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The Thought Snob Podcast with Paula SwopeAuthor: Thought Snob Media
Paula Swope, author, speaker, and Chopra Certified life coach and instructor, aims to leave you in better shape than when you tuned in. Each podcast guest is selected strategically with your health and wellness in mind. Guests appearing on Paulas podcast are from all walks of life, but they share one commonality expertise to help you improve in every way. Language: en Genres: Education, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Improvement, Spirituality Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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**RE-RELEASE** When God Stopped Being Scary
Episode 103
Monday, 4 May, 2026
This episode originally aired in September, and with so many new listeners, it deserves another moment—especially if you’re questioning what you’ve been taught to believe. What if the God you were taught to fear was never really God at all? In this episode, Paula shares her journey from a fear-based religious upbringing to a deeper, love-centered understanding of God—blending personal experience with insights from psychology, neuroscience, and conscious creation. Once shaped by guilt, judgment, and the fear of getting it wrong, she began to question everything—and discovered a different kind of Divine energy rooted in love, awareness, and creation. This episode invites you to ask a powerful question: What kind of God do I want to believe in? ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: What if the God you were taught to fear was never really God at all? In this episode, Paula breaks down her journey from the fear-based religion of her upbringing to the empowering, love-centered God she knows today — with insights from psychology, neuroscience, and conscious creation. She grew up believing in a God who terrified her — a jealous, punishing deity who held my twelve-year-old self accountable for every sin. Questions were blasphemy. Curiosity was dangerous. Fear was faith. But then she discovered something radical: maybe the God she was taught to fear wasn’t God at all. Listen closely as she opens up about her personal journey from “Old God” — the warden of rules, hellfire, and judgment — to “Now God,” the Divine Energy of love, intelligence, and creation. By the end, she hopes you’ll ask yourself the same question she did: What kind of God do I want to believe in?
