#HURDLEMOMENT: How to Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Today I’m re-upping my conversation with Michael Easter, author of the book The Comfort Crisis, Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self. He’s a contributing editor at Men’s Health, columnist for Outside magazine, and professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He's traveled the world researching the benefits of why it's important to get comfortable with the uncomfortable — going as far as trekking up to the Arctic to do just that. In today's episode, he shares his biggest takeaways from the other professors, adventurers, and researchers he spoke to along the way, helping us gain a better understanding of why we must break through the walls of our comfort zones and what to do if you get stuck along the way.

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0:00.0	humans have way more potential than we realize.
0:05.1	So by doing something hard,
0:06.2	when you think you really can't do it,
0:07.9	we learn a lot about ourselves.
0:09.5	And there's some like evolutionary machinery
0:11.4	that really gets triggered.
0:12.8	Our natural environment used to show us these sorts of challenges
0:17.0	all the time, because life was tough.
0:19.3	We had to do things like hunt and gather
0:22.0	and move great distances.
0:24.0	But nowadays we don't really have that.
0:25.5	So I think we do need these sort of moments
0:27.3	that push back at us and teach us something about ourselves.
0:29.6	Music
0:43.2	Hey everybody, Emily Avati here.
0:45.8	You are listening to another installment
0:47.7	of Herneal Moment from Herneal.
0:49.4	A wellness focused podcast, where I connected with everyone
0:52.5	from your favorite athletes to top experts
0:54.6	and industry CEOs about their highest highs,
0:57.9	toughest moments and everything in between. We all go through hurdles in life and my goal
1:03.8	through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate yours and move with intention
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