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In a time where dissociative symptoms and sleep paralysis are on the rise, Dr. Natalie Atwell brings clarity to the often-blurred lines between mental health and spiritual warfare. With years of experience as a licensed therapist, she shares powerful stories of clients who weren’t just battling trauma—but facing very real spiritual warfare.

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Shamso grew up praying five times a day, fasting Ramadan, and wanting to be the best Muslim she could be — and terrified that her good deeds would never be enough. Her husband Ryan never sat her down with the gospel; he dropped hints, kept a Quran app on his phone, and lived his faith through a hard season in a way she'd never seen. The first sermon she sat through was about husbands honoring their wives, and it explained him. Then came a conviction she didn't want: record your testimony. She posted it to a channel with 200 subscribers and walked away. Josh hears what happened next — the comment from Sweden, the missionary using her video with girls in a country she won't name, the brother who flew in for her baptism, and why she chose to step back from her family for a season.

In this episode:

- Refugee camp, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, then America

- "What if I can't get enough good deeds?" — fear of hell as a child

- Why Islam uses fear to keep you in

- Ryan: "Google this," and two days of not speaking

- Trying to convert her husband, and watching him suffer without resenting God

- Pregnant and crying: "What if my child asks me about God?"

- Honor killings, and what scared her most

- The first church service: a sermon on honoring your wife

- Hearing "Father in heaven" for the first time

- The conviction to make the video, and not understanding why

- 2,000 views: "I'm taking it down." 100,000 views: her mother's phone call

- "I didn't know a single ex-Muslim" — finding Nabeel Qureshi's testimony

- The first comment: an ex-Muslim in Sweden

- How she found Tom and JoAnn Doyle's books

- "Don't ask me to help Muslim people"

- Her brother flew in for her baptism

- As for me and my house — Joshua 24

- Choosing to step away from family for a season, and Mark 1:20

- Late-night conversations with her brothers about the crucifixion

- Josh's demonic dreams; possession in the Somali community

- The girl at her high school

- "Have you tried saying the name of Jesus?"

- "You were just influenced by your husband" — and why dreams and visions in Muslim countries answer that

Guest:

► Shamso's full testimony — https://ifoundthetruth.com

Chapters:

(00:00) Cold open

(00:36) Josh's intro

(01:37) Meet Shamso

(02:49) Refugee camp, Saudi Arabia, Kenya

(03:35) A conservative Somali Muslim home in America

(04:53) Fear of hell and not enough good deeds

(06:13) Is that common? Fear as a tactic

(07:59) "Not a religion for women"

(10:14) "Google this"

(10:56) Trying to convert her husband

(12:47) Watching Ryan suffer and still love God

(13:55) Pregnant: "What if my child asks about God?"

(15:19) What scared her most

(16:24) The first church service

(18:55) A Father in heaven

(19:24) The conviction to make the video

(20:53) Posting it and walking away

(21:28) 2,000 views: "Take it down"

(21:42) 100,000 views: the call from Africa

(22:19) "I didn't know a single ex-Muslim"

(24:24) The comment from Sweden

(24:57) The Doyles' books

(26:57) "We use your video to share the gospel"

(27:49) "Don't ask me to help Muslims"

(29:13) The baptism and her brother

(30:56) As for me and my house

(32:04) Stepping away for a season

(33:32) Late nights with her brothers

(35:23) A house like a slice of heaven

(37:21) Shame, and honoring your parents

(38:47) Mark 1:20 — they left without delay

(41:15) Josh's demonic dreams

(42:36) Possession in the Muslim community

(43:55) The girl at high school

(46:29) Did the dreams go away?

(47:59) The name of Jesus

(49:30) "It validates that I'm not crazy"

(50:07) Dreams and visions, not a husband's influence

Related: Ex-Muslim, Son of an Imam: Homeless at 17 in Morocco — Brother Rachid, Ep. 45

Topics: ex-Muslim, Somalia, Somali Christian, Muslim to Christian, testimony, fear of hell, Nabeel Qureshi, I Found the Truth, honor killing, demonic oppression, dreams and visions,

Raising kids in a broken world: true crime journalist Delia D'Ambra on parenting, safety and faith after what she's seen on the job.

