Reacting to Controversial TikToks as a Christian

Happy & Healthy with Jeanine Amapola

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Christianity, Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Hey friends! I'm mixing it up this week and I'm reacting to TikToks and IG reels that have been all over my feed lately! From whether having a boyfriend is “embarrassing” to the whole “Hatch is demonic” controversy, and even church aesthetics and modesty debates—I’m diving into it ALL. These are things we’re seeing all over social media, and I just wanted to talk about them through a biblical lens. So heads up: some hot takes ahead! I also talk about how Christians are often misunderstood online (especially moms or people passionate about their faith), and why we should still stand firm in truth with kindness. Hope you enjoy it! In This Episode [3:28] Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing? [7:00] Culture vs. Christian Dating [12:55] The Hatch Sound Machine Controversy [15:39] Tarot Cards & Spiritual Open Doors [20:00] Christian Backlash & Internet Hate [28:00] Meredith Foster & the “Cult” Accusation [32:25] Are Megachurches Just Performance? [37:30] Modesty, Pick-Me Girls & Halloween [43:05] Mom Shaming & Big Family Backlash OUR SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by Betterhelp: Our listeners get 10% off their first month at - ⁠⁠⁠⁠betterhelp.com/happyhealthy⁠⁠⁠⁠ Function: Function gives you a near-360 view of your health, and my followers get a $100 credit toward membership. Just go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠functionhealth.com/HAPPY⁠⁠⁠⁠ or use gift code HAPPY100 at sign-up to start owning your health today. Our Place: Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠fromourplace.com/HEALTHY⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use code HEALTHY for 10% off sitewide. Ritual: Get 25% off your first month at ⁠⁠⁠ritual.com/HEALTHY. ⁠⁠⁠ NIV Bible App: You can save an extra 10% on any NIV Application Bible or NIV Application Commentary resource by visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠faithgateway.com/ NIVAB⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and using code HEALTHY at checkout. Boll & Branch: Get 15% off plus free shipping on your first set of sheets at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BollAndBranch.com/HAPPYANDHEALTHY.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Brooklyn Bedding: Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠brooklynbedding.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use my promo code HEALTHY at checkout to get 30% off sitewide. Knowing God’s Voice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠It's available now⁠⁠⁠⁠ everywhere books are sold, so grab your copy today! If you’d like to partner with Jeanine as a sponsor for the Happy & Healthy podcast, fill out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Advertise With Us⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ form! Follow us on Instagram!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Happy and Healthy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeanine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeanine and Kaleb⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on TikTok! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Happy and Healthy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeanine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Having a boyfriend is embarrassing now. Today, I want to do reacting to videos I see on TikTok and
0:07.5	Instagram and giving my biblical and Christian perspective. This next one is very controversial right now,
0:15.7	and it's about patches being demonic. It may offend you, and you may not agree with me and that is okay.
0:24.0	I just feel like we're in this culture where we just hate men.
0:27.6	The real scary thing is you're a mom.
0:30.4	Why are people always like this moms?
0:32.1	I dread for your children.
0:34.1	Someone commented, Jesus is embarrassed.
0:37.0	This grinds my gears. And I feel like I have the ability
0:42.8	to talk about this because I'm the youngest of seven kids. If you're a Christian, you should be
0:46.9	doing this or you're not a Christian if you're doing this. And it's like, let's just go back to
0:50.2	scripture. What does Bible say?
1:02.7	What's up, everybody, and welcome back to Happy and Healthy. I'm your host, Janine,
1:08.7	Emma Pola Ward, and I'm super excited about today's episode because this is one I haven't really done. I've definitely done some reacting podcasts in the past,
1:12.8	like Emma Chamberlain, Mel Robbins, the summer I turned pretty, stuff like that. But this one is
1:18.4	going straight into what we're seeing on social media. Now, I feel like, you know, I'm a scroller,
1:24.9	I'm a watcher, I'm a consumer, and there's sometimes things
1:27.9	that we see online that I just don't think are necessarily biblical. Now, of course, not everything's
1:34.4	going to be biblical because social media is not a Christian space. And it is a place where everyone
1:39.3	has freedom of speech, freedom of thought, everyone can give their opinions, they can share
1:43.7	everything.
1:44.6	But as a believer, I want us to be able to scroll online and be able to kind of decipher and
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