New Life Live

Caller Questions: How do I work on my marriage after my wife separated from me 9mos ago?  What can I do to build a relationship with my 39yo daughter who says I’m toxic?  How do I approach a conversation with my Christian friend who is having sex with her boyfriend? 

Caller Questions: What should I do to help my adult daughter who was kidnapped a few years ago and keeps reliving it?  Can you give me advice for my husband who is a pastor? My daughter’s friend underwent sex change surgery and wants to volunteer with children in our church.  Are there any resources I can give my friend who lost her husband of 30yrs?  My significant other is going through EM...

Caller Questions: How can I address my depressed sister-in-law if she gets defensive every time I bring up any issues?  My estranged mom has borderline personality disorder and wants to reconnect with me, but I’m in treatment for trauma.  I am the caretaker for my dying mother; should I set boundaries with my meth-addicted brother, who has hallucinations, to stop visiting her? My sister said...

Caller Questions: How can I work through the shameful memories of past relationships that come up while I am driving long distances for my job?  What is my next step when my 35yo son ignores me and says I’m not safe because I judge him?  How do I forgive my father and move on? I’m going through a divorce, have five kids, and don’t know how to stop making mistakes.  My adult child...

Caller Questions: How can I point my 21yo daughter in the right direction after she was sexually harassed at work?  My husband won’t repair our home and properties even though he has a home repair business. What can I do?  I have joint custody of my kids; what do I do after my wife left with the kids and the dog? We were in the process of moving for a job. 

Caller Questions: Any ideas on how to get my Vietnamese girlfriend to stop praying to her dead relatives?  My son is having an affair; should I encourage him to go to Every Man’s Battle?  How do I love my adopted daughter who plans to leave her 8yo son with his dad?  Can you explain what the unforgiveable sin is?  How do I know if I can trust my husband after he deceived me about his drinking? 

Caller Questions: Our 35yo son is remarried and his controlling wife volunteers to be a narcissist. What guidance can we give him?  How do I heal from being a people pleaser and the guilt caused by our toxic church?  I want to encourage Susie that it is okay for us to be highly sensitive people, and it is a gift from God. 

Caller Questions: I’m in a common law marriage; am I living in sin?  For the first caller, the Bible says to abstain from all appearances of evil.  What do you think of my older friend and her partner having a ceremony but not getting legally married so she can keep her financial status?  Should I perform the wedding ceremony for my grandson and his girlfriend if they’re living together?  Ho...

Caller Questions: My brother saw my sister and my husband kissing; how do I handle my sister wanting to move here?  Can you elaborate more on emotional intimacy? I’ve been married 10yrs.  What else can I do to help my 20yo granddaughter who is in a deep depression?  How do I work through the sadness I feel for a failed marriage? 

Caller Questions: How do I get my counselor to ask me the hard questions? I feel stuck.  My nephew was in the military and may have PTSD; are there special counselors that deal with that?  I went to Every Man’s Battle, and the Christ-centered counselors exceeded my expectations!  I see the mini-sub that imploded on its way to the Titanic as a risk that was not worth the reward. Why do people...

Caller Questions: Am I doing the right thing by caregiving for my aging mom with dementia? My sisters say she doesn’t deserve it.  Two of my grandkids are 4yo twins on the autism spectrum; should I be concerned that one bullies the other one?  How does coaching help a person? 

Caller Questions: Our 13yo son is dealing with a porn issue; and everything we have tried is not working.  How do we handle our 18yo daughter wanting to classify herself as a man?  For someone who has narcissistic personality disorder, how does God deliver them from their behavior if they only see themselves as the victim? 

Caller Questions: I am being treated for depression; how do I ask my 52yo bipolar son and his fiancée to leave my house so I can stay healthy?  What can I do if I had a panic attack out of the blue and went to the ER?  How can I get help for the OCD behaviors that are ruining my life despite going to therapy? The medication had severe side effects. 

Caller Questions: How do I handle my 36yo son’s mood changes as he gets older?  My husband’s dying mother told him what a heartache he had been; how can I encourage him to forgive and not let deep hurt destroy him?  Should I honestly tell my son what I think now that he is on the verge of a second divorce?  How can I help heal my family after my adult daughter shared she was molested at 12yo...

Caller Questions: The story of Job in the Bible has made me lose my faith; what can I do?  Is the Intimacy in Marriage Workshop the right step for my marriage if my husband physically harmed me?  What do I do if a family member plans to kill himself?  Do I divorce my second husband since he tried to groom my 21yo daughter for sexual abuse when she was younger? 

Caller Questions: I am married to my fourth husband and need help with boundaries.  My husband is angry at me after I caught him looking at porn; when do you know it’s time to give up?  I’m 77yo and my wife died when my kids were teens; how do I mend the relationship with my estranged kids? 

Caller Questions: Where can I get a resource on the effects of living with a narcissist? I divorced a narcissist 14yrs ago.  How does one become a Life Coach for New Life?  My wife is divorcing me because she says I’m emotionally abusive to her.

Caller Questions: Is there anything else I can do besides seeing a counselor to deal with my husband’s affair? I also had an affair 20yrs ago.  How can I talk to my twice-divorced daughter who says she’s closer to God than she’s ever been, but she told her sister she’s sleeping with the man she’s dating? I did the Every Man’s Battle Workshop recently; is it okay...

Caller Questions: I’m in my sixties, just lost my job, and my dog died; will I be able to get another job?  How do I deal with the stress of losing my job due to a work-related injury?  My adult daughter has a bisexual lifestyle; how do I have a relationship with her?  Someone at my church won’t go to leadership with me to work out our issues; what can I do? 

Caller Questions: Your Emotional Freedom Workshop was awesome! You can be healed if you do the work.  How can I support my wife if she wants a divorce despite me being sober 90 days from porn?  God delivered me from a demon using Psalm 23! 

Caller Questions: As a single man, what’s the difference between a normal desire for women and lust?  Do you have any counselors in our area who can help me and my wife with a conflict in the church I pastor?  Would it help if I were to sit down with my grandson, who just graduated from high school, and talk to him about his narcissistic father?  Am I being controlling by forbidding my wife to han...

Caller Questions: Do I need to change my medication? I’m blind, having panic attacks, and my narcissistic neighbor always wants to be in my room.  Should I change my degree if I am in the process of getting a master’s in social work but want to become a Christian counselor?  Why do so many empty nesters end up separating from their spouses? My husband of 36yrs abandoned me 3wks ago. 

Caller Questions: My husband talks to his dad about me and has threatened to kill me; what are some reasonable boundaries?  My depressed friend is very draining and only stays in her house; how do I help her and keep myself healthy?  I haven’t been intimate with my husband for 6yrs due to him not bathing and his cognitive disability. 

Caller Questions: What can I do if it’s hard for me to be physically intimate with my wife since having prostate cancer?  What is my body trying to tell me? I’m getting a divorce, and my stomach is doing flip flops.  How can I use my spiritual gifts to serve Christians? I’m a victim of sexual assault and have seen dead people talking to me.  I’ve been alcohol and porn free for four months; can I k...

Caller Questions: Should I move if I don’t feel safe with a neighbor who has schizophrenia?  My good friend left our church because of her emotionally abusive husband; should I go to the church elders?  Are there any Christian facilities that my 13yo daughter with anorexia can go to?  What’s my next step? My 72yo husband has looked at homosexual porn and is having an emotional affair with a 25yo m...