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In this raw episode of Lights On, Carl and Laura do something brand new: they open the inbox and answer real questions from real people navigating the hardest seasons of their marriages. No scripts. No filter. Just honest, experience-backed responses to the emails and DMs that have been flooding in for years.

Drawing from 23 years of marriage and their own journey through betrayal, rebuilding, and recovery, Carl and Laura tackle four gut-wrenching listener questions—and don't hold back. From a wife whose husband is weaponizing scripture after years of infidelity, to a man whose wife refuses to cut off the affair partner, to a woman whose unfaithful husband expects love after doing the bare minimum—this episode exposes the patterns that keep broken marriages stuck and the truths that set people free.

Laura shares the exact daily check-in framework—physically, emotionally, spiritually, and sexually—that became a cornerstone of their rebuilding process, including the words that were completely off the table. Carl delivers the standard every betrayer needs to hear: not cheating anymore doesn't earn you credit. That's the minimum. The minimum is over and above.

From why "God hates divorce" is not a weapon, to the "two truths" tool that has carried Laura through five years of healing, to why consistency over years matters more than heroic effort over months—this episode delivers the kind of counsel most people can't find anywhere else.

This episode will challenge anyone who believes change is proven by words instead of time, fruit, and evidence.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 We're Doing Something New

02:17 What Are Daily Check-Ins After Betrayal?

05:58 The Words We Banned From Our Check-Ins

09:30 When Should Reconciliation Stop Being An Option?

13:04 How Do You Actually Know Someone Has Changed?

17:06 God Behind Bars Partnership

17:39 Should Contact With The Affair Partner Be Cut Off?

23:40 Feelings Don't Lead – Principles Do

25:41 My Husband Isn't Going Above And Beyond

30:11 Plana Partnership

30:33 Is There Hope For Change After Betrayal?

35:43 The Two Truths Tool That Changed Everything

39:18 Consistency Is The Only Proof That Matters

46:54 Final Thoughts: Nobody Is Too Far Gone

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