About this episode

Anastasia Gerali shares her journey from New Age spirituality back to Christ, discussing the dangers of false healing and the impact of trauma on identity.

Not everything called healing actually heals. In this episode of The Orthodox Health Podcast , Dr. Michael Christian & John are joined by Christian trauma therapist, Anastasia Gerali, The Reborn Anastasia, to discuss her journey from cultural Orthodoxy into New Age spirituality... & back to Christ. Anastasia shares how trauma, divorce, manifestation, hypnotherapy, yoga, meditation, psychic practices, Buddhism, & ayahuasca all became part of her search for peace. What first felt empowering & inclusive eventually revealed itself as spiritually destructive. Her story culminates in the moment the Holy Spirit instructed her to pray to Jesus, & Christ restored the identity that trauma & false healing had distorted. They also discuss why the New Age attracts wounded people, how trauma can become an identity, why nervous system regulation is not salvation, what therapy can & cannot do, & why true healing means becoming whole in Christ… body, soul, mind, will, memory, wounds, & all. Takeaways: ​Counterfeit healing often starts by naming a real wound. The danger is not always that the pain is fake, but the false gospel built around the pain. ​The New Age…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Michael Christian, John

Guest: Anastasia Gerali

Topics covered

• healing
• trauma
• spirituality
• New Age
• Christianity
• identity
• therapy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Age, Buddhism, Christ, Holy Spirit, ayahuaca

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