With unwavering honesty, Charles Hanna reveals the common perception disorder that led him into drug addiction, and the extreme conditions under which he managed to rise up from near-death and recover his health, his wealth and his well-being.
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In conversation with KMZU Missouri host Shelby Flynn, Hanna explains how tragedies in his early childhood led him to develop rigorous self-reliance and determination.
Fortunately, these qualities allowed him to build a business empire. Unfortunately, the results didn’t make him happy. In fact, he plunged into depression and addiction.
Now 28 years sober, Hanna shares how a change in perspective literally saved his life and gave him the strength and structure to emerge from his dark night of the soul.
In addition, Hanna discusses the obsessive behaviours that run rampant in our population, and the reasons that these ‘perception disorders’ exist.
Do you have a perception disorder?
Maybe you’re wondering if you have a perception disorder. Hanna offers these questions to listeners to help determine the extent of their own potential perception disorder:
- Do you feel like you’ve been unlucky and that things never go your way?
- Do you have many resentments?
- Do you hold grudges?
- Do people constantly disappoint you?
If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, chances are, you’re suffering from a perception disorder.
Do you ‘own’ your life?
Hanna’s personal philosophy revolves around accepting that our lives don’t really belong to us; life is a gift we’ve been given. We didn’t pay for it. And in fact, it’s worth more than we could ever pay for it. Our miraculous abilities to see, to feel, to love, to sense the breeze on our skin – all these are part of the gift of life.
And we’re responsible for taking care of ourselves and this gift we’ve been given.
Toward the end of the interview, Hanna discusses the ways we need to take care of our physical, mental, and spiritual health in order to fulfill that responsibility for taking care of ourselves. And that’s something so many of us tend to ignore as we move through our busy lives.