The Comfort Crisis

Author Micheal Easter’s book reminds us all that sometimes embracing discomfort, making changes, shaking things up is primal and healthy!

Is breaking out of your comfort zone somewhat uncomfortable - yes. Is challenging your internal “confirmation bias” humbling - yes. Is focusing on improving your weaknesses instead of doubling down on your strengths hard on your ego - yes.

Change, as it turns out is uncomfortable but, as the old saying goes, doing the same things and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. At a minimum, an unwillingness to change, at least temporarily, as a test, is medically effective. This is especially true with integrative medicine. Unlike standard western medicine where change is rarely if ever required, simply take a pill / submit to a procedure, integrative medicine by contrast is far more effective but it does require that you adopt new ways of looking at things, new ways of doing things.

Diet, exercise, sleep, stress - all can be handled differently with greater potential benefits. Again though, this is a participatory process. The good news is that when you start seeing broad based positive results you will realize that you have the ability to effect your health and that all you really needed was solid information you could act in order to achieve your goals.

Striking out into the vast arctic wilderness to hunt big game like the author of this book did, that’s one way of embracing discomfort and reconnecting with ones inner power. Another way - dedicating yourself to changing, learning and improving your life and health - that requires far less hardship and far greater rewards.

The Comfort Crisis points out how we all have become a little soft, a little too comfortable, a little too set in our familiar habits. Maybe what we need is an inspiring read to give us the nudge to “get up and get out there”. The rewards are out there for the taking - embrace the journey!