La Trampa del Confort

Hoy, m?s que nunca, vivimos en condiciones de extrema comodidad. Nunca nos quedamos sin comida, no sufrimos temperaturas extremas y nuestro principal reto es alcanzar y mantener una relativa estabilidad. Sin embargo, este estilo de vida podr?a ser la principal causa de todos nuestros males f?sicos y mentales.

En este libro, el galardonado periodista Michael Easter emprende un viaje en solitario a una de las zonas m?s salvajes del planeta para descubrirnos un gran secreto de nuestro bienestar: la incomodidad.

A lo largo de su viaje se cruzar? con ermita?os, aventureros, monjes y cient?ficos que le desvelar?n una de las grandes paradojas que rige nuestras vidas: por qu? alejarnos del confort nos sienta tan bien. Desde las pr?cticas ancestrales japonesas que utilizan los atletas de ?lite hasta los ritos inici?ticos de las tribus m?s aisladas del mundo, pasando por los ?ltimos avances de la neurociencia sobre el cansancio y la ansiedad.

La trampa del confort demuestra por qu? exponernos a condiciones l?mite puede ayudarnos a reconectar con nuestra naturaleza m?s primitiva y alcanzar as? una vida m?s saludable y placentera.

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"Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of

living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the

wild"--from the New York

Times bestselling author of Scarcity

Brain. "If you've been looking for something

different to level up your health, fitness, and personal

growth, this is it."--Melissa Urban, Whole30 CEO

and author of The Book of Boundaries "Michael Easter's genius is that he puts

data around the edges of what we intuitively believe. His work has inspired

many to change their lives for the better."--Dr. Peter

Attia, author of Outlive 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? In this gripping investigation, award-winning

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. Easter's journey to understand our

evolutionary need to be challenged takes him to meet the NBA's top

exercise scientist, who uses an ancient Japanese practice to build

championship athletes; to the mystical country of Bhutan, where an Oxford

economist and Buddhist leader are showing the world what death can teach us

about happiness; to the outdoor lab of a young neuroscientist who's

found that nature tests our physical and mental endurance in ways that expand

creativity while taming burnout and anxiety; to the remote Alaskan

backcountry on a demanding thirty-three-day hunting expedition to experience

the rewilding secrets of one of the last rugged places on Earth; and

more. Along the way, Easter uncovers a

blueprint for leveraging the power of discomfort that will dramatically

improve our health and happiness, and perhaps even help us understand what it

means to be human.

The Comfort Crisis is

a bold call to break out of your comfort zone and explore the wild within

yourself.