Today’s guest is another internet friend of mine who has a new age to Jesus story. I was initially impressed with her talent for breaking down the concept of sin in a way that just… makes sense.

“Look around this world, it’s beautiful, but something is broken.”

We had a winding and disorganized conversation about God and new age and lots of different things like… Andrew Huberman?

And… I hope that, despite the disorganized nature, it is still fun to listen to.

You can find Shyla here:

Shyla’s instagram Heart to Christ

Shyla’s Tik Tok

Shyla’s Youtube

Her youtube testimony! (I highly recommend listening to this!)

Behind the paywall, you can watch the video version of this conversation:

Enjoy my conversation with Jac Marino Chen, ex-occultist who was being pulled into darker and darker rituals and spiritual encounters, saved from darkness and addiction by Jesus.

Her story really hammers home the darkness of the trendy ‘new age’…

Find Jac on instagram, her website, her youtube, or her new podcast with Doreen Virtue and Jen Nizza: New Age to New Heart.

Today I guess I’m making it official: I’m going to continue my Problematic podcast, mostly talking to people on the theme of HOW THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS.

Today I’m talking to a friend who is remaining anonymous, on how she changed her entire worldview from an extremely progressive public health major, to moving to an off-grid cabin in the middle of the woods during 2020 to avoid having to get vaccinated, and what she learned and experienced along the way.

(I already shared the unedited version for paid subscribers, and sent a preview to everyone, so if it feels like I already sent this along, that’s why.)

Want to tell me your problematic story?

I want to talk to people and hear their ‘problematic’ ‘how I changed my mind’ stories for the podcast! If you think you have a good story, and are a relatively good speaker and storyteller… send an email to problematicstories@gmail.com, and give a detailed overview of what you’d like to talk to me about — how much to share? Enough peak my interest! And you can remain anonymous on the podcast if you’d like! (Though I know not everyone will be anonymous).

Want to support the podcast?

Become a paid subscriber! You can get access to bonus content, posts I’m not ready to share publicly yet, the raw unedited version of this episode (with the revealed identity!), and more.

Ooooohhhh here we go…!!

Today is going to be a triggering episode for many, on a polarizing topic... I’m talking to Misti Mazzurca about her experience as an energy worker, communing with spirits on “the other side,” and her dark and scary experiences that led her to Christianity and Jesus.

You may not *agree* with everything said on today’s episode, but…

Alrighty, here is a second conversation with Adrian of Capitalism and Glitter and Undiagnosed If you haven’t listened to the first one, it’s fully available to all here: The Most Problematic Topic of Them All.

I recommend listening to the first one before listening to this one.

UNFORTUNATELY for all of us… I was mentally impaired and especially stupid the day we recorded this one, thanks to my brain being flooded with histamine, so this conversation is a little disjointed and staying behind the paywall. We cover MCAS / Histamine / Orthorexia / and then… Demons & Dinosaurs & Giants 🤣

Just know that everything I say about the spirit world, I’m saying veeeerrrrryyyy loosely based on current research and thoughts … I’m not saying any of this definitively.

Okkkayyy! Enjoy!

PS! Also, join us on the subscriber chat. Paid subscribers can engage with me and other subscribers and respond to the prompts I post!

Today I’m sharing my conversation with Teva Johnstone, a licensed clinical social worker, who now primarily does parent training and coaching on autism and homeschooling/unschooling. She is unabashedly outspoken on our current “culture wars” and the ideological capture in therapy and in schools, and how it affects children, especially the current narrative on race and gender.

You can find Teva on instagram @rebel.parents, at her website, or on her own substack, Wrong Think.

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This episode was partially sponsored by Micro Balance Health Products. They’re the products I used over the summer when I was dealing with my mold saga in my basement, and they helped me improve the air quality of the rest of my house before and after the remediation. They can be used whether you have a small mold saga, or a big mold saga. Use the code CAROLINE for 10% off your order!

This episode is also brought to you by those of you who have paid subscriptions. Thank you so much to everyone who can support my work in that way, it means a lot, and makes my current writing and podcasting possible.

If you’re a paid subscriber, let me know what you think in the comments.

