Survive

Daniel, Daina, and Emily discuss their upcoming three-part mini-series focused on the journey from surviving to thriving. In this episode, they examine what it means to truly survive rather than just exist. Daina explains that survival often involves recognizing when you're merely "getting through" each day rather than living, while Daniel emphasizes that surviving requires forward momentum despite difficulty and stress, comparing it to primitive survival where progress is hard-won. The conversation explores how people in survival mode often blame external circumstances and other people for their struggles, but Emily and Daina note that real progress comes from recognizing personal responsibility and reclaiming control over one's responses, even when external challenges are valid. Daniel challenges listeners further by suggesting that refusing to create happiness while waiting for circumstances to change is actually a form of self-imposed hostage negotiation, and the episode concludes with Daina observing that the transition from surviving to reviving occurs when people realize their soul is dying despite their human self-managing daily tasks.

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