
The Comfort Crisis
Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
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Narrated by:
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Michael Easter
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By:
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Michael Easter
“If you've been looking for something different to level up your health, fitness, and personal growth, this is it.” (Melissa Urban, Whole30 CEO and New York Times best-selling author)
Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild.
In many ways, we’re more comfortable than ever before. But could our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives actually be the leading cause of many our most urgent physical and mental health issues? In this gripping investigation, award-winning journalist 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.
Easter’s journey to understand our evolutionary need to be challenged takes him to meet the NBA’s top exercise scientist, who uses an ancient Japanese practice to build championship athletes; to the mystical country of Bhutan, where an Oxford economist and Buddhist leader are showing the world what death can teach us about happiness; to the outdoor lab of a young neuroscientist who’s found that nature tests our physical and mental endurance in ways that expand creativity while taming burnout and anxiety; to the remote Alaskan backcountry on a demanding 33-day hunting expedition to experience the rewilding secrets of one of the last rugged places on Earth; and more.
Along the way, Easter uncovers a blueprint for leveraging the power of discomfort that will dramatically improve our health and happiness, and perhaps even help us understand what it means to be human. The Comfort Crisis is a bold call to break out of your comfort zone and explore the wild within yourself.
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Critic reviews
“Changes the way we think about the modern world and how everyday conveniences are eroding our understanding of what it mean to be human.” (Richard Dorment, editor in chief, Men’s Health)
“I read The Comfort Crisis in three straight sittings and was so motivated and inspired that I immediately made changes to my daily routines. Two months later, I've never been fitter, more self-confident, or happier. If you've been looking for something different to level up your health, fitness, and personal growth, THIS IS IT.” (Melissa Urban, Whole30 CEO and six-time New York Times best-selling author)
“Entertaining and enlightening, Easter’s quest for a ‘rewilded’ diet, creative boredom, and other sensation - restoring discomforts is chock-full of solid science as well as a rollicking adventure.” (Dan Fagin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation)
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Best audiobook I have ever listened to!
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read it
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Excellent book with great ideas
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Bigstve12
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Excellent and Life changing
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I’ve already recommended it to 5 people and counting.
Michael should not have read it though. I could not get past his inflection when citing a source or quoting someone/ something he referenced. Every time he says “said so and so” or “say some group of researchers” to end a sentence, it sounds like he’s asking a question because of the inflection in his voice. Drove me mad.
I can tell he put A LOT of work into this book and this reading. Every part of the story and book is A+++. Just not the reading / performance.
Great book - should’ve had someone else read it though.
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The author is the narrator and I wouldn't say he would win a dramatic reading contest, but there is always something special about authors reading their own work (unless they are mind numbingly dull).
Overall the audio book is outstanding, compelling, and even as a woman I found most of it relatable. I feel inspired after finishing it and I will keep it in mind whenever I need a kick in the butt to forge ahead on my wellness goals.
A Break from the Modern Age
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really enjoyed this one
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INCREDIBLE - SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING
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Life changing
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