This is a YouTube video titled "Unlocking Resilience | Jerry Colonna x Dave Asprey" featuring a conversation between Jerry Colonna and Dave Asprey recorded in May 2024. They discuss the mental and physical challenges of cold plunging, mindfulness, and the importance of practice in building resilience and managing pain. The dialogue explores the philosophy behind enduring difficult experiences and staying focused on objectives for personal growth.
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You don't plunge because of the experience of plunging. You plunge for the satisfaction that comes afterwards. Yeah, for the health benefit.
And the endorphins. I mean, let's face it, they don't feel bad either.
Okay. But initially, you're not going to feel the endorphins until a few seconds later.
It's terrible when you get into cold water. No one likes that.
Right. So. So what I see you doing is staying mindful of the objective, and that enables you to withstand that which is difficult.
Very well put.
And that feels like a philosophy. Be mindful of the objective so that you can withstand what is difficult, rather than romanticizing what is difficult.
Ooh, what a great way of putting it. Yeah. Romanticizing pain isn't a good thing. Being able to. To experience pain without losing your mind is a very useful skill as a human.
If we go back to your Instagram Live example, there might be somebody who is watching you, Dave, and saying, what's wrong with me that I can't do what he's doing? And I want to say to that person, there's nothing wrong with you. Stay. Stay close to the objective. Stay aware of why you're drawn to this. And even if you hop in the plunge bath and hop right out because you can't bear it, it's not as if there's something wrong with you. It's just that's where you are in this moment. Which is why practice is as important as anything, as accomplishment.
It's the practice, and it's the reason meditation is a practice, or breath work is a practice versus a trophy.
