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New Life Live! is America's #1 Christian counseling call-in radio program. Author and New Life Ministries founder, Steve Arterburn, along with his tag-team of co-hosts, offer advice and address questions concerning spiritual, relational and emotional issues within our culture today. Tag-team counselors: Dr. Jill Hubbard, Dr. Sheri Keffer, Chris Williams, Dr. Alice Benton, Becky Brown, Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris and Marc Cameron. Call New Life Ministries at 800-639-5433.
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Topics: Feelings, Divorce, Finances, Single Parenting, Adult Children, Video Games, Affairs Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris, Dr. Alice Benton Caller Questions & More: Dr. Alice Benton shares the importance of emotional regulation. My heart went out to a previous caller, and I wanted to share creative ways that kept our family going af…
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Topics: Estrangement, Drug Addiction, Boundaries, Infertility, Grief, Adult Children, Affairs, Secrets Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Jill Hubbard, Dr. Jim Burns Caller Questions & More: Dr. Jill Hubbard shares about the silent epidemic of parent and family estrangement. Is my response to my drug-addicted sister wrong? I told her not to call me unless …
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Topics: Depression, Adult Children, Addiction, Boundaries, In-laws, Sexual Abuse, Parenting, Grief Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Alice Benton, Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris Caller Questions & More: Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris shares different types of depression. I’m in addiction recovery and battle with depression; now that I’m pregnant with twins, do any foods …
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Topics: Thankful, Feelings, Getting Unstuck, Affairs, Trust, PTSD, Living Together Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Jill Hubbard, Dr. Jim Burns Caller Questions & More: Dr. Jim Burns shares how to do thank therapy by giving thanks in everything. I was molested as a child, my marriage ended in divorce, and I feel shut down; how do I kickstart my emotional…
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Topics: Brain Issues, Drug Addiction, Siblings, Childhood Trauma, Adult Children, Same-Sex Attraction, Forgiveness Hosts: Chris Williams, Becky Brown, Dr. Jill Hubbard Caller Questions & More: Becky Brown shares the four happiness chemicals: dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins. What is the best way to support my brother who is recovering f…
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Topics: Self-Awareness, Getting Unstuck, Connection, Feelings, Betrayal, Finances, Anger, Grief, Weight Issues, Depression Hosts: Becky Brown, Dr. Alice Benton, and presenter at Restore and Intimacy in Marriage intensives, Laura Mangin-McDonald Caller Questions & More: Laura Mangin-McDonald shares the life-changing importance of naming our negative…
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Topics: Christian Walk, Teens, Adoption, Divorce, Remarriage, Anxiety, Adult Children, Intervention Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Jill Hubbard, Dr. Jim Burns Caller Questions & More: Dr. Jill Hubbard shares how to practice a posture of praise before prayers have been answered. My adopted daughter, who is a high school senior, is vomiting since I told …
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Topics: Anxiety, Getting Unstuck, Triggers, Betrayal, Alcohol, Mother Issues, Addictions, Adult Children Hosts: Becky Brown, Dr. Alice Benton, and presenter at Restore and Intimacy in Marriage intensives, Laura Mangin-McDonald Caller Questions & More: Dr. Alice Benton shares the many causes of anxiety. What would you suggest to get unstuck after 17…
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Topics: Parenting, Drug Addiction, Enabling, Affairs, Same-Sex Attraction, Bipolar, Church Life, Adult Children, Estrangement Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Jill Hubbard, Dr. Jim Burns Caller Questions & More: Dr. Jim Burns shares how our job as a parent is to disciple our kids. Our 40yo son has had a drug addiction and pulled knives on me; what should…
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Topics: Relationships, Borderline, Boundaries, Adult Children, Difficult Conversations, Narcissists, Drug Addiction Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Jill Hubbard, Marc Cameron Caller Questions & More: Marc Cameron shares the difference between the price of something vs. the cost. How can my husband and I set clear boundaries with my 25yo daughter who liv…
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Topics: Perfectionism, Aging Parents, Adult Children, Trauma, Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Dating, Affairs, Sexual Abuse, Suicide Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris, Dr. Alice Benton Caller Questions & More: Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris shares about perfectionism, attitude, and judging others. What should I say to my elderly dad who is ver…
