Surthrival Mode (Sur-thrive-al) is the latest book from award-winning celebrity life coach, speaker and best selling author of Pervis Principles Volumes 1& 2 and co-author of Single Man, Married Man, Pervis Taylor, III. The book is best described as a how-to-guide for men to navigate through their emotions and trauma using the 4 A’s of Surthrival Mode (Acknowledgement, Acceptance, Articulation and Alchemy). The book aims to bridge the gap in men between just surviving and getting by in life to ultimately thriving within their emotions, mental health and relationships with others and themselves. With suicide rates and mental health issues rising rapidly with men, Surthrival Mode aims to be an effective tool to be used in the healing of men. The book is steeped in power, intimacy and vulnerability. By depicting his own personal narrative of abuse, depression and low self-esteem, Pervis illustrates an easy to follow guide for how he used the 4A’s of Surthival Mode to transmute his life story. Readers will be left with actionable steps and tools to apply as they embark on their journey to Surthrive.
This book was recommended to me by my therapist... I was honestly a bit skeptical about the title (I'm not a fan of portmanteaus I guess) but I'm glad I didn't let that skeptism stop me. As a 32 year old black man from the Caribbean, I found some of the advice really helpful and I'll definitely be incolcating it into my life. Be warned there is some Christian idealogy that may be off-putting to agnostics\atheists but overall the advice is really good for any man experiening mental or emotional difficulty.