Lights On with Carl Lentz

Is It Really Possible to Overcome Infidelity? (Our Book Is Out!)

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The 10 Receipts of Repentance: How to Know If They’ve Really Changed

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"God Forgave Me, Why Can't You?" (The Theology That Dodges Accountability)

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Rage, Disclosure, and Raising Kids Through it All

Want to submit questions? Email us at hello@carlandlaura.com Every couple in recovery hits the same three walls at some point. The rage that won't quit. The suspicion th

Two questions every couple in recovery is asking (and the honest answers)

Want to submit questions? Email us at hello@carlandlaura.com Some of the hardest questions in recovery aren't the big ones. They're the small, daily ones that couples ge

Fighting, s*x, and privacy: what actually counts as normal

Want to submit questions? Email us at hello@carlandlaura.com "Is this normal?" is one of the most asked questions in every marriage counselor's office. It's also one of

Four Myths about Betrayal We Need to Stop Believing

Want to submit questions? Email us at hello@carlandlaura.com Some of the biggest misconceptions couples carry into betrayal recovery aren't just wrong. They're the reaso

Forgiveness, Triggers, Relapse, and Alcohol: Your Questions Answered

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The Three Listener Questions Every Betrayed Spouse Needs to Hear

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The marriage questions people are afraid to ask out loud

Want to submit questions? Email us at hello@carlandlaura.com Since Lights On started, we've been asked a lot of questions. Some out loud. Some in private messages. Some

How to actually change the climate of your home

Want to submit questions? Email us at hello@carlandlaura.com The Summer Shots series continues, and this week's shot is the simplest and hardest one yet. In this episode

How to encourage your spouse in a way they actually feel

Want to submit questions? Email us at hello@carlandlaura.com Last week Carl and Laura kicked off the Summer Shots series with the challenge to cut criticism for a full w

Why criticism is quietly killing your marriage (and what to try instead)

Want to submit questions? Email us at hello@carlandlaura.com Most people have never been taught how to apologize. And the ones who have often learned to do it in a way t

The alarm clock every marriage eventually hears

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How to come back to each other after years of drift

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How to stop being lonely in your marriage

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What Your Anger is Actually Trying to Tell You

Want to submit questions? Email us at hello@carlandlaura.com A listener wrote in with a question almost every betrayed spouse eventually wrestles with: I have every righ

The two decisions every couple has to make after betrayal

Want to submit questions? Email us at hello@carlandlaura.com After last week's episode reframing the most asked question in betrayal recovery, Carl and Laura pick up exa

Should I stay or should I leave? (You're asking the wrong question)

Want to submit questions? Email us at hello@carlandlaura.com After betrayal, almost every couple lands on the same question: should I stay or should I leave? In this epi

You Will Not Get Around to a Healthy Marriage "Someday" (Part 2 with the Metcalfs)

Charles and Abby Metcalf are back at the table, and this one goes deeper than part one. In this episode of Lights On, Carl, Laura, Charles, and Abby get into the parts of