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Love Your Life, with Randy Mermell
Randy Mermell is an international coach, speaker, and podcaster. Randy helps people live happy and purposeful lives. Drawing from his own experience from 20 years of happy marriage, raising two daughters, and his success as an entrepreneur, he has helped others get through all types of professional and personal challenges, including love, marriage, children, jobs, and finding passion in everything we do. With over 28 years of sobriety, and success in his own life overcoming low self-esteem, addictions to alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, and coffee Randy draws on his real-life experience to lead meditation and recovery retreats internationally.
57:11•12 Mar 2022
Finding Strength in Surrender: Randy Mermell on Step 1 of Recovery
“I admit my powerlessness every day in the hopes that one day I'll actually accept it, because I think admission is a cognitive exercise and acceptance is unconscious, and I still struggle with that all of the time.”
What does it truly mean to admit defeat? In this episode of 'Love Your Life', Randy Mermell, an international coach and speaker, dives deep into the first step of the 12-step recovery program: admitting powerlessness over addiction. Randy shares his personal journey and struggles, highlighting how embracing defeat and surrendering to a higher power has been crucial in his path to sobriety.
Through candid discussions, he explains how meditation and recovery retreats have been instrumental in helping him and others find inner peace and purpose. Randy's honest reflections reveal that admitting powerlessness is more than just a cognitive exercise; it's an ongoing challenge that requires both mental and emotional acceptance. With a mix of heartfelt stories and practical advice, this episode offers a unique perspective on the importance of surrender in overcoming addiction.
Whether you're on your own recovery journey or supporting someone who is, Randy's insights provide a comforting reminder that strength can be found in surrender.
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