The podcast episodes demonstrate how a survival mindset can be critical in both physical and emotional challenges.

In Episode 461: Healing Our Past To Create More Love Now, the guest Christina Rasmussen guides the host through an exercise to identify and heal past 'invisible losses' that manifest as anger, self-doubt and conflict in his current intimate relationships. She offers tools like honest sharing, reframing narratives and nurturing joyful experiences to shift from a guarded 'survivor' mindset to an authentic, thriving self worthy of love.

Similarly, in Ultrarunning Accident: One False Step…, ultrarunner Gabe Joyce's pragmatic, rational mindset focused on problem-solving rather than panic was critical to his survival after a severe leg injury while running in the remote Wyoming mountains.