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Topics: Screens, In-laws, Boundaries, Suicide, End of Life, Siblings Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Alice Benton, Marc Cameron Caller Questions & More: Dr. Alice Benton shares how to increase self-control with screen use. How do I get my wife to understand that she and I are the primary relationship and not her and her mom? How can I set appropriate bo…
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Topics: Shame, Guilt, Adult Children, Sexual Integrity, Medication, Spiritual Warfare, Autism, Brain Issues Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Alice Benton, Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris Caller Questions & More: Dr. Alice Benton shares some shame and guilt ideas. My 42yo daughter is living next door on property she’s renting from us, and a man is staying with her…
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Topics: Adult Children, Finances, Estrangement, Childhood Trauma, Physical Abuse, Parenting Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Jill Hubbard, Dr. Jim Burns Caller Questions & More: Dr. Jim Burns shares why one of the key traits of a healthy family is play. How do you emotionally disconnect from an adult son who makes egregious financial decisions and asks u…
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Topics: Boundaries, Finances, Fraud, Affairs, Adult Children Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Alice Benton, Marc Cameron Caller Questions & More: Marc Cameron shares how boundaries are not about standing up to others, rather standing up for ourselves. I was sex trafficked 18yrs ago and was coerced into receiving fraudulent unemployment checks. I am unemp…
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Topics: Forgiveness, Verbal Abuse, Caregiving, Autism, Video Games, Teens, Sexual Integrity, Isolation, Gender Identity Hosts: Becky Brown, and presenters at Intimacy in Marriage Intensive, Laura Mangin-McDonald and JJ West Caller Questions & More: Laura Mangin-McDonald shares how forgiving is not forgetting. At what point do I step in to help my m…
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Topics: Change, Finances, Secrets, Anger, Adult Children, Teens Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Jill Hubbard, JJ West Caller Questions & More: Dr. Jill Hubbard shares how troubles can be a precursor to change. I just lost my husband 2mos ago to liver failure because of his alcohol, and he had secretly taken out thousands of dollars of credit card debt i…
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Topics: Feelings, Counseling, Alcohol, Adult Children, Grief Hosts: Becky Brown, Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris, Marc Cameron Caller Questions & More: Marc Cameron shares about taking ownership for your emotions (others aren’t responsible.) How important is it to look back when you’re trying to get some traction for today? My therapist focuses on tools for…
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Topics: Sexual Addiction, Borderline, Adult Children, Feelings, Alcohol, Boundaries Hosts: Chris Williams, Dr. Jill Hubbard, JJ West Caller Questions & More: JJ West requests that every listener help get men to the Every Man’s Battle Intensive by telling their pastor about it. I want to try to have a relationship with my borderline adult daughter; …
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Topics: Self Worth, Sexual Addiction, Pornography, Depression, Autism Hosts: Becky Brown, and presenters at Intimacy in Marriage Intensive, Laura Mangin-McDonald and JJ West Caller Questions & More: JJ West shares about feeling inferior and that comparison is the thief of joy. My husband struggles with porn, strip clubs, and flirting with his ex-gi…
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Topics: Communication, Finances, Boundaries, Pornography, Blended Families, Engagement, Adult Children, Anxiety Hosts: Becky Brown, Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris, Dr. Sheri Keffer Caller Questions & More: Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris shares about communication differences; be more interested in understanding rather than correcting. Is my husband a wolf in sheep…
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Topics: Screens, Remarriage, Christian Walk, Alcohol, Finances, Connection Hosts: Becky Brown, Dr. Alice Benton, Marc Cameron Caller Questions & More: Dr. Alice Benton shares the three parenting styles used to regulate their child’s screen time. My wife and I can’t come to a consensus about anything because she blames me for everything; how do I de…
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Topics: Shame, Guilt, Parenting, Communication, Teens, Brain Issues, Adult Children, Separation Hosts: Becky Brown, Dr. Sheri Keffer, Dr. Jacqui Mack-Harris Caller Questions & More: Dr. Sheri Keffer shares about unhealthy shame and unhealthy guilt. We have been fostering a 15yo for a month and are not able to communicate with her; how do we break t…
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Topics: Leadership, Adult Children, Weddings, Miscarriage, Grief, Church Life, Teens, Bipolar Disorder Hosts: Becky Brown, Dr. Jill Hubbard, Becky Brown Caller Questions & More: Chris Williams shares how we are all leaders, and it starts with leading our own internal world. My 27yo son is getting married and told me what not to wear to his wedding …
