Migration preview: Browse the catalog and open free editions. Sign in with Cue to save books. Paid access requires confirmed Cue membership. Purchases are unavailable in this preview.

Cover of Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
Psychology · 19 min

Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

By Laurence Gonzales

This episode explores how our internal landscape—our fears, perceptions, and mental flexibility—determines who endures and who succumbs in life-or-death situations.

Start reading
Listen
Audio edition
Read
Reading edition
Category
Psychology
Duration
19 min
An excerpt

“This episode explores how our internal landscape—our fears, perceptions, and mental flexibility—determines who endures and who succumbs in life-or-death situations.”

— Laurence Gonzales, Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

What it is about

Survival psychology, resilience, decision-making under pressure

Who it is for

If you've ever felt overwhelmed by unexpected challenges, this will illuminate the internal resources that truly dictate resilience when everything else fails, and this will help you see what to do next.

The author

Laurence Gonzales, an award-winning journalist and experienced outdoorsman, draws on decades of research, interviews with survivors, and his own harrowing experiences to dissect the psychological underpinnings of survival.

About the author

Laurence Gonzales

View author readings →