Wesley Jackson and Andrew Gilley
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Humanity has never been more connected yet divided; we have lost touch with ourselves and it’s time for that to change.Our mission is to shift people’s perspectives on how they can overcome the obstacles in their lives so that they move forward and prosper.Our vision is to foster a sense of connection and community over our common struggles, while providing our listeners with tools to overcome them.We do this through the power of authentic narrative and intensive research, which manifests as host monologues, co-host conversations, and special guest interviews.We hope they will entertain, inspire, and...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It gives familiar self-help concepts substance by testing them against personal struggle, social pressure, and the practical work of changing perspective.
Wesley Jackson and Andrew Gilley turn broad self-help ideas into structured conversations about how people respond to difficult inner and outer change.
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Embarrassment, feedback, and fulfillment are treated as practical tools, not motivational wallpaper.
This episode starts with a firefighter-training story about fear of looking bad, then uses it to move through feedback, comfort zones, and the work of staying open to growth.
A plainspoken guide to reframing negative thoughts and the pressure points that keep them sticky.
Reframing negative thoughts is treated as a usable practice, not a slogan. Wesley Jackson and Andrew Gilley keep the focus on how self criticism works in real life: the loops, the old messages that stick, and the habits that make them hard to shake.
A rescue story that becomes a careful meditation on change, identity, and whether a new path is truly your own.
A near-drowning rescue gives the conversation its urgency, but the real focus lands on what follows after the crisis passes. Zach Agball's story guides Wesley Jackson and Andrew Gilley into a careful question: when life changes fast, how can anyone tell whether the new path is…
A blunt trauma story that treats recovery as a series of hard, uneven turns.
This episode stays close to a hard story: childhood violence, dissociation, shame, and the way all of that keeps showing up years later. It moves from early abuse before age seven to therapy, medication, hospitalization, school trouble, and the slow realization that attention…
A direct trauma conversation that treats denial as part of the wound, not the cure.
The episode treats trauma as something that works through family patterns, silence, and the decision to name what hurts. Its strongest moments come when it swaps abstraction for plain image: a life threaded together by distress, hardship, pain, and what passes down from one…
A steady look at how major life changes reshape habit, mindset, and balance.
Major life changes are treated as a matter of acceptance, and that gives the episode a calm frame. Wesley Jackson and Andrew Gilley lay out the ground clearly, then stay with the way even welcome shifts can unsettle habit, mindset, and emotional balance.
A steady case for staying teachable instead of locking people into fixed categories.
Surviving Humanity presents Wesley Jackson and Andrew Gilley working through Carol S. Dweck's growth and fixed mindset ideas in plain terms. It links that lens to binary thinking and the tendency to sort people into good or bad boxes, from parents and chefs to the wider habit of…
Jonquilyn Hill chases one listener question per episode to the experts who can answer it.
Three hosts and psychologist Dr Emily talk vulnerability, therapy, and imperfection with guests.
Fearne Cotton interviews guests like Boy George and Bryony Gordon about mental health and identity.
Dr. Joy Harden Bradford pairs therapy insight with Black TV recaps, maternal health, and history.
The speaker shares their personal struggle with depression and self-image during the transition to college, highlighting how it led to a journey of adopting a positive growth mindset to overcome obstacles.
Surviving Humanity: A Self-Help Podcast episode 006B focuses on Carol S.
Surviving Humanity: A Self-Help Podcast episode 005A, "Overcoming Trauma: Healing From Within," is a first-person account of childhood abuse, family breakdown, and long-term trauma.
Acceptance is the starting point.
Wesley Jackson and Andrew Gilley explore trauma as a lived, embodied experience that reshapes perception and behavior, then examine intergenerational transmission, collective trauma (particularly pandemic-related), and systemic vulnerability of marginalized groups.
A beach rescue kicks off the conversation, and it stays with them.
Surviving Humanity: A Self-Help Podcast episode 004B focuses on reframing negative thoughts as a practical mind shift, with Wesley Jackson and Andrew Gilley defining negative self-talk, comparison, and destructive thought loops.
This episode features interviews with Kevin Palmieri and Elijah Desmond, who share personal stories about overcoming fear, embracing feedback, and navigating identity crises.