Here’s a great post by The Free Press, that expands on some of what Teva and I discuss in this episode.

Hello! After all my effort merging my old podcast with my new substack podcast… I split them again. Meaning, I’m starting over again, with a new podcast: Problematic. Today’s episode is most problematic direction of them all… talking about health, chronic illness, and v @ ccines.

In this episode, my friend Adrian (of @capitalism.and.glitter on instagram) talks about her journey of discovery with her health after becoming disabled from COVID... We cover RCCX theory! V@ c cine injury! Government corruption! And more!

I had to cut some of this episode for length, so I’ll be releasing lots of what I cut behind the paywall later this week (I hope, I usually overpromise on timing…), and I also plan to talk to her again soon (“soon”), because really, we just scratched the surface of what I hoped we would get into talking about.

I actually wrote my most recent post, detoxing vs. nourishing, and posted it before releasing this episode on purpose, because I wanted to give some context for when Adrian and I off-handedly refer to “minerals” and “organ meat”… we are both on the “nourish your body with minerals” train right now… so check it out if you haven’t yet.

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This episode was partially sponsored by Micro Balance Health Products. They’re the products I used over the summer when I was dealing with a mold problem in my basement, and they helped me improve the air quality of the rest of my house before and after the remediation. Use the code CAROLINE for 10% off your order!

This episode is also brought to you by those of you who have paid subscriptions. Thank you so much to everyone who can support my work in that way, it means a lot, and makes my current writing and podcasting possible.

Oh, and the mold consultant can be found here: Andrew Melrose!

Another way to support my work for free, is to rate, review, (and subscribe) to this podcast wherever you listen. When I shared the link to this new podcast in instagram a few months ago, I immediately got tons of 1 star reviews from my *fans* so… every good review helps!

Be back soon with more fun.

If you’re a paid subscriber, let me know what you think in the comments.

Today I’m sharing my conversation with Seerut Chawla. We talk about her brief foray into cancelling someone on the internet, her change of heart, and both of our experiences waking up to the insanity and cult dynamics of cancel culture…

It’s a good one!

Find Seerut’s instagram, twitter, and website.

Hello! I’m here I’m here! I’m back I’m back!

I am VERY EXCITED to share today’s episode…

Today I’m chatting with Isabel Foxen Duke, former anti-diet coach and peer of mine, on how she changed her worldview and became disenchanted with the left. She eventually pivoted her marketing skills and applied them to her new interest… bitcoin (!!!!)

If you’ve followed me since the anti-diet days, you will probably also know Isabel. This is a fun little crossover episode. And not only that, but I was excited when Isabel’s story also included a big surrender to God and his plan…

Please enjoy! If you are a paid subscriber, enjoy the video version of this chat below as a fun little perk and thank you for your support!

Her Website

Her Instagram

Her Twitter (aka Instagram for Men!)

The Bitcoin Podcast Episode Isabel mentioned:

Just for paid subscribers… the video of our chat:

Welcome back to this podcast series “Why I Changed My Mind” after another half-a-year long hiatus. Ha.

Today I’m sharing my conversation with Amber Adrian on how she stopped identifying as a mainstream modern feminist, after having that as her identity since college.

Part two of the conversation is behind the paywall, and all about her conversion to Catholicism.

Find…

Today I bring you one of my rarer paid podcast episodes. I recorded this conversation with my friends Adrian and Jenna, back in May. 6 months ago. Just a few weeks after Jenna decided that she was down with this whole Jesus thing.

Our conversation is a little out-dated, because we are all 6 months further along in our belief journey. But I finally listen…

Today I’m talking to Isabella Malbin, host of the Whose Body Is it Podcast.

We talk about how she became “radicalized” in critique of gender and trans ideology, and touch on some of the larger transhumanist agendas at play.

Find Isabella on instagram

Isabella’s website

K Yang (mentioned by Isabella)

Today I’m sharing Kara Mosher’s story with you. Her story is actually the first ex-new age testimony I ever heard back in the fall, but today we are getting the updated version, where, after coming out of being a psychic medium and giving her life to Jesus, she fell into a culty Christian group before finally breaking free.

