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 attracts people because it often feels compassionate, inclusive, & empowering.Manifestation replaces prayer with control. Trauma is real, but trauma is not identity. It can shape survival patterns, but it must not become the organizing center of the person.Nervous system regulation matters, but it is not salvation. Therapy & confession are not interchangeable. Therapy expose patterns, but repentance/metanoia bring the person before Christ for transformation.Christ restores identity. The final word over the person is not trauma, diagnosis, survival pattern, or false identity… but Christ. Sound Bytes: “New Age felt like the complete opposite. It was very inclusive… it felt like coming home, if I’m honest.” “You’re a ritual away or a practice away from the thing that you’re looking for.”“Now I absolutely know without a doubt that that was a demon.” “I was using the word surrender, but I wasn’t surrendering myself to Him. I was trying to surrender to me.“Christ restored my identity… my identity in Christ, as chosen, cherished, loved, created.” 00:00 Coming Up 03:08 False Healing 03:54 Meet Anastasia Gerali 07:09 Cultural Orthodoxy 09:48 Trauma & the Search for Healing 12:23 Why New Age Felt Like Home 13:29 What Christians Misunderstand About New Age 16:43 Manifestation & “The Secret” 18:40 Hypnotherapy & the Subconscious Mind 21:58 Yoga, Meditation & Psychic Practices 23:17 Subjective Truth, Dreams & Spiritual Deception 25:38 Ayahuasca, Hidden Knowledge & the Veil Dropped 33:59 Buddhism & Reincarnation 36:26 Plant Medicine, DMT & Testing Every Spirit 39:19 How Christ Pulled Anastasia Out 44:46 Jesus Christ, Surrender & Deliverance 50:07 When Trauma Becomes Identity 57:44 Trauma Neuroscience, Strongholds & Survival Patterns 1:06:18 Therapy, Confession & Repeated Patterns 1:08:38 Metanoia, Repentance & the Renewal of the Mind 1:10:58 Christ Restored Her Identity 1:17:18 Closing Thoughts Where to Find Anastasia: @the.reborn.anastasia - Instagram, YouTube, & TikTok Work with Dr. Mike : Signed Copies of Orthodoxy & The Medicine of the Future: OrthodoxHealth.com/book Order Orthodoxy & the Medicine of the Future on Amazon Donate to St. John the Theologian here Support the Show with a One-Time or Recurring donation Intro & Outro Music: St. John of Chicago Orthodox Church Choir (Arkansas) - Please support their building fund by buying the whole album here Orthodox Health Instagram & Telegram