Cold Plunging Is a Spiritual Process (Disguised as a Biohack)

Wellness + Wisdom Podcast

Josh Trent

Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 913 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Why is cold plunging great for your growth and better mental health?

Josh Trent welcomes Steven Haynes, Founder of Fjord Cold Plunges, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 810, to reveal why cold water is one of the most powerful portals to identity transformation available to us, how surrender trains you to meet discomfort with courage in every area of life, and why the promises you keep to yourself in the cold are the ones that rebuild your sense of worth from the inside out.

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In This Episode, Steven Haynes Uncovers:

(01:20) The Physiology of Cold Plunging
(08:10) Body, Mind, Spirit: You Are Not Separate
(11:55) The Four Walls of Cold Plunging
(17:55) The Science: Women, Dopamine, and Depression
(20:50) Cold Cures Depression
(25:00) The Body Is the Unconscious Mind
(31:15) Science, Faith, and the Fjord as a Centerpiece
(37:40) Stack the Environment or Willpower Will Fail
(41:35) You Choose What the Cold Means to You
(48:05) Accountability, Community, and the Promises We Keep
(52:35) Investing in Yourself Is a Statement of Self-Worth
(57:00) Cold Plunge Without the Chemicals
(01:00:35) Water Is the Original Healer

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0:00.0	The reason why people struggle with self-doubt, self-sabotage, is because our unconscious mind is always
0:05.8	listening to the promises that we don't keep to ourselves. When you train yourself with cold water,
0:10.2	that's exactly what you're training yourself to overcome and do every day. It's just, I'm going to go
0:14.5	and meet the discomfort, not with panic, not with some feeling of negativity. Jesus chose water
0:20.6	to baptize people in.
0:22.1	That's the symbol that he thought
0:24.5	would make the most sense about becoming a new person,
0:27.4	adopting a new identity,
0:28.4	and really stepping into a better life,
0:30.4	was getting into water and submerging all the way in water.
0:34.2	Stephen Haynes is a former triathlete,
0:36.1	biohacking enthusiast and founder of Fjord Cold Plungees.
0:39.8	I've cried a handful of times after doing a plunge. Yes, it can be a beautiful release. It
0:45.3	demands 100% of your attention and presence. All of us are going through life at such a pace
0:50.8	and with so much stress or demands that we bury a lot of our true feelings.
0:57.0	And when you get in there, you finally go into the body and you get connected with everything that's inside.
1:04.0	Sometimes you get surprised by what's there.
1:06.0	It's just surrender.
1:07.0	What part of disempowerment does cold water specifically help to transcend?
1:12.2	This is kind of probably an unexpected answer here.
1:16.8	So there's unique wisdom in hot and specifically today we're talking about cold therapy.
1:22.3	Because it is therapeutic in the way that it cleanses and heals and essentially resets our energy field.
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