The Comfort Crisis

Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

De: Michael Easter

Narrado por: Michael Easter

Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild—from the New York Times bestselling author of Scarcity Brain.

“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 author of The Book of Boundaries

“Michael Easter’s genius is that he puts data around the edges of what we intuitively believe. His work has inspired many to change their lives for the better.”—Dr. Peter Attia, author of Outlive

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 thirty-three-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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“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 bestselling 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

“Breezy and yet bracing synthesis of tough adventures and hard science. Ironic, perhaps, for a book about how we need to challenge ourselves to be so enjoyable to read.”—Robert Moor, New York Times bestselling author of On Trails: An Exploration

“An entertaining and thought-provoking adventure that weaves together findings from anthropology, physiology, neuroscience, and other disciplines. Easter makes a convincing case that happiness is more than the absence of cold, hunger, and boredom—in fact, a little discomfort may be exactly what we need.”—Alex Hutchinson, New York Times bestselling author of Endure

“This revelatory, illuminating book is packed with big ideas on how our overly comfortable lives and routines have chipped away at our physical, mental, and emotional health.”—Liz Plosser, editor-in-chief, Women’s Health

“An unconventional clarion call to swim upstream against the currents of comfort and ease that we seek and have grown unquestioningly used to. Not for the soft, or faint of heart, this appeals to the tough, or those who seek to be. A good read that challenges conventional wisdom about living life.”—James Clapper, former U.S. Director of National Intelligence

“Shows why human greatness seldom rises from a perch of comfort and ease—and what you can do to maximize growth and fulfillment.”—Brian L. Losey, (ret) Commander of U.S. Navy Special Warfare Command

“Made me look differently at adversity, at challenges, at discomfort. Reading it made me want to be better, and a book simply can’t deliver more than that.”—Tamar Haspel, columnist, Washington Post

I learn something new every time I read it!!

This was hands down the best self-help self-introspection book I've ever read!! I'm going to buy the hard copy right now!!

Should be required reading!

Every kid and parent should read this in school! Most books provide 1 truly amazing nugget of information...maybe two. Every chapter of this book gives you something to think about complete with data and studies to learn from.

A fascinating book

Due to the amount of information conveyed in the book, I feel like summarizing would do it injustice. If you have ever wondered "is my problem perhaps that some things are too easy?" then I highly recommend reading this book.

Food for thought

I like the way the author built context and weaved evidence for his argument around a core experience. Not everyone will get to participate in an experience like his, but he offers many that are more accessible or at least exemplary and can be replicated by almost anyone. On his premise, we absolutely need to consider how the world we’ve built separates us from the world that is.

So good

This is a MUST read. Buy it now! You’ll be so grateful you did. Excellent and needed in our society today.

An Experience!

Michael’s research and thoroughness are impeccable. Interestingly, most of these topics have been on my mind for the past 1-6 months and The Comfort Crisis answers most of my questions.

Thank you for putting a stake out there Michael!

So good

Such a great book. I can't think of a human that wouldn't benefit from this book. No complaints or "cons" that I can think of. Well worth the credit and grateful someone recommended it to me!

Outstanding

A fantastic book with real-life applications and approaches to identify, assess, and understand how modern comforts affect all aspects of our lives.

Overall a great read. (listen)

(preface) As a backcountry bowhunter that understands us hunters must stick together no matter how/why we enjoy the outdoors, and who has learned from the ground up how to survive/thrive in the backcountry.

I found some of the authors opinions short sighted and divisive for the hunting lifestyle. (for example, when he talks about passing the hunter with the beer belly on Donnie's NV hunt) As hunters, we are a dying breed and like most things, we can't look down our nose at someone for how they choose to LEGALLY pursue game in the wild.

Donnie is a great hunter and conservationist, he is one of the men I admire, but again, the author creates the atmosphere that if you don't hunt Donnie's way then you are doing it wrong.

All the while not being a hunter himself, and basically being the tag along on this awesome adventure with Donnie and friends to steer him to survival.

You will notice by my "stars", I did enjoy the read as I was able to look past some of the nonsense noted above that I assume was to add to the story.

review

Absolutely fantastic, learned so much. I will most Likely listen again, thank you so much.