Will opens up about the toll of stress and the small daily choices that bring joy and presence. This episode is a reminder that healing often begins with paying attention—to our emotions, our bodies, and the people we love.

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Welcome back to another episode of No Longer Nomads!
Today, we're joined by Delia D’Ambra — investigative journalist and the voice behind several hit true crime podcasts with over 190 million downloads.

Together, we explore questions that matter to all of us:

• How do you teach your family to stay safe without making them afraid of the world?
• How do you stay vigilant without living in fear?
• What does real safety look like — not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually?
• And what does forgiveness mean to a true crime journalist who’s witnessed the darkest sides of humanity?

We dive deep into these questions and more — and trust me, this is an episode for everyone.

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Empathy as a spiritual practice: Dr. Brian Pikalow, author of Relentless Empathy, on why it changes relationships, churches and families.

We dive into a powerful and practical conversation about how to love our spouses, children, and coworkers even better than ourselves. Don’t miss this enlightening episode—it’s full of wisdom you can apply today.

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Health myths keeping us sick: Alex Clark of Culture Apothecary on food dyes, pharma, processed food and what to do about it.

They talk about some of the health myths that are keeping us sick. From food dyes to pharma lies, Alex share the some truths behind what we eat and how we live. It's a bold, eye-opening convo that just might change the way you live. 

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Slowing down in parenting: Brighter Day Press founder Whitney Newby on motherhood, community and vulnerability.

In this episode, Josh Doyle interviews Whitney Newby, the founder of Brighter Day Press, who shares her journey of motherhood, the challenges of parenting, and the importance of community and vulnerability. Whitney discusses her devotional 'Lift Your Eyes,' which offers encouragement and perspective shifts for mothers. The conversation emphasizes the significance of prayer, self-control, and trusting God as our keeper amidst the struggles of parenting. This is a great episode - it's very practical! You don't want to miss this one!

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Erik Ouimette directs Uncharted Ministries' work in Egypt and the Arabian Gulf. He joins Josh with stories from the last year: a village imam who met the team saying a man in brilliant white had come to him in a dream and promised someone would arrive the next day; a refugee woman who heard the story of the woman bleeding for twelve years, said "that's my story, but eight years," and came back five hours later healed; a home church where the name of Jesus turned a woman's body hot; and two suitcases of Arabic audio Bibles that got through customs for the 25% of Egyptians who can't read. Josh adds his own — the mother-in-law with a crystal ball, and the night in Egypt he heard something underneath the adhan.

In this episode:

- Egypt's Christian history: John Mark, Alexandria, and what happened in 650

- Why the Coptic Church stopped evangelizing

- The Ramadan medical clinic the imam announced from his own loudspeaker

- Is the darkness perceivable? The village home church

- Jinn, and the woman who couldn't enter a church for four years

- The imam's dream: "I am Jesus Christ. I will send a man tomorrow"

- His wife, daughter and sister hear the gospel

- Why Jesus meets people in dreams

- The refugee ministry, and reading Luke 8 to a stranger

- "I have stopped bleeding. Tell me more about this Jesus"

- Why JoAnn Doyle uses that story with women

- Two suitcases of audio Bibles and a customs officer who waved them through

- Tanzania border: "Are you here to spread the good news or the bad news?"

- Jordan: one earbud in the husband's ear, one in the wife's

- The remote-control batteries

- The call to prayer, and the second voice under it

- Uncharted volunteers in prison — "What if the Lord's not done with them?"

Guest:

► Uncharted Ministries — [add link]

Chapters:

(00:00) Cold open: the imam's dream

(00:50) Josh's intro

(02:33) Erik, Uncharted, and the Arabian Gulf

(06:11) Egypt's Christian history

(07:56) The Coptic Church

(09:43) The Ramadan medical clinic

(11:31) Do you feel the darkness?

(12:15) The woman with a demon

(14:34) Jinn, and the crystal-ball mother-in-law

(17:27) Four years outside the church

(18:39) Hallelujah

(19:28) The man in white

(22:36) The team arrives the next day

(24:04) The imam's family hears the gospel

(25:00) Why dreams?