Her story is a wild ride and I’m excited for you to hear it!

I’m also doing a live event with Kara on Wednesday night and paid subscribers are invited! Check out the details here.

Find Kara on one of her many shadowbanned instagram accounts

Here or Here

In today’s episode I’m talking to Jasmine Elatab, lawyer and ex-new-age coach on her spiritual conversion to being a boring ol’ Jesus freak.

Hey, if this Jesus content is not your thing, I promise that it will not be the only thing I share from here on out… I just happen to have talked to a lot of people back to back about their own Jesus stories.

I mean …

Today I have another anonymous conversation for you, this one behind the paywall.

This conversation is with a formerly liberal mom who started getting uncomfortable with her own “problematic views,” until one day her son came home from school asking her if he was really born a boy, or if he was going to grow breasts. She started researching the social c…

Today I’m sharing my conversation with Eboni McDaniel, herbalist and author of the Thoughts By Another Human substack. She shares her experience changing her mind over the past few years, notably her views on BLM as a black woman.

Find Eboni:

Eboni’s Website: https://www.livethealt.life

Discount code for 20% off: SUBSTACK

Eboni’s Substack: Thoughts by Another Human

Have you changed your mind??? If you have a good story on how YOU changed your mind, email me your story at problematicstories@gmail.com

There are now two new official versions of this conversation:

The free version includes Mike’s testimony and most of the Q&As (questions asked on instagram ahead of time)

The paid version includes Mike’s testimony and all of the Q&As, including us discussing our dating boundaries we’ve never shared before, and a discussion on male headship in marriage… th…

Hello! I’m excited to share my chat with Jo Hargreaves, aka @the.faith.filled.therapist on instagram. The audio of the conversation is a free podcast episode, and the video is a perk for paid subscribers!

If you want more from her, you can find her inspiring content on instagram, or get more on her website.

Hello! Today I’m chatting with Christy Osborne, author of the book Love Life Sober, and co-host of the But Jesus Drank Wine! podcast, and we talk about both of our journeys to sobriety (mine was accidental!). We are talkin’ sobriety and God.

Her new book Live Life Sober: A 40-Day Alcohol Fast to Rediscover Your Joy, Improve Your Health, and Renew Your Mind, is an approach to sobriety that is God and gospel-centered, focusing on how important it is to find fulfillment in God instead of alcohol (otherwise, we will just replace the vice with another!) and a gentle, grace filled approach.

I hope you enjoy the conversation, no matter what your relationship with alcohol is.

Find her book here: Love Life Sober

Find my testimony on her podcast here!

This is part 2, edited from our 4 hour long recorded conversation! This time we get into her testimony, and scary experiences during Ayahuasca, and how it led to year of being tormented by demonic entities.

If you haven’t yet, you can listen to the first part where we talked about meeting during our harrowing escape from hurricane Helene.

And if you want it, you can access the entire 4 hour video behind the paywall of Part 1.

Find Kristin here:

Kristin’s Substack

Kristin’s Instagram

Hello! I really am sorry for all of these delays in posting. I’ve gotten very bad at doing stuff. My first excuse was a 5-week engagement, my second was the first trimester of a pregnancy, and now my excuse is a miscarriage that has taken forever, and wiped me out in every way.

But I’m trying to get better at doing stuff again, as the fog and grief slowly lifts.

This is a conversation Mike and I had with our friend Kristin. Our intention was to talk to her so we could share her Jesus testimony with you. But then we spent the first hour of the conversation telling the story about how we all met in person: escaping Hurricane Helene, and how we almost didn’t escape after destruction hit, and all the roads were destroyed.

I’ll release her testimony soon for free listeners.

However, if you’re a paid subscriber you don’t have to wait. You can watch the whole 4 hour (unedited! sorry!) video recording below, if you want to hear her story now.

Enjoy!

I could have titled this something basic like, “Our Relationship Story,” but I decided to go with the more salacious title. Marketing 101, you know.

But it’s true. I did not want to date him because I thought he was way too extreme. But life/God had other plans. So today we are telling our story.

Context for those who follow on instagram: We recorded this…