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Topics: Self Worth, Anxiety, Adult Children, Grandparenting, Drug Addiction, Adoption, Weddings Hosts: Becky Brown, Dr. Alice Benton, Marc Cameron Caller Questions: Marc Cameron shares the ways we cover up our insecurities with emotional masks. I went to see my daughter and her kids in Europe at Christmas, but she suddenly made me leave and won’t t…
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How do we deal with the unexpected in our lives? Something is happening; our cards are in the air, and we must decide what to do. How do we pick them up? We are responsible for what is in front of us. Treat it not as a nasty joke but as a game. Pick up the last one; where does it go? How do I pick up the unexpected challenges in my life and deal wi…
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Why have so many of us lost the sense of belonging? Essentially, we belong to ourselves. We lose the ability to know that as children. Let's explore how we can re-find this wonderful and complete place within. How can we stop looking outside ourselves to others? When we do, we'll find a smoother, more peaceful path in life. "If we have no peace, it…
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Finding peace through cancer. How can we find peace, humor, and kindness as we travel through cancer treatment? Jill has had cancer for many years now; she shares her wisdom and suggestions for those with cancer. Jill asks, "Who are you suffering for, yourself or others." She shares that it is time for you to decide who is around you and stop tryin…
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"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself if I would want to do what I am about to do today, and whenever the answer has been no for too many days in a row, I know that I need to change something." Steve Jobs. If sometime during the day we don't have a smile on our face, we know that something needs to chang…
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A Sundance Maka Waconi: Circle of Life in South Dakota Jill and her husband's journey. The power of change and the adventure of transformational experiences. They decided not to follow a map but to follow their senses. They took no freeways or highways, just a sense that guided them. They used their senses and intuition on this fantastic journey. T…
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Relationship break ups. Relationship break ups. How to move beyond the pain. What can we do? How can we find greater wisdom and peace through this process? How do we navigate relationship break ups, family, or partners? Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy? This is a question we must ask ourselves when we face a breakup. It's time to…
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What is success, and what is failure? Why are we so focused on both? How do we succeed and fail? Does success bring us happiness? When we are dying, it is not about success or failure. We have to stop the comparison. Let's explore what success is in different countries and how success is so different in so many places for so many people. What is su…
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How to live, thrive, and find peace with dementia. Dementia is a process of losing our rational mind, and yet we can support the individual in moving into places beyond the mind. The person's essence we know is always there, but the person we love and know is often disappearing. How can we support them and find a place of acceptance and ease? Many …
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How to get through the holidays, tips for navigating these times, and find even more peace and joy. How to maneuver and enjoy the holidays. How do we deal with those we don't want to deal with? How do we enjoy the holidays even if we are alone? We can discover ways to take moments to refind our balance and inner harmony. How to re-balance yourself …
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Fear and how we can move beyond to freedom. How does fear control us, and what can we do to clear it? Handling the moment as it comes dispells fear. We release the need for what is happening to be different, we deal with it and then there is no fear. Fear feeds on itself, take the time to use tools to take yourself out "Expose yourself to your deep…
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The freedom to change my mind. We often get stuck in our lives because we think we can't change our minds or don't know how to do it. Let's explore how to change our minds when we get stuck in ideas or concepts that have been layered onto us as children and with which we identify. Perhaps we have become so identified with certain ideas in the view …
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According to quantum physics a particle vibrating due to your sound when you speak can affect a molecule inside a star at the edge of the Universe instantly. This phenomenon is known as quantum entanglement. The greatest illusion then is the illusion of separation. We are all connected, one humanity, alike in so many ways. How can we access the fee…
