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The Health Benefits of Doing Hard Things
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Ten protocols to counteract the “chronic ease” that creates our modern epidemic of dis-ease, from a wellness industry leader who can prove they work—because he’s tested them on himself.
Exclusive Bonus: Guided Meditations designed specifically for this audiobook experience.
Jeff Krasno, the founder and CEO of the global wellness platform Commune Media, thought he was pretty healthy. Though he suffered from brain fog, chronic fatigue, and bouts of insomnia, those symptoms seemed utterly normal in today’s society. When he learned he had diabetes, his first thought was, How can that be? I run a wellness company!
His diagnosis propelled him to consult every expert at his disposal and engage in intensive “me-search” in order to turn his health around. On this journey, he began to form a larger picture of what’s wrong with our health in the modern world. In Good Stress—co-authored with his wife, Schuyler Grant, who shepherded him through 300-plus interviews with doctors and helped distill the results into actionable information—Jeff shares what he’s learned and outlines a practical program for listeners to reset their own health.
Jeff explains that the comforts and conveniences of modern life in the developed world undermine our biology. Humans evolved with Paleolithic stressors and scarcity, which conferred health and resilience.
Modern life sets us up for diabetes, dementia, heart disease, cancer, and more. Chronic disease is the result of chronic ease: an endless abundance of calories, sedentary desk jobs, exposure to blue light, and separation from nature. To come back into balance, we need to thoughtfully subject our bodies and minds to the stressors we’re naturally built for.
This book distills the hundreds of conversations that Jeff has had with acclaimed teachers and practitioners in mind-body wellness, including Gabor Maté, Mark Hyman, Marianne Williamson, and Dr. Sara Gottfried. Jeff gives readers uncommonly wise and relatable guidance for 10 practices to extend both our lifespan and our healthspan, including:
- Time-restricted eating
- Cold and heat exposure
- Light therapy
- Eating “stressed plants”
- Building our “psychological immune system” and more
For each practice, Jeff shares his own experience (there’s a great story of how Wim Hof finally convinced him to get into an ice bath); unpacks the science behind it, the place it has in our culture, and the effects it has on body and mind; and explains how to undertake it safely and mindfully.
This audio product contains a PDF with supporting material, and the PDF is available to download.
©2025 Jeff Krasno and Schuyler Grant (P)2025 Hay House LLCListeners also enjoyed...
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Critic reviews
“In Good Stress, Jeff Krasno eloquently bridges the ancient wisdom of Eastern thought with modern scientific insights. This profound work reveals how Buddhist teachings on impermanence and interconnection anticipated groundbreaking discoveries in epigenetics, neuroplasticity, and the microbiome. This book is a masterful exploration of how embracing life’s challenges can unlock our innate potential for growth, healing, and transformation.”
— Deepak Chopra, best-selling author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
“In Good Stress, my longtime friend Jeff Krasno takes us on an extraordinary journey from CEO to health advocate, blending wisdom from Eastern philosophy with the science of functional medicine. I’ve watched Jeff transform from a successful business leader at Wanderlust to a passionate storyteller who dives deep into the power of adversity mimetics. This book beautifully weaves ancient teachings on impermanence and interconnection with practical protocols that challenge the body and mind, showing us that true growth comes from embracing life’s hard edges. It’s a must-read for anyone ready to unlock the healing potential of ‘good stress.’”
— Mark Hyman, M.D., co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Function Health and 15-time New York Times best-selling author
“Jeff Krasno brings a courageous approach to the most challenging conversations of our time. By applying the concept of adversity mimetics to healing our political divide, Jeff shows us that the discomfort of these dialogues can actually be a basis for growth, empathy, and the recognition of our shared humanity. This book is a profound reminder that facing our fears and moving through them can transform not only our personal lives, but also our collective journey toward a more unified and compassionate society.”
— Marianne Williamson, New York Times best-selling author of A Return to Love
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Stoicism combined with empathy may sound like a contradiction in terms. But when these seemingly opposing forces are harnessed together, they have the power to change your life. From surviving missile attacks and political oppression in Iran to leading high-stakes legal teams and negotiations in corporate America, Shermin Kruse's journey fuels her mission to merge empathy and stoicism as tools for navigating power, justice, and human connection in every facet of life.
