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“overcome each of them. We also discussed her new book, Radical Surrender, which I can tell you because I've read it is an absolutely fascinating and actionable exploration into how giving up our attempt to control certain things actually allows our brain to access new strategies to overcome major challenges, including addiction, as well as codependency, and altogether live healthier, better lives.”
“I want to talk about your new book, A Radical Surrender, and I want to talk about the spirituality piece. But before I do that, I want to just ask your opinion about two areas related to addiction that we see a lot of online.”
“It works great in a world of scarcity. It's a disaster in a world of plenty. In radical surrender, I'm talking about a control paradox where we evolved to reduce uncertainty in a chaotic world. That was essentially our teleologic mandate, right, or our reason for existence.”
“existential crisis in the form of, as I talk about in Radical Surrender, our son being diagnosed with and dying from leukemia. Like that, I did many hours of psychotherapy.”
“Like when I finished dopamine nation, I knew I wanted to write radical surrender. I originally had a chapter in dopamine nation on spiritual surrender and its role in recovery. I ended up cutting it because I couldn't do it justice.”
“offers me, what life calls me to do. Anna, thank you so much for coming here to talk about Radical Surrender, revisit the addiction material, some of which we touched on before, but most of which, you know, will be novel to people.”