Author | Podcast Host | Wife & Mother

I’m Michaela Nikolaenko, and I was quite literally saved from the grave.

Born into generational addiction and abandonment, I spent years searching for love, healing, and identity in all the wrong places—through ungodly relationships, substances, New Age spirituality, material things, and worldly validation. But nothing could fill the void in my heart only Jesus was designed to fill.

In one life changing moment, He lifted the veil and gave me the eyes to see the spiritual wickedness I had been communing with. My heart was wrecked, and in his graciousness, He brought me home to Him.

Now, I live to share how He can redeem anyone, no matter how far they’ve gone.

I created The Raised & Redeemed Podcast to help others find their way home to Christ after a life of New Age deception, sex work, addiction, trauma, and ungodly relationships. And I wrote Raised & Redeemed, the memoir, to show exactly how God did that for me.

This space is for real conversations, raw testimonies, and encouragement for those who have been to the dark side and back. Through my podcast, book, and online presence, I share the power of grace and the truth that no one is too far gone to be restored by Christ’s love.