By: Shermin Kruse
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The Stress Paradox
- Why You Need Stress to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier
- By: Sharon Horesh Bergquist
- Narrated by: Dana Wing Lau
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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There’s a breakthrough happening in the study of wellness and longevity. We know that excessive stress can be toxic, but emerging new research reveals that too little stress is just as bad for you as too much. Dr. Sharon Bergquist, a pioneering physician and leading stress researcher, is at the forefront of this movement. In The Stress Paradox, she explains that our bodies are designed to heal and repair themselves, but we need the right amount and type of stress to rejuvenate at a cellular level.
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Amazing must read
- By Anonymous User on 04-12-25
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Born to Walk
- The Broken Promises of the Running Boom, and How to Slow Down and Get Healthy—One Step at a Time
- By: Mark Sisson, Brad Kearns
- Narrated by: Mark Sisson, Brad Kearns
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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Born to Walk will help reshape fitness culture to reject flawed and dated "no pain, no gain" ideals, and replace them with a simple, accessible, sustainable program to increase general everyday movement, improve aerobic conditioning the right way, avoid the risks of injury and burnout associated with running, and promote a healthy, happy, energetic, long life–one step at a time.
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Isn’t this supposed to be about walking?
- By Brian Brady on 02-16-25
By: Mark Sisson, and others
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The Ageless Brain
- How to Sharpen and Protect Your Mind for a Lifetime
- By: Dale E. Bredesen MD
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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In recent decades, advances in medicine have changed the way we think about our health. Chronic diseases like obesity, heart disease, and diabetes can be prevented or reversed. Cancer treatment has become targeted and personalized. Gene editing will allow us to eradicate many inherited disorders. But there is one class of conditions that continues to elude researchers and cause tremendous suffering: neurodegenerative disease. In The Ageless Brain, Dr. Bredesen will share the latest, cutting-edge science on neurodegeneration.
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Don’t buy this book!!
- By Miles L. on 04-15-25
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Unanxious
- 50 Simple Truths to Help Overthinkers Feel Less Stress and More Calm
- By: Humble the Poet
- Narrated by: Humble the Poet
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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This book is for the overthinkers struggling with overwhelm, burnout, and anxiety. If that’s you—sipping from a half-empty glass and staring at your phone on the sidelines of your own life—then this book will remind you that you are not alone and share tools to change your life (and your mind). Unanxious encourages listeners to face their own stressors and triggers head-on with research-backed techniques and journal prompts.
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Practical and Needed
- By David Johnson on 04-17-25
By: Humble the Poet
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Embrace Discomfort
- Lean Into Challenge to Improve Your Life
- By: Michael Easter
- Narrated by: Michael Easter
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
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In Embrace Discomfort, Michael Easter seeks out off-the-grid visionaries, disruptive genius researchers, and mind-body conditioning trailblazers who are unlocking the life-enhancing secrets of a counterintuitive solution: discomfort. Each of the 10 episodes except for the final one will feature an expert in a discomfort area, including ultra-runner Courtney Dauwalter, survivalist Laura Zerra, nutritionist Dr. Trevor Kashey, and fear expert Dr. Joseph E. LeDoux
By: Michael Easter
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Rise Above
- Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your Full Potential
- By: Scott Barry Kaufman PhD
- Narrated by: Scott Barry Kaufman PhD
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Urgently needed, Rise Above speaks to what ails us, offering not just empathy, insight, and a dose of humor, but also actionable solutions to own your life and reach your full potential.
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Secrets of Adulthood
- Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives
- By: Gretchen Rubin
- Narrated by: Gretchen Rubin
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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The right idea, invoked at the right time, can change our lives. Drawing from her long studies of happiness, and also from the challenges she’s faced herself, writer Gretchen Rubin has discovered the “Secrets of Adulthood” that can help us manage the complexities of life. To convey her conclusions, she turned to the aphorism—the ancient literary discipline that demands that a writer convey a large truth in a few words.
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this is just an audiobook of someone saying phrases that other people have already said.
- By Jaclyn Smith on 04-02-25
By: Gretchen Rubin
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I Don't Believe in Astrology
- A Therapist's Guide to the Life-Changing Wisdom of the Stars
- By: Debra Silverman
- Narrated by: Debra Silverman
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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In a chaotic, confusing, and divisive world, Debra Silverman introduces astrology as the medicine for accepting our human nature—its idiosyncrasies and dilemmas. Through an application of both therapy and astrology, this breakthrough guide equips listeners with tools that release self-judgment, inner criticism, negativity, and misunderstanding. Every sign struggles with psychological issues. Understanding the unique topics relative to your sign, it’s no surprise you are quirky.
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Beware - this is a BINGE book!
