I love when poker players describe playing from the gut, because that is exactly where the feeling originates and resonates.
It is strange and crazy, you get a gut feeling, you do not know why, you just know it is correct, and you go with it. It does seem the gut feeling is correct most of the time even though the rest of your being and the whole world is saying the complete opposite.
As for translating poker to life, I think it is a good thing to bring the poker skills to real life situations. You are presented with an issue, you decide your position and strength, then make a decision and stick by it taking the good along with the bad in stride.
Poker is Life......
........Life is Poker