#352 - Ben Aldridge - How To Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Ben Aldridge is an author, musician and teacher.
After finding himself increasingly anxious and suffering regular panic attacks, Ben purposefully spent an entire year doing things which really pushed the limits of his comfort in an effort to regain control of his mindset.
Expect to learn what Ben's Mrs thought of him sleeping on the floor next to the bed, what he discovered when he climbed Everest up and down his house's stairs, why acupuncture in the face can be useful, how exposure therapy spills over into regulating your daily emotions and much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:02.8 | My guest today is Ben Oldridge. |
| 0:05.2 | He's an author, musician, and a teacher. |
| 0:07.6 | We're talking about how to be comfortable being uncomfortable. |
| 0:11.2 | After finding himself increasingly anxious |
| 0:13.2 | and suffering regular panic attacks, |
| 0:15.0 | Ben purposefully spent an entire year doing things |
| 0:18.3 | which really pushed the limits of his comfort |
| 0:20.5 | in an effort to regain control of his mindset. |
| 0:22.9 | Today, expect to learn what Ben's misses |
| 0:25.7 | thought of him sleeping on the floor next to the bed, |
| 0:28.4 | what he discovered when he climbed Everest |
| 0:30.2 | up and down his house his stairs, |
| 0:32.1 | why acupuncture in the face can be useful, |
| 0:35.1 | how exposure therapy spills over |
| 0:36.8 | into regulating your daily emotions, and much more. |
| 0:40.2 | So yes, obviously this is a bit mental, |
| 0:43.1 | but what I really like about Ben's approach |
| 0:45.2 | is that he's taken theories from stoicism and Buddhism |
| 0:48.2 | and then hasn't just sat in an armchair, |
| 0:50.1 | learned them off by heart, |
| 0:51.4 | and hoped that his mindset's going to improve. |
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