The Exercise Expert: This Popular Lifestyle Is Killing 1 Person Every 33 Seconds! (The Comfort Crisis): Michael Easter
2023-11-02 · 103 min · 12 entities
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Is comfort killing you? And why can we never get enough of anything? Is the real way to find happiness by going against our most basic instincts?
In this new episode Steven sits down with New York Times Bestselling author, Michael Easter.
Michael Easter is the bestselling author of books such as ‘The Comfort Crisis’ and ‘The Scarcity Brain’. He was a senior editor at Men’s Health magazine and is currently a professor of journalism at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His writing has appeared in Men’s Health, Outside magazine, Men’s Journal, Cosmopolitan, Vice, Esquire, Scientific American, and Women’s Health.
In this conversation Michael and Steven discuss topics, such as:
How to get out of your comfort zone
Why your comfortable life is killing you
What is meant by healthy discomfort
How 2% of people are willing to push beyond their comfort zones
The difference between being lonely and alone
The benefits of being alone
But the negative impacts of being lonely
Why loneliness is a killer
How to make better long term decisions
Why people with higher status live longer
How noisy cities cause heart attacks and depression
How to fix back pain
The ways that taking the stairs will improve your health
Why the world is becoming increasingly unhappy
How activity in nature is better for your brain
Why our ancestor were so much fitter than us
How we’ve engineered meaning out of our lives
Addiction being a spectrum we are all on
Why moderation is not easy for humans
What is the scarcity brain
Why expectations often lead to unhappiness
Fewer problems not necessarily leading to more happiness
Embracing discomfort during crises
You can purchase Michael’s most recent book, ‘Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough’, here: https://amzn.to/3MG5hef
If you enjoyed this video, I recommend you check out my conversation with Dr Peter Attia, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqPnptAtBJk
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