What It's Like To Survive Being Cut In Half

Mauled By A Grizzly And Buried Alive

Brady Lowry was attacked by a grizzly bear while he and his friend Kendell Cummings were out in the Wyoming backcountry. When Kendell saw the bear on Brady, he didn’t run, he jumped in and tried to pull the bear off his friend. The grizzly then turned on Kendell and mauled him too. Then it buried him alive.

What It's Like To Survive Being Cut In Half

Loren Schauers was an 18 year old construction worker whose life changed forever after a horrific forklift accident nearly killed him. But behind the headlines is a story far deeper than most people realize. In this episode, Loren and his wife Sabia sit down with me to tell the full story in their own words. From the moments before the accident… to waking up in the hospital… to the impossible decision doctors gave him… to what life actually looks like now. This isn’t just a survival story. It’s a story about resilience, love, identity, faith, pain, and choosing to keep living when everything changes in an instant.

She Was Swept Away By A Flash Flood And Found By Chance

Nicole Johnson set out for what should have been a normal kayaking trip near Ashland, Missouri — but when a flash flood hit, everything changed in an instant. Her kayak was ripped away, and Nicole was swept miles downriver, slammed into rocks, pulled under the water, and pushed to the edge of drowning. Somehow, a massive wave finally threw her out of the river… but surviving the flood was only the beginning. Injured, soaked, exhausted, and freezing, Nicole hiked until she found shelter inside a barn, where she spent hours battling hypothermia, hoping someone would find her before it was too late. This is her incredible story of survival, endurance, and the rescue that happened almost by chance.

Kidnapped And Held Captive For 9 Mo at 14 years Old - Elizabeth Smart

*This episode contains discussion of rape and sexual abuse. Viewer discretion is advised*Elizabeth Smart joins me to share the story that shocked the country. At just 14 years old, she was taken from her bedroom in the middle of the night and held captive for nine months before being found alive. In this conversation, Elizabeth talks about what happened, what those months were like, how she survived, and what life looked like after the headlines faded. We also talk about trauma, healing, resilience, and the reality of moving forward after something unimaginable. This is a heavy episode, but an incredibly important one. I’m grateful to Elizabeth for her honesty, courage, and willingness to tell her story in her own words.

She Was Ambushed by a Cougar That Had Just Killed a Man

On a crisp January afternoon in 2004, avid mountain biker Anne Hjelle set out for a quick ride on familiar trails in Southern California’s Whiting Ranch Wilderness. What began as an ordinary ride turned into a life-and-death struggle when a 100-plus-pound mountain lion burst from the brush and tackled her off her bike, attacking her neck and face with overwhelming force.Anne’s friend Debi Nicholls wasn’t going to let her go without a fight — throwing herself into the struggle, grabbing Anne’s legs, and screaming for help. Other riders soon arrived and began hurling rocks, eventually driving the predator off. Anne survived, but barely — her injuries were catastrophic, and surgeons had to rebuild the left side of her face in hours of reconstructive surgery.In this deeply human conversation, Anne shares what it was like inside the attack, how she managed fear and survival in the moment, her long recovery, and how that day changed her view of life, resilience, and getting back on the trail — forever transformed but stronger for it.This is a story of survival, friendship, and the raw realities of facing nature’s wildest moments.