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The Intentional Encourager Podcast shares connecting, inspiring, entertaining and enlightening stories of incredible people. Guests talk about their triumphs, tragedies, the biggest obstacle they’ve overcome, the lessons learned from it and their biggest piece of Intentional Encouragement. Every episode is an opportunity to get encouraged and stay encouraged!
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Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Host of the Meet Me In The Field Podcast and South African Addiction and Wellness Specialist Freddie van Rensburg joins this episode to talk about:
- The energy of the host and guest in recording a podcast.
- Growing up in a Christian home and moving away from God in his late teens and early 20's.
- Becoming addicted to drugs at 42 and entering rehab.
- Discovering his addiction began at 5 with perfectionism and at 13 with athletics and suffering with anxiety.
- Believing the way he thought was unacceptable and thinking he had to be perfect to be accepted.
- Having a desire for greatness born from insecurity.
- His parents buying a home in a town in South Africa called Triumph, a former area designed for relocated Black South Africans.
- Being taught selective history in school and not knowing who Nelson Mandela was until he entered University and its impact on him.
- The greatest journey is the journey to self-love and creating a world of love.
Connect with Freddie on Facebook (Freddy van Rensburg) or www.freedie.org.za
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9eqfAoC8Lko
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