusive. After giving him an ultimatum to get help or I wouldn’t come back, what should I […]

Caller Questions: My son is upset I didn’t go to my grandson’s graduation because I didn’t want to stay in the same house as my ex-husband and his wife. How do I mend the relationship with my son?  How involved should we be with my brother-in-law who just came out as bisexual? My sister supports […]

Caller Questions: I just got arrested for a DUI after having a few drinks; what else can help my anxiety besides Xanax?  My adult daughter is mentally delayed and in rehab. They are telling me she has sundowners and dementia; what do you think?  How can I help my married brother with six kids who […]

Caller Questions: How do I tell someone not to bring their underaged girlfriend to my daughter’s wedding?  Have you ever heard of strength-based harm reduction? I am addicted to sugar, and my therapist recommended it to me.  My mom threw a fit at my nephew’s graduation and treated everyone badly. Do I tell her she […]

Caller Questions: Do I leave my unbelieving husband who refuses to stop watching hardcore porn? We went to a secular counselor, and he told me to watch porn with my husband.  What should I do about my bipolar adult daughter with a meth addiction? She was in a gun fight at home and doesn’t see […]

Caller Questions: My 11yo daughter is being bullied and scratches her face when she is upset. How do I help her cope with her strong feelings of anger and fear?  Do I let my 4yo daughter have her way and not invite my best friend’s daughter to her birthday party? I’m worried that if we […]

Caller Questions: What do I do to help my 16yo nephew whose mom left for over a month to get plastic surgery? He says his mom only cares about her online followers.  How do I encourage my 30yo son with Asperger’s to get a mentor at work? He lost a job and struggles with self-esteem.  […]

Caller Questions: How do I break the pattern of being helpless? I have the means to stop being homeless, but I feel stuck.  I’m an alcoholic and I’m sick and tired of it. Should I try using Naltrexone to treat it?  After injuring my neck and vertebrae 3yrs ago, I had to stop working and […]

Caller Questions: Interview with Dr. Eric Scalise about the InFocus & Empowered Christian Life Coaching Conference that Steve Arterburn will be speaking at this fall.  I separated from my husband after a violent incident 2yrs ago. How do I get through a divorce when I am overwhelmed with emotions?  My high-functioning autistic teen daughter wants […]

Caller Questions: My mom has Alzheimer’s and her brother just died. We told her that he died, but how do we grieve with her when she doesn’t remember?  I called the police on my teen daughter because she tried to stab me. My ex-wife has made her very bitter toward me. What do I do?  […]

Caller Questions: How do I deal with my 28yo son saying his low-paying job is a result of childhood neglect? I pay for certain things, but I don’t want to enable him.  I broke up with my boyfriend two months ago, and now he is threatening to kill me; what should I do? 

Caller Questions: My daughter is married to a physically and verbally abusive narcissist. Should I tell her that he can’t be around us because my other kids don’t want to be around him?  Comment: Naomi Judd did let people know that her mental illness is a very difficult thing, but she still took her life.  […]

Caller Questions: How do I prepare my heart for your online Transforming Grief workshop? I live alone and won’t have support around me.  Our adult daughter is married to a woman, and they want to stay in the same room when they come to visit. Should we allow that?  My mother-in-law assaulted my wife and […]

Caller Questions: How do I get my wife to try to help our marriage after my porn use and infidelity before our wedding?  Is my adult son’s severe eye pain related to his porn addiction?  My parents died when I was 21yo, and my son died of a drug overdose 4yrs ago. People who are […]

Caller Questions: Comment to Oscar who is an alcoholic: He needs to feel safe himself, and then he’ll make his wife feel safe.  My wife of 6yrs had an affair with a man that I don’t like; how do I forgive them?  Would an electrical shock cause my 34yo son to have a drastic personality […]

Caller Questions: My dad really invests in other people, but barely invests in me and my sisters and it is extremely hurtful. How do I reconnect?  How do I handle seeing my son with a destructive addiction that brings me a lot of heartbreak? My ex-husband enables him.  I come from a broken and dysfunctional […]