The Higher-Self Trap with Anastasia Gerali

For over a decade, Anastasia Gerali chased peace through manifestation, meditation, and connection to her "Higher Self." She built a business helping women heal and grow rich doing it. On paper it looked like empowerment. Underneath it, she was spiraling toward suicide. In this episode Anastasia walks through her journey out of the Greek Orthodox culture she was raised in, into the New Age, the Law of Attraction, channeling, ayahuasca ceremonies in Peru, and finally into a face to face encounter with Jesus that pulled her back from the edge. This is a raw, honest look at how deception can wear the mask of love and light, and what it actually took for her to surrender control.

In this conversation they cover: Growing up with religion as culture rather than relationship with Christ How manifestation and The Secret became her first doorway into New Age belief Building a manifestation coaching business and linking her worth to money The image management and "good vibes only" pressure inside the coaching world Channeling her late father and getting pulled into light language and astral projection What really happened during her ayahuasca retreat in Peru The three year spiritual breakdown that followed, including two suicide attempts The exact moment Jesus met her at the gym and asked "when will you surrender to me" Why she believes lukewarm Christianity leaves people wide open to deception What deliverance and repentance actually look like once you come out the other side