#290: Why We Need Discomfort To Thrive with Michael Easter

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Relationships, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Themes: Comfort, Discomfort, Mental Health, Technology, Parenting, Cancel Culture, Media, Journalism, Mortality, Belonging, Transformation, Purpose Summary: Today I am jamming with the bestselling author of The Comfort Crisis, Michael Easter! As an author, professor, and adventurer, he writes and speaks about how humans can leverage modern science and evolutionary wisdom to perform better and live healthier and more meaningful lives. Join us today as we jam about the surprising idea that our cozy, comfortable lives may be at the root of our major physical and mental health issues. Michael shares his powerful experiences from his adventure in Bhutan and the Alaskan Arctic, where he uncovers the power and benefit of sitting with discomfort and silence. Tune in to learn why you need discomfort and how to navigate it to help bring more happiness into your life! Discover: How and why should you disrupt your comfort and why staying too long in your comfort zone could affect your physical and mental health What the Japanese practice called Misogi is and why it’s so powerful The power of silence and how it affects your creativity How we can challenge the discomfort of boredom The process of hunting and how it will teach you to value life and mortality more 00:00 Intro 01:11 Why should you disrupt your comfort? 05:37 New generations and lack of discomfort 10:25 Misogi 18:53 Being alone 24:02 The power and influence of silence 30:30 Writing a book in a world full of distractions 33:18 Choosing discomfort vs comfort 35:59 Remerging with the cycles of the planet 41:11 The discomfort of boredom 46:26 Addictive technology 49:32 The process of hunting 54:24 Life and death 1:01:15 Younger generation taking responsibility 1:03:56 Cancel culture and freedom of speech 1:15:09 Are journalists left-wingers? 1:22:37 Psychological media manipulation 1:27:02 Differences in political views impacting relationships Links: The 2% Newsletter: https://unique-painter-9003.ck.page/441934d2f0 Website: http://eastermichael.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michael_easter/ The Comfort Crisis: https://easterm.square.site/product/TCCSigned/1?cs=true&cst=custom Sponsors: Cozy Earth | Use code GROVES for 40% off sitewide at cozyearth.com Cymbiotika | Use code GROVES at checkout for 15% off your first purchase at cymbiotika.com. (Save up to 45% off when you buy a bundle!) Create the Love Cards | Use code CTLCARDS15 for 15% off at createthelove.com/cards Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	And I think it's looking at like, where in my life am I avoiding the uncomfortable thing?
0:04.9	So that could be physical.
0:05.8	That could be exercise.
0:06.7	I could be like, oh my God, I can't stand being hungry for two seconds.
0:10.8	That could be I haven't been in silence for five years because it makes me uncomfortable.
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0:55.0	transform our lives. Michael Easter, so excited to have you on the podcast. I was recently
1:01.5	introduced to your book, The Comfort Crisis, and intrigued by it because I feel like you put
1:06.7	into words, I want to say what I have been feeling, but I think what a lot of people have
1:11.3	been feeling, but it's hard to label because, like, can you know that you're too comfortable? Like, that seems like a strange, even entrance into inquiry. So, yeah, I excited to chat with you about it today. Well, I'm glad to be here. I'm glad you enjoyed the book. And I've actually gotten that a lot. It's people will read the book and they will say,
1:08.9	I'd kind of had these different disparate ideas. enjoyed the book and I've actually gotten that a lot. It's people will read the book and they will say
1:28.2	I'd kind of had these different disparate ideas in my brain and the book sort of put them all into
1:35.7	something that I could understand. Some of it, they said like, I knew it was kind of there. I didn't
1:40.5	know exactly what it is and other stuff. They were like, oh, I hadn't thought of that thing,
1:43.8	but it helped me understand myself a little bit. So, cool. Well, what made you want to disrupt your comfort? Like, you know, you went through all this stuff to write the book. But, like, your intention leading up to even going on the wild adventures that you've gone on. Were you like I'm too comfortable?
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