(28:09) The refugee ministry

(29:45) Luke 8: twelve years of bleeding

(31:20) "That's my story"

(33:03) Healed

(35:43) "Erik, you're not a woman"

(36:30) Audio Bibles and customs

(38:40) Good news or bad news?

(39:31) Jordan: one earbud each

(41:56) The remote-control batteries

(43:07) The call to prayer

(43:52) The second voice

(46:45) What missions in Egypt is for

(48:16) What's the cost?

(50:29) "What if the Lord's not done with them?"

Related: Demonic Attacks & Miracles in Egypt: She Woke With Bite Marks — Erik Ouimette, Ep. 92

Topics: dreams and visions, Jesus in dreams, Egypt, Muslim conversion, healing, demonic oppression, Uncharted Ministries, Coptic Church, refugees, audio Bible, call to prayer, missions, Erik Ouimette

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North Korea escape testimony: worshipping Kim Il-sung as God, abandoned at 9, homeless during the famine, arrested with 17 others at the Mongolian border, and the only one who survived.

Timothy Cho polished the Kim family statues before school and cried for days when "God" died. His grandmother was a secret Christian from the 1907 Pyongyang revival; his father, a history teacher who couldn't lie to his students anymore, escaped and left Timothy behind. Branded the son of a traitor, he was barred from school and the army and sentenced to the coal mines. At 17 he crossed the river into China, where the first Christian who tried to help him had a cross on the table — and Timothy fled, believing it was a curse. Two escapes, four prisons, a dead man leaning against his back in a North Korean cell, a South Korean gangster who taught him to pray, a 13-year-old girl's email that started an international campaign, and a mother's last question.

In this episode:

- Worshipping Kim as God, and the day "God" died

- A grandmother with a hidden Bible; faith as a crime

- The 1907 Pyongyang revival, Billy Graham's father-in-law, and Kim's mother

- 3,000 churches, 50,000 statues

- Public executions and the surveillance culture

- Son of a traitor: no school, no army, the coal mine

- The missionary's cross: "I thought my finger would rot"

- Eighteen at the Mongolian border; the sisters who buried their Bible

- "You will survive. You have to tell the story one day"

- Shanghai prison: a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Catholic, a Christian and a gangster pray for him

- "How do you pray?" — "Just say amen"

- The 13-year-old's email and John 14:18

- The nightmares in the UK, and "Father, forgive them"

- His mother's last question

Chapters:

(00:00) Cold open

(04:09) Worshipping Kim as God

(07:03) When "God" died

(13:53) A grandmother with a hidden Bible

(15:05) The 1907 revival

(17:00) Stalin and the churches

(23:25) Executions and surveillance

(27:21) The famine; his parents escape

(29:19) Son of a traitor

(35:38) The coal mine

(39:03) Crossing the river at 17

(42:12) The missionary's cross

(45:25) Eighteen at the border

(47:38) Four days handcuffed

(48:46) The only survivor

(50:05) The detention center

(57:05) The second escape

(58:44) Shanghai American School

(1:01:10) Shanghai prison

(1:04:10) "How do you pray?"

(1:07:03) The bargain

(1:08:20) Two diplomats

(1:09:26) The 13-year-old's email

(1:14:17) "I was not left behind"

(1:18:19) The trauma that followed

(1:20:37) "Father, forgive them"

(1:23:47) Finding his father

(1:24:09) His mother's last question

(1:30:37) Speak out

Related: Timothy Cho returns — Ep. 81

Topics: North Korea, defector, escape, Kim Il-sung, famine, persecuted church, Chinese prison, forgiveness, Christian testimony

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Why is forgiveness so hard? Tom Doyle on forgiveness in marriage, family and the Middle East, with stories from the mission field.

Why is forgiveness so hard? In this episode, Josh Doyle and Tom Doyle discuss the importance of forgiveness. From family and marriage tensions to global conflict, this episode delves deep into the struggle—and power—of forgiveness. Featuring stories from the Middle East, marriages restored, and what it means to live unoffended.

This is a great one - and practical too!

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