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It is only heavy because you are deciding over and over again to carry it. Embrace change, loosen up your sense of identity, and let yourself walk a new path. You do not have to ignore or erase the past; you just have to wholeheartedly embrace the present and move on. ~ Yung Pueblo We have our freedom in our hands, when we hold onto who we think we…
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Leslie Clark travels with the Toureg in the desert. Experiences a wedding, travels with rebels and finds herself alone in the sand dunes miles from anywhere. . A powerful journey. She experiences how the Toureg can travel through the dunes that shift yearly, with no GPS, not maps and with dangers everywhere. They always know how everyone is feeling…
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Pausing is key to increasing our ability to choose how we respond rather than dropping into robotic reaction. When we don't take a pause between a stimulus and our response we may wind up just reacting which limits our choices. There are so many benefits to taking a pause; it can recharge our energy: help us to gain access to our inner wisdom: and …
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Happiness is not a destination; it's the journey. When we are focusing on the end, the thing we want instead of the process or the journey, we suffer because it makes us stressed. We can have happiness anytime when we focus on the journey. When we are focused on the destination, like a car, money, we We only suffer when we react negatively to a sit…
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It's not what you do but how you react that matters. Often we can't change what is happening, but we can almost always have power over how we react. We chat about ideas and tools that can give us power over our reactions. We, as humans, tend to be robotic in our reactions to what is happening. Push a button, and I'll always react to the same experi…
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"The world is nothing but my perception of it; I see only through myself, I hear only through the filter of my story." Byron Katie, If we want to change our lives, we must change our perception. Let's open up our cage to see how else we can see something. We are not our story, but it does control us. Oor story can limit us or free us, depending upo…
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Tina Turner mastered her art and life; she moved beyond her pain and illnesses and accessed an inner world of peace and balance. She built a bridge between her outer life filled with, success, but also suffering and pain and found a way to access an inner world of peace and balance. We explore how she did this nad how she was able to keep this brid…
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Being happy is a very personal thing, and it really has nothing to do with anyone else.” Abraham Hicks Happiness lives within us! Being happy is very personal -and totally internal. Appreciation can be a pathway to happiness. Happiness does not come from the outside inward. Let's find our personal inner triggers to happiness, then we can find happi…
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Learning can be a great gift, and unlearning can be an even greater gift; transformational and freeing. "Recognize that unlearning is the highest form of learning.” Rumi. Why do we feel we need to keep filling ourselves with information? Why do we need so much learning? When we take away the unneeded learning, we become closer to who we are and acc…
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Dali Lama "Such my thumb." Jill shares the Tibetan perspective. Why do cultural differences matter, and why are they so hard to understand? We share our thoughts and experiences about cultural differences, their power, and why we can so easily misinterpret them. We explore travel and other chances to be in various cultures and their differences. Wh…
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"Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It's seeing through the facade of pretense. It's the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true.” Adyashanti. Enlightenment is not about what we do or achieve or even find. Enlightenment…
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Fearless aging, let's explore how we can age fearlessly. When we are comfortable with who we are everyone else will be comfortable with who we are. Many cultures celebrate life stages, and in those cultures, aging is respected and valued. When you travel you see people eg, the natural indigenous cultures, you see those who are enjoying their life a…
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"I started to be free when I realized the cage was made of thoughts!" Unknown. We create cages for ourselves from our robotic thinking, we aren't aware that we are trapped until we become aware of our thoughts and their patterns. We can free ourselves, but how? Do you know what you are thinking right now? Many aren't, but it is that awareness that …
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