- By Natalie West on 04-13-25
By: Debra Silverman
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Mindsight
- The New Science of Personal Transformation
- By: Daniel J. Siegel M.D., Daniel Goleman - foreword
- Narrated by: Daniel J. Siegel M.D., Darren Joel
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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A Harvard-trained physician, Dr. Siegel is one of the revolutionary global innovators in the integration of brain science into the practice of psychotherapy. Using case histories from his practice, he shows how, by following the proper steps, nearly everyone can learn how to focus their attention on the internal world of the mind in a way that will literally change the wiring and architecture of their brain.
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i like it
- By David on 04-11-25
By: Daniel J. Siegel M.D., and others
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Unmasking for Life
- The Autistic Person's Guide to Connecting, Loving, and Living Authentically
- By: Devon Price PhD
- Narrated by: Devon Price PhD
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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Most masked Autistics have spent a lifetime being told how to perform neurotypically: how to behave, how to carry themselves, what to feel, and how to live. With his previous book, Unmasking Autism, Devon Price, PhD, has given them the space and the tools to unmask and embrace their neurodiversity. But no matter where you are in the unmasking process, there is still work to be done.
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A great work of advocacy
- By Prettyman on 03-27-25
By: Devon Price PhD
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Heavily Meditated
- The Fast Path to Remove Your Triggers, Dissolve Stress, and Activate Inner Peace
- By: Dave Asprey
- Narrated by: Dave Asprey
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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In his twenties, Dave Asprey battled debilitating brain fog and chronic fatigue syndrome. Frustrated by his broken brain, he embarked on a lifelong quest to upgrade his “MeatOS”—to fix his brain, biohack his biology to live past the age of 180, and push the boundaries of human potential. Asprey discovered that cultivating a mentally and physically healthy life depends on a solid grounding for our inner life. Now, in this, his sixth book, he shares the mind-blowing discoveries he has found.
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Who Believed in You?
- How Purposeful Mentorship Changes the World
- By: David McCormick, Dina Powell McCormick
- Narrated by: David McCormick, Dina Powell McCormick, Paige McKinney, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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All successful leaders stand on the shoulders of their mentor giants—people who saw something in them they may not have seen in themselves and helped them redefine what was possible. The relationships transform both parties into better versions of themselves and can uplift entire organizations and even society itself. Who Believed in You shares the mentorship stories of some of our greatest leaders and influencers starting with the journeys of David McCormick and Dina Powell.
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Mixed Bag; Heavy Emphasis on the American Dream
- By Dave on 04-13-25
By: David McCormick, and others
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Forever Strong
- A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well
- By: Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
- Narrated by: Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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After years of watching patients cycle through her practice, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon noticed a pattern. While her patients struggled with a wide range of conditions, they all suffered from the same core problem: they had too little muscle rather than too much fat.
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Motivational
- By K. J. Weidenbach on 10-19-23
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- TR
- 04-10-25
Almost everything you need to know re: good life
I learned about Jeff Krasno from Rich Roll podcast. One way to learn of people in the know. Near the beginning of the podcast, Rich Roll told Jeff Krasno he really liked his writing style. As the conversation continued, it was clear Jeff Krasno had more than writing style to contribute to anyone interested in getting the most out of daily living, in every way. I pre-ordered his new book "Good Stress" and added the Audible to my library. You will need both, in my opinion.
1) The Audible so you can enjoy listening while learning (he is author and narrator and gets 5 stars for both!)
2) I do the Kindle book in order to be able to highlight, add bookmarks and notes and easily head to the internet on anything in the book to learn in greater detail.
Near the end of the book for my first time through. How many more reads and listens? Don't know, other than many more. Much to learn. Just finished the chapter on Rewilding where he pointed out a simple (well not so simple ... try it) part of his daily regimen, the squat. While I have always had a rigorous and varied daily exercise routine, mostly outdoors, I will add the squat because I think it just might help with a recent challenge ... some lower back stiffness/pain and therefore posture. And therefore, "the good life" at almost 70 young years! You can't go wrong by adding both books to your library. Oh, and while this will likely be something you would never consider doing, add a cold shower to your morning wakeup routine if you want to feel super charged and mentally alert during your day. He'll even explain why, in a creative and entertaining way.
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- Tim Foster
- 04-06-25
Excellent story with a workable protocol
The protocol described throughout the book is well researched and documented. Jeff voice is easy to listen to.
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- KThor
- 04-13-25
Packed with Digestible Info
Jeff has a unique writing style that keeps you interested with bits of humor, great details, and smooth tone. His protocols are simple but dense with info, and having the ‘why’ behind the ‘do this’ is so motivational. Worth the time and credit.
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