The comfort crisis embrace discomfort to reclaim your wild, happy, healthy self

"In many ways, we're more comfortable than ever before. But could our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives actually be the leading cause of many our most urgent physical and mental health issues? [Author and] journalist Michael Easter seeks out off-the-grid visionaries,...

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Main Author: Easter, Michael (Health and fitness writer) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Rodale Books, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"In many ways, we're more comfortable than ever before. But could our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives actually be the leading cause of many our most urgent physical and mental health issues? [Author and] journalist Michael Easter seeks out off-the-grid visionaries, disruptive genius researchers, and mind-body conditioning trailblazers who are unlocking the life-enhancing secrets of a counterintuitive solution: discomfort."--Flap page 1 of dust jacket.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:294 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:9780593138762
0593138767
Author Notes:Michael Easter is a contributing editor at Men's Health magazine, columnist for Outside magazine, and professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His work has appeared in more than sixty countries and can also be found in Men's Journal, New York, Vice, Scientific American, Esquire, and others. He lives in Las Vegas on the edge of the desert with his wife and their two dogs.