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Embrace Discomfort

Lean Into Challenge to Improve Your Life

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Embrace Discomfort

By: Michael Easter
Narrated by: Michael Easter
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In Embrace Discomfort, 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. Each of the 10 episodes except for the final one will feature an expert in a discomfort area, including ultra-runner Courtney Dauwalter, survivalist Laura Zerra, nutritionist Dr. Trevor Kashey, and fear expert Dr. Joseph E. LeDoux

Award-winning author of NYT best seller The Comfort Crisis and the creator of 2%–a popular Substack and podcast—Michael Easter is a contributing editor at Men’s Health magazine, columnist for Outside magazine, and professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

©2024 Michael Easter (P)2025 Audible Originals, LLC Aging & Longevity Editors Select Personal Development

Editorial Review

Get ready to push your limits
Here's the thing: I love being comfortable and would happily spend all day bingeing TV if not for my Catholic guilt and immigrant parents' lessons on work ethic. That's why I'm excited about Michael Easter's new Audible Original podcast, Embrace Discomfort. Easter's engaging style and talent for simplifying complex ideas, plus the diverse insights of experts including ultrarunner Courtney Dauwalter and fear specialist Dr. Joseph E. LeDoux, make this a must-listen for anyone seeking self-improvement. Bonus: You can also catch Easter on Chrissy Teigen's podcast, releasing the same day. —Rachael X., Audible Editor

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Giving what I thought was normal practice a name. It’s very much worth a listen and see the tweaks u can make to your life to feel better.

The interviews were great and held my interest.

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This book is fantastic,great guests,great stories and quite a few hidden gems on life journeys. highly recommend.

A fantastic listen.

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I've read a lot of these kind of self help type books particularly aimed at fitness and pushing through your boundaries etc. Often they can be quite dry with no real substance. This was the exception it was really engaging and the guests on the show were varied with really interesting stories.

A really great book.

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Really enjoy able book giving you ideas on improving yourself. I like the 2% encourage you even small steps help!

Food for thought!

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The stories and interviews inspired me to begin to shift out of my comfort zone. This is the business of every human being. fab!

Inspirational and inclusive

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