E267: From Nicole to Neeza to Christ: Breaking Free From a False Identity | Lila Rose Show
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🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Bullied for loving dance and the arts, high-schooler Neeza Powers never fit the mold of a “typical teenage boy.” Mocked and intimidated, he found escape by presenting as female, slipping into his friends’ clothes and even their bathroom, becoming someone mysterious and untouchable.
Ten years later, Neeza was still living as a woman, legally renamed Nicole. Everything shifted after a supernatural encounter in the forests of Vermont, an experience that transformed his life forever.
Join us for a powerful conversation about identity, redemption, and how God’s love and a faithful witness can break through the deepest struggles.
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:06:41 - "I became untouchable"
00:12:53 - Having thoughts of becoming a girl
00:16:13 - What did the bullying look like?
00:28:07 - Becoming Nicole
00:32:40 - State of Nicole’s soul
00:37:00 - Did anyone ask about God?
01:03:09 - Catholic theology
01:08:16 - State of his soul now
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Even at 10 years old, I thought because of bowling, it would be better to wake up and be a girl. |
| 0:04.8 | Were you afraid to use the bathroom at school? Oh, yeah. Like, I was afraid of my life. I just saw a lot of |
| 0:10.4 | safety being more and more and more feminine. Now I'm untouchable. The girls are letting me into their |
| 0:16.7 | bathroom. Every document since I've been an adult legally says I am a female named Nicole. |
| 0:23.0 | Did you ever have a Christian reach out to you? People don't realize that you can go your whole |
| 0:27.8 | life with never hearing that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior. He realized he could make |
| 0:37.0 | himself untouchable by identifying as a woman, but it came with great costs. |
| 0:41.7 | So he lived 12 years as Nicole, changing everything about himself, even his own birth certificate. |
| 0:47.7 | And he had never once heard the gospel until one day in the most unexpected place. |
| 0:53.0 | Now, Nisa Powers is on fire with the love of God, |
| 0:56.3 | showing day by day the path of conversion that he's on. These are the kinds of stories that |
| 1:00.6 | change the world and spread like wildfire. And I'm so grateful to all of you who are listening |
| 1:04.8 | to this show, who are subscribing, who are supporting us over on Patreon. You are the reason we |
| 1:09.6 | are able to create this show. The quickest and easiest way to support this show is to hit that subscribe button. Also, you can support the show by leaving us five stars and a review. That also helps this show reach more people. We are growing by leaps and bounds because of all of you, and I couldn't be more excited for this journey that we are on to spread the good, the true, and the beautiful. Check out our Patreon as well. You can subscribe to the Patreon today and get access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and the opportunity to ask guest questions before they come in studio. Go check that out at patreon.com slash Lila Rose Show. Nisa, thank you so much for coming on the podcast. I'm happy to be here. |
| 1:45.0 | I'm also happy that you agreed to do a remote style interview being completely across the country. |
| 1:52.0 | And I'm leaving out of the country. |
| 1:54.0 | It just, I was happy to be able to do this remotely. |
| 1:58.0 | I'm glad you're doing it with me remotely, but you've got to come in studio. |
| 2:01.7 | So maybe after your confirmation, after Easter, then we can plan it and then come on then. |
| 2:08.4 | Yeah, you know, I've never been to La La Land, or Lila Land, maybe you guys call it over there. |
| 2:14.4 | But Los Angeles scares me. |
| 2:16.2 | It seems like a big city with a lot of problems. |
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