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Podcast: The Jordan Harbinger Show
Episode: 1186: Michael Easter | Embrace Discomfort to Discover Your Best Self
Description: Our ancestors thrived on struggle; we wilt from inconvenience. The Comfort Crisis author Michael Easter shows how embracing discomfort builds resilience.Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1186What We Discuss with Michael Easter:Modern comfort crisis: We've engineered physical activity and challenges out of our lives, leading to sedentary diseases and reduced mental resilience — but our bodies and minds still need discomfort to thrive.Discomfort as medicine: Physical effort, hunger, and temperature swings protect against disease by triggering beneficial adaptations — 80 percent of eating today is driven by boredom or stre...