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April 19, 2024
April 19, 2024 • Becky Brown, Dr. Jill Hubbard
Caller Questions: 1. My adult kids set boundaries with me and aren't willing to sit down and talk about it; any suggestions? 2. How do I encourage my unfaithful husband to go to counseling? 3. My son and his wife cut themselves off from us 4yrs ago but recently asked us to give them money to help them move back. Should we pay for it? 4. I’m tired of helping my 40yo addict son who is in and out of prison; is it OK to let go? 5. I’m 63yo; how do I begin the journey to stand up for myself and stop being a people pleaser?
April 18, 2024
April 18, 2024 • Becky Brown, Dr. Alice Benton, Marc Cameron
Caller Questions: 1. Is Malachi the right Scripture for tithing? I have trust issues. 2. Does the whole world have problems like I hear on New Life Live, or is it just the USA? 3. I feel hopeless to lose weight; how do I stop my eating cycle? 4. How do I concentrate on my life in Christ when there are so many distractions in the world?
April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024 • Chris Williams, Becky Brown, Jacqui Mack-Harris
Caller Questions: 1. How do I resolve my issues with anger? I hold things in and have verbally lashed out, broken things, and screamed. 2. 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? 3. My estranged brother wrote a horrible letter to me after we lost our only son; where do I go from here? 4. My avoider husband says he wants to work on our marriage, but he gets defensive; do I have a wall up or is it him?
April 16, 2024
April 16, 2024 • Becky Brown, Dr. Jill Hubbard, Jim Burns
Caller Questions: 1. I'll miss Steve Arterburn being on radio and I wrote a poem in his honor. 2. 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? 3. I wanted to share about meeting Steve when I was homeless and had to take four buses to see him. 4. My wife won't engage with her mom and my kids keep asking to see grandma; what's the best way to approach this? 5. My 23yo son lives with me and won't work because he gained over a hundred pounds during COVID. He also has paranoia; how do I help without enabling?
April 15, 2024
April 15, 2024 • Becky Brown, Dr. Alice Benton, Marc Cameron
Caller Questions: 1. I shy away from confrontation and my bossy Bible study leader's wife sent me a text that bothered me; should I confront her? 2. 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? 3. How do I get off of marijuana? I went to rehab but relapsed after going home. 4. What would God have me do after my adult son has cut off any kind of relationship with me? I think he has narcissistic personality disorder.
April 12, 2024
April 12, 2024 • Becky Brown, Chris Williams
Caller Questions: 1. Why do I keep having negative thoughts of myself, and how can I change that? 2. My adult children want me to bail them out after they get into trouble; how do I find a balance and say no? 3. Where can I find the four core values Chris Williams mentioned so I can apply them? 4. I’m newly married at 72yo and very happy, but my adult kids think my new husband is after my money.
April 11, 2024
April 11, 2024 • Becky Brown, Dr. Jill Hubbard
Caller Questions: 1. Is my 30yo son autistic or agoraphobic if he won’t leave the house or even brush his teeth? My wife is bedridden, and I’m disabled. 2. What's the difference between treatment for pain vs. chiropractors? 3. My niece’s husband always gives an excuse to leave when he’s with us; is it a sign he’s controlling? 4. My wonderful husband of 21yrs goes out drinking every night and sometimes doesn’t come home at night.
April 10, 2024
April 10, 2024 • Chris Williams, Becky Brown, Dr. Alice Benton
Caller Questions: 1. Any advice about what we can do to help our 32yo son with anxiety and depression? 2. I wanted to end it last month because nothing is easy for me; what can I do? 3. Where do I go from here if my 35yo daughter cut me out of her life after my son-in-law sexually assaulted me? 4. My 11yo granddaughter has severe panic attacks; how can I help?
April 8, 2024
April 8, 2024 • Becky Brown, Dr. Alice Benton, Marc Cameron
Caller Questions: 1. My passive aggressive daughter-in-law is coming over tonight to talk; how can I steer the conversation to clear up our conflict? 2. I take care of my father and am sober from meth for 2yrs. A cousin moved in and I found his drug paraphernalia; how do I ask him to leave? 3. My new husband doesn't know I know he is watching porn again; what is the best way to approach this conversation with him? 4. Since I told my pregnant daughter's boyfriend he needs to marry her, he has been cold to me. Should I address this with him?
April 9, 2024
April 9, 2024 • Becky Brown, Dr. Jill Hubbard, Jim Burns
Caller Questions: 1. My husband has a pattern of leaving me when he has a bipolar episode; is there a place in his mind he can go that gives him peace? 2. My sister's 11yo son with ADHD talks badly to her and all of us, but she doesn't discipline him; how do I talk to her about it? 3. I want no contact with my father-in-law who sexually abused his stepdaughter years ago and was never charged and has never gone to counseling; what can I do? 4. How do I help my sister who is a domestic violence victim and has mental health issues? I’m now her guardian.
April 5, 2024
April 5, 2024 • Becky Brown, Dr. Alice Benton, Marc Cameron
Caller Questions: 1. What do I do if my 25yo daughter and her 5yo son moved out, but she now wants to move back home after it hasn’t worked out with her boyfriend? 2. I’m separated from my porn-addicted, emotionally abusive husband who says we should live together, but I don’t want to. 3. My adult children have made it clear they don’t want a relationship with my partner of 8yrs; how do I tell my kids I’m still with him?
April 3, 2024
April 3, 2024 • Chris Williams, Becky Brown, Jacqui Mack-Harris
Caller Questions: 1. If I show up to say goodbye to my husband's aunt who has cancer and is doing assisted suicide, does it mean I am okay with what she's doing? 2. My only daughter demands I give her a large sum of money; what should I do as a widow on a fixed income? 3. Any suggestions on how to explain to my 4yo grandson that his grandfather just died? 4. Is it okay for my adult daughter to not to live at home after she graduates from college? I don't see biblical grounds for her to leave the home before she gets married.
April 4, 2024
April 4, 2024 • Chris Williams, Becky Brown
Caller Questions: 1. I’ve had eating disorders and a bad self-image because my mom called me names at 10yo; how do I get a better self-image at 71yo? 2. You’ve been talking a lot about self-image, and I wanted to comment on what has helped me love myself. 3. When someone tries to get into a fight with you, how do you deal with it? 4. How can I know if my son is acting out on porn? He went to Every Man’s Battle but hasn’t been attending the weekly group meetings that I pay for.
April 2, 2024
April 2, 2024 • Becky Brown, Dr. Jill Hubbard
Caller Questions: 1. Our son-in-law has lost multiple jobs and made poor financial choices; how do we navigate our daughter and son-in-law asking for financial help? 2. What help can you give me to deal with the stress of not sleeping at night, tension headaches, and planning my daughter's wedding? 3. How do I deal with the consequences of sin? 4. I wanted to share some things that have helped me deal with stress to help the previous caller with headaches.
April 1, 2024
April 1, 2024 • Becky Brown, Dr. Alice Benton, Marc Cameron
Caller Questions: 1. What do I do if I am far away from my brother, and the mother of his kids physically attacked my mom with dementia?" 2. My younger wife from the Philippines is going to leave me; what can I do? We have a son together. 3. Should I stay in a relationship with my boyfriend of 3yrs if I don't want to spend time with him anymore? I'm 20yo and don't want to hurt him. 4. My 4yo grandson has outbursts and will punch his sister in the face or break things when he doesn't get his way; what do we do? His parents are divorcing.