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Host of the Two Percent Podcast.
NYT bestselling author (The Comfort Crisis, Scarcity Brain).
Founder of #1 Health/Wellness newsletter TWOPCT.com.

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The comfort crisis

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What’s ONE uncomfortable thing you’re choosing to do today or this week?

Something you’ve been avoiding. Something that challenges you. Something that pushes you beyond what’s comfortable.

Inspired by @michael_easter ‘s phenomenal book “The Comfort Crisis,” which really inspired me to get off my butt and start getting uncomfortable for my own health and good.

Growth starts when comfort ends.

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7 books for World Mental Health Day

This year’s theme is “Lived experiences heard: real voices, real change.”

Books have always done this quietly. They let us sit with someone else’s full, unfiltered experience (the confusion, the small victories, the long stretches of not knowing) without asking them to perform recovery for us. In those pages we hear what it’s actually like, not the polished version. And often, that is what shifts something in us: the recognition that our own story is neither unique nor invisible.

Listening is the first step. Acting on what we hear is the harder one. Today is a reminder of both.

A few books that pair well with the day:

- The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- Rewire by Nicole Vignola
- Protocols by Andrew Huberman
- Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
- Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
- Unlearn Your Pain by Howard Schubiner

Follow and subscribe to my weekly newsletter for more of these!

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Five books I’d hand any man who feels stuck.

This is not a reading list to impress anyone. These are a few that actually stirred something in me over the last few years — on wisdom, on suffering, on brotherhood, on comfort, on slowing down.

Reading was the discipline that started turning the wheel for me. One book led to better sleep, better sleep led to clearer thinking, and clearer thinking led to all of it.

Tell me what I should read next. I mean it — I’m always looking.
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#mensmentalhealth #menshealth #personalgrowth #books #meaning

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One year ago today, I was at @nyulangone undergoing Gamma Knife treatment for my acoustic neuroma.

Today, I’m 12 months out.

And I’m proud of that.

This year has been tough. Raynaud’s, facial spasms, fatigue, and limitations with workouts have forced me to adapt in ways I never expected.

But today, I wanted to celebrate.

I recently started listening to Walking with Weight by @michael_easter Easter, and it got me thinking:

Why not go for a weighted-vest walk?

So I put on my 40-pound vest and went for a walk. 😂

For most people, that probably doesn’t sound like much of a celebration.

For me, it is.

It gets my heart rate up, gets me outside and in the sunshine, and lets me challenge myself in a way that works for me right now.

It’s not a replacement for strength training. But it doesn’t have to be.

Sometimes progress means finding a new way to move forward.

And tonight makes this one-year milestone even more meaningful.

One year ago, I was at NYU focusing on my own treatment.

Tonight, I’m participating in a women’s health webinar focused on preventive health.

I’m still navigating my own recovery, but I’m also still getting to do something I love: helping people take better care of their health.

Maybe that’s what resilience looks like.

Not pretending everything is back to normal.

Just continuing to live, move, contribute, and find joy along the way.

One year out.

Still adapting.
Still moving.
Still helping.
Still grateful.

And apparently still crazy enough to put 40 pounds on my back for fun. 😂💪

I’ll share the webinar flyer with the QR code in the photos if you’d like to join us tonight.

#AcousticNeuroma #GammaKnife #VestibularSchwannoma #LifestyleMedicine #Resilience

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When your friend and client Michael Easter gives you a shoutout on his podcast 2% with Michael Easter, while sitting down with the fabulous Heather Gay from The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City… You have to share it!

Michael is the New York Times bestselling author of Scarcity Brain and The Comfort Crisis. He is one of the most interesting people I know, so hearing him mention me as his friend and Realtor genuinely made my day. 🥰

Heather is so entertaining, authentic and fun to listen to! I loved watching the conversation between these two. Such a great episode!

Thank you for the shoutout, Michael! Heather, you were absolutely fantastic! ❤️

🎙️ Watch the full episode here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fja0MjkevSs&pp=ygUaTWljaGFlbCBlYXN0ZXIgaGVzdGhlciBnYXk%3D&ra=m

Jessie Sorani | Las Vegas Realtor
Coldwell Banker Premier Realty | S.0068184

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Day 3/21 days of Story first challenge. Today’s idea is to share a hot take or a not so unpopular opinion to ruffle some feathers. 😂 Well, I don’t want to ruffle anything. But I wouldn’t mind if I could make you stop and think about another perspective.

So yeah, I truly believe growth is in the discomfort. And I came about this book ‘The comfort crisis’ by @michael_easter that I cannot wait to read.

What do you think? Is there any discomfort that you choose to be comfortable with?

#sfchallenge @storyfirst.academy @visha.khandelwal

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🏊‍♀️ Czy aktywność ruchowa dzieci powinna sprawiać im radość?

Tak. Ale… nie cały czas.

Chcemy, żeby dzieci lubiły ruch, kojarzyły go z zabawą, energią i dobrym samopoczuciem. Bo dziecko, które polubi aktywność, ma większą szansę zostać aktywne również wtedy, gdy dorośnie.

Ale jest druga strona.

Michael Easter pisze o wartości kontrolowanego dyskomfortu - sytuacji, w których jest trochę trudniej, niż chcielibyśmy. Właśnie wtedy uczymy się wytrwałości, radzenia sobie z frustracją i przekraczania własnych granic.

I świetnie widać to na… basenie.🏊

Nie każda długość jest łatwa. Nie każdy trening jest zabawą. Czasem trzeba przepłynąć jeszcze jedną długość, mimo że pojawia się zmęczenie. Czasem trzeba zanurzyć głowę, spróbować nowego stylu albo zrobić coś, czego wcześniej się baliśmy.

A radość nie musi oznaczać braku wysiłku. Może być też radość z wysiłku jaki podejmujemy, aby się rozwijać.

Dziecko może jednocześnie powiedzieć:
„Ale było fajnie!”
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„Ale się zmęczyłem!”

Naszym zadaniem nie jest więc usuwać każdy dyskomfort.
Raczej nauczyć dzieci, że dyskomfort jest bezpieczną częścią rozwoju, a wysiłek może prowadzić do ogromnej satysfakcji.

Chcemy wychować nie tylko dzieci, które lubią ruch.

Chcemy wychować dzieci, które wiedzą, że potrafią zrobić coś trudnego, pokonać wymagającą drogę, która prowadzi do rozwoju własnego💙

@michael_