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Asperger’s, Transgender, and More Caller Questions from January 16, 2025

January 16, 2025
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Topics: Sexual Integrity, Respect, Asperger’s, Dementia, Transgender, Adult Children, Pleasers, Vacillators, Social Media Addiction
Hosts: Brian Perez, Marc Cameron, JJ West

Caller Questions & More:

1. JJ shares insight about isolation from the Every Man’s Battle intensive in Atlanta.

2. My husband of 35yrs can’t hold a job, might be on the Asperger’s spectrum, and punishes me by withholding sex.

3. What can we do about my brother-in-law with dementia who has been breaking out of my sister’s home?

4. I’m the parent of a transgender 26yo daughter and am having a hard time with her marrying a woman and having kids with her; how can I process this?

5. What should I do to continue to heal from being a pleaser? My husband is a vacillator and has alcohol, porn, and social media addictions.

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Boundaries
100 Days of Prayer
Doing Life with Your Adult Children
How We Love

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