Please note - this episode is not appropriate for children.

In part 1 of our chat with Sarah, you will hear all about her journey into the New Age and the beginnings of her conversion to Christianity. Sarah shares how anxiety and panic attacks took over her life at an early age, leading her into New Age practices like crystals and meditation and becoming a Reiki 'healer'. Despite initially feeling a sense of relief and awakening, her spiritual path soon began to unravel.

Sarah opens up about hitting rock bottom with her mental health struggles, endometriosis and anorexia, and how the New Age practices stopped 'working'. Returning home to her Mum, Sarah grew curious about Christianity and ultimately realized that her New Age beliefs were filled with lies.

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0:00 - Coming up
1:00 - Intro
1:14 - Welcome
2:04 - About Sarah
3:59 - Sarah's Christian background
6:06 - The longevity of prayer
7:30 - The beginnings of anxiety and panic attacks
8:10 - Doing what was right in my own eyes
10:38 - Anxiety ruled my life
12:22 - Extreme periods and going on 'the pill'
13:28 - "The pill... changed my sense of smell"
14:33 - Getting off 'the pill'
15:23 - Body image struggles
17:12 - The start of Sarah's spiritual journey
19:02 - Experimenting in the New Age
19:55 - What is Reiki Healing? Sarahs experience
21:40 - Moving deeper into New Age practices 
22:47 - Mixing dr*gs and meditation
23:45 - New Age spiritual awakening
24:38 - Trapped in remote New Zealand in a flood and stranded for 2 days
29:10 - New Age turns sour
31:35 - Sarah's pain and struggle in stage 3 endometriosis 
35:19 - Rock bottom of Sarah's mental health struggles, anorexia and reiki not 'working' anymore
39:50 - Moving back home to Mum
43:03 - Becoming curious about Christianity 
43:37 - Reiki is witchcraft, 'speaking to the dead' isn't real, the lie of New Age spirituality
46:49 - Demonic experience
50:20 - Coming up next week

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