Life Challenges

Curtis Chang dealt with anxiety for a long time before the pressure became too much and he experienced a mental breakdown that led him to change his mentality. He learned that anxiety is not just a...

As a former trauma surgeon, Dr. Kathryn Butler saw suffering and death firs

On this Focus on the Family broadcast, counselor and author Stephen Arterburn offers valuable insights for overcoming trauma, pain, and hopelessness so that you can live a more joyful and fulfilling...

Sheri Rose Shepherd grew up in five blended families, as her parents divorced and remarried repeatedly. The emotional wounding of family brokenness was accompanied by suicidal thoughts and bulimia...

In a discussion centered on his book UnTrapped: Nine Options for Relational Change, Dr. Daniel Nehrbass offers advice for those of us who feel stuck in a relationship in which another person's...

Popular Christian recording artist Tammy Trent and her husband, Trent Lenderink, shared a storybook romance. Deeply in love, they were virtually inseparable - until the unthinkable happened. While...

On this Focus on the Family broadcast, Linda Seiler discusses her two-decade struggle with gender confusion and same-sex attraction which began during her childhood when she desperately wanted to be...

Author Elisa Morgan offers hope and encouragement to wives and moms as she shares personal stories of brokenness to illustrate how God can bring about redemption from the tragic circumstances of our...

On this Focus on the Family broadcast, war veteran Chad Robichaux uses a story of nearly being captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan to make an important point – when we are at a critical juncture...

On this Focus on the Family broadcast, Sarah Smith shares her touching story of navigating her mother’s journey with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Sarah's mom, nicknamed “Beauty,” was once full of...

If you're like most people, you have unhealthy eating habits, and despite your best efforts, you just haven't been able to break them. Find the breakthrough you're looking for by listening in to this...

Dr. Don Bartlette is a Native American who was born with a severe cleft palate and heart condition. On this Focus on the Family broadcast, you'll hear his moving testimony of what it felt like to...

At age 9, Becket Cook began dealing with same-sex attraction. As the youngest of eight kids in a Catholic family, he struggled with his identity…until he met his best friend in high school. They came...

For seven years she was a street child - eating, sleeping and living on the streets of Korea. Adopted by an American missionary couple at the age of nine, Stephanie became a Christian and pretended...

Steve Arterburn and Dr. David Stoop describe how past emotional and psychological wounds negatively impact your life and relationships, and how you can experience positive change through the healing...