The Impossible Life

The Impossible Life

God created men in the greatness of His image. Yet so many men are weak, lost, confused, and afraid. The Impossible Life is a rally cry for men to wake up and remember who they’re made to be. Former Navy SEAL Garrett Unclebach and marketing expert Nick Surface challenge men to rise above mediocrity and embrace their true purpose. Through Biblically-based content & training, they help men become the strong, fearless leaders they were made to be. Future generations need great men now. Are you one of them?

Episodes

December 29, 2025 64 mins
Winning in life isn’t about luck, hype, or raw talent. It’s about understanding and applying the right formula. In this episode, Garrett and Nick break down what they call The Winning Formula: a principled, repeatable framework that explains why some people consistently produce results while others stay stuck no matter how hard they try. 

You’ll learn why winning always starts with right aim, clarity of purpose rooted in God’s desig...
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Your beliefs are shaping your life far more than your circumstances ever will. In this episode, Garrett and Nick break down how your internal belief system is formed, why most people never challenge it, and how hidden belief patterns quietly limit your potential as a man of God. If you’ve ever wondered why you keep running into the same walls in relationships, work, or personal growth, this conversation uncovers the roots beneath t...
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Conflict is unavoidable but doing it well is a skill that separates healthy relationships from dysfunctional ones, strong leaders from weak ones, and mission-driven men from passive drifters. 

In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett and Nick break down how to handle conflict like a leader, not a reactor. They explore why conflict isn’t a sign something is wrong, it’s a sign something matters.

You’ll learn how to pick ...
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In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett and Nick unpack one of the most important concepts for living a focused, purpose-driven life: your winning philosophy—the unique combination of beliefs, strengths, endurance, and principles that determine where you succeed and where you struggle.

Nick shares how he recently discovered his own winning philosophy — a pattern that had been showing up in his life long before he eve...
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In this powerful shortcast of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett and Nick expose one of the most dangerous forces shaping modern men: passivity. Drawing from Scripture, real leadership experience, and hard-earned battlefield lessons, they dismantle the seven lies that keep men stuck, ineffective, and spiritually asleep.

Modern culture celebrates “go with the flow” attitudes, conflict avoidance, and emotional softness — but none of...
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In this powerful and deeply insightful episode, Dr. Robi Sonderegger joins Garrett and Nick for his third appearance on The Impossible Life Podcast—and this conversation may be his most impactful yet. Together, they expose the invisible forces—your beliefs—that quietly dictate your identity, your decisions, your relationships, and ultimately the direction of your entire life.

Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, Scripture, and liv...
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    Identity is the glass ceiling of your life. You will never outperform what you believe about who you are. In this powerful episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface expose one of the most dangerous lies in modern culture: “Just be authentic.”

    Culture has reframed feelings as identity and told men that their current state is a virtue.
    • “I’m just being honest.”
    • “That’s just who I am.”
    • “I need validatio...
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    Quitters Day or Purpose Day? Designing a Year You Don’t Walk Away From

    If you want this to be the most purposeful year of your life, you can’t drift into it — you have to design it.

    In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett and Nick break down how to actually build a year rooted in purpose, clarity, and God-given direction.

    Using the Purpose Playbook framework, they explain why so many people lose sight of purpose, fall ...
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    In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface break down one of the most valuable — and rare — abilities in leadership: strategic thinking.

    Most people react. Few people think. Strategic thinking is the discipline of stepping back, seeing the whole picture, and identifying what really matters so you can make decisions that have lasting impact, not just short-term comfort.

    Garrett shares how this m...
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    In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface dismantle one of the most powerful lies in modern culture — that you are the main character of your own story.

    Drawing from Scripture, history, and real-world examples, they explore how society’s obsession with self — from slogans like “Have it your way” and “Because you’re worth it” — has shaped a generation that’s prideful, impatient, and spirituall...
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    In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface revisit one of their most practical and transformative principles — Timeframe Orientation.

    Your timeframe determines your direction. Most people live in short-term cycles — 30-day paychecks, 12-month goals, and reactionary habits — but true success and spiritual maturity come when you learn to see further down the road.

    Garrett and Nick unpack how shor...
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    In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface tackle one of the most misunderstood and misused traits in men...ambition. Many Christians have been taught to view ambition as selfish or prideful, but the truth is, ambition is a divine design when it’s submitted to God’s purpose.

    Garrett and Nick show the difference between self-driven ambition and God-directed ambition and how to cultivate a minds...
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    In this Impossible Life Shortcast, Garrett Unclebach dives into the “Figure It Out Mindset” — the ability to face uncertainty, obstacles, and confusion with confidence, faith, and resourcefulness.

    Garrett breaks down how this mindset separates those who take ownership from those who make excuses, and why learning to figure things out is one of the most valuable leadership and spiritual traits a man can develop.

    Whether it’s a busines...
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    In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface dig into one of the most crucial areas for any believer: “Guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” (Proverbs 4:23)

    They explore what it really means to protect your inner world in a culture obsessed with image, emotion, and distraction. From leadership to marriage to faith, everything rises and falls on the condition of your heart — and...
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    In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface explore one of the most fascinating intersections of faith and reason — the way science continually confirms truths that God already revealed in His Word.

    Science is powerful, but it’s also limited — it’s the discovery of what God has already designed. Garrett and Nick unpack how properly done science—verifiable, demonstrable, and repeatable—often pro...
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    Leadership isn’t about titles, followers, or charisma. It’s about mastery of self and submission to God. In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface dive deep into what true Leadership Mastery looks like through the life and example of Jesus Christ.

    Using both scripture and real-world leadership principles, they break down the 7 traits that define a godly leader that every man is called to grow...
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    October 30, 2025 28 mins
    In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface unpack one of the greatest threats to every Christian man — compromise. Not the big, obvious kind that’s easy to recognize, but the subtle daily decisions that slowly dull your conviction and weaken your purpose.

    Garrett shares from his Navy SEAL background and personal faith journey how compromise starts small — in your words, habits, and relationshi...
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    Most men think winning in life means avoiding failure — not falling into sin, not losing money, not messing up their marriage. But what if “avoiding bad” is the very thing keeping you from God’s best?

    In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface unpack the difference between living to avoid sin and living to pursue purpose. Drawing from Garrett’s Navy SEAL experience and biblical truths, they re...
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    In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett and Nick unpack the difference between hype and conviction — and why most people confuse the two.

    They discuss Warren Buffet’s insight about intelligence, energy, and integrity, breaking down why energy without integrity is dangerous and how real enthusiasm comes from a foundation of truth and belief.

    Garrett shares how his deepest convictions come from God’s Word and why faith-...
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    In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface pull back the curtain on what it truly means to live ALL IN — not the motivational cliché, but the biblical, practical, and battle-tested reality. They show you the 5 most common and popular excuses that people buy into that keep them from going all in.

    Most people think “all in” means going 1000 percent every day. Garrett and Nick reveal why that min...
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