Amazon
Summary
Despite our modern comfort and convenience, our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, and underchallenged lifestyles may be the root cause of many pressing physical and mental health problems. In this compelling investigation, award-winning journalist Michael Easter explores the insights of off-the-grid visionaries, groundbreaking researchers, and mind-body conditioning pioneers who reveal the life-enhancing benefits of embracing discomfort.
Easter's quest to understand our evolutionary need for challenges takes him to various unique experts and locations: the NBA's leading exercise scientist who employs an ancient Japanese practice to train top athletes; Bhutan, where an Oxford economist and a Buddhist leader explore how contemplating death can lead to happiness; a young neuroscientist's outdoor lab, demonstrating how nature enhances creativity and mitigates burnout and anxiety; and a rigorous thirty-three-day hunting expedition in Alaska's backcountry to uncover the rewilding secrets of one of the last untamed places on Earth.
Through these experiences, Easter discovers a blueprint for harnessing the power of discomfort to significantly boost our health and happiness, offering profound insights into the human condition. "The Comfort Crisis" is a daring invitation to step out of your comfort zone and reconnect with the wild within.