23: The Getting Real with Hilary Show with Hilary Burns - Episode 2323: The Getting Real with Hilary Show with Hilary Burns - Episode 23
UK Health Radio Podcast
Hilary Burns speaks with spiritual mentor Rennie Merkel about leaving a painful corporate life, embracing her gifts, and sharing a moving example of recovery from addiction. The conversation blends personal stories, energy work and practical guidance on choosing lighter, more aligned paths.
46:45•31 Oct 2026
Back Pain, Corporate Burnout and a Spiritual Path to Healing
Episode Overview
- Chronic back pain led Rennie to leave a demanding corporate accounting job that no longer aligned with her wellbeing.
- Early intuitive experiences and dreams around death shaped her awareness of spiritual gifts from a young age.
- Rennie emphasises that what feels light and expansive is usually more aligned with your true path than what feels heavy and constrictive.
- A guided grounding and clearing practice aims to release fear, self-doubt and limiting beliefs, opening space for new choices.
- Rennie’s story of her sister’s shift from drug addiction to being clean and seeking purpose illustrates that change is possible at any moment.
“From someone who is in the depths of a drug addiction to becoming clean and deciding to find her life purpose to help others is just an example that it is possible for anyone to choose their soul mission at any point in time.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This conversation on the Getting Real with Hilary show follows spiritual mentor Rennie Merkel as she shares how a crippling back injury pushed her out of a demanding corporate accounting job and into her true calling as a "multi-dimensional channel" and light healer. You'll hear Rennie talk candidly about childhood trauma, the loss of her twin brother, and a series of vivid dreams that seemed to foreshadow family deaths.
These early experiences, combined with a lifelong sense of spiritual connection, eventually led her to work with what she calls galactic light councils and to guide clients through deep energetic healing and identity shifts. The episode isn’t just about mystical experiences; it also speaks directly to anyone stuck in a life that feels heavy and draining.
Rennie describes being in so much pain she was typing in tears with a heating pad strapped to her back, ignoring inner guidance to leave her "safe" job. When she finally trusted that guidance, her employer unexpectedly supported a gradual exit, and her health and business both improved.
For those interested in recovery, one of the most touching moments is a channeled message about her sister, who "has had a very traumatic life" and was once "in the depths of a drug addiction" but is now clean and seeking purpose in helping others. Rennie uses this example to show how, as she puts it, "nothing is permanent" and how a new choice in each moment can shift your path.
There’s also a guided grounding and light-language transmission aimed at easing self-doubt, fear and heavy emotional baggage, with a focus on following what feels light and expansive in your life. If you’re questioning your job, your habits, or your relationship with substances, this episode offers a different lens on change and healing. What small choice could you make today that feels lighter than the one before?
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