Taking Out My Emotional Trash
Brenda Allison Outside my window I catch glimpses of bright sunshine reflecting off patches of water in the Gulf of Mexico as we speed along Interstate-10. From the passenger seat I hear the radio...
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Steve Arterburn Whenever something needs to be fixed at Red and Trina’s house, Red feels it’s his responsibility to do the job. Trina’s dad was the fix-it man around her house growing up, so Red wants...
View ArticleChristmas Expectations
In December 1983, I came home from my freshman year of college. My mother had died the previous May and my father was trying to make a nice Christmas for his seven children. When the Christmas tree...
View ArticleNew Life Live: May 11, 2012
Topics: Boundaries, Marriage, Parenting, Childhood Issues, Dating, Difficult Conversations, Hosts: Steve Arterburn, Dr. Dave Stoop, Dr. Sheri Denham Caller Questions: How do I confront my friend who...
View ArticleNew Life Live: August 2, 2012
Topics: Marriage, Pornography, Anger, Parenting, Forgiveness, Dating , Hosts: Steve Arterburn, Milan Yerkovich Caller Questions: How do I heal from a husband who is jailed for child pornography? My...
View ArticleNew Life Live: August 5, 2014
Topics: Anger, Hoarding, Adult Children, Alcoholics, Dating, Rejection, In-Laws Hosts: Steve Arterburn, Dr. Dave Stoop, Dr. Jill Hubbard Caller Questions: How can I set boundaries with my husband when...
View ArticleTeen Daughter Sneeks Out to Have Sex
A distraught mom wrote us. Her 15-year-old daughter recently snuck out out the house, walked to an older boy’s house and had sex with him. She confessed to her youth minister, and ultimately to her...
View ArticleEncouraging Honest Communication with Your Kids
Excerpted from the book Boundaries with Kids by Henry Cloud and John Townsend Rule #1: Live the Law of Exposure Yourself I was visiting a colleague’s house recently, and his twelve-year-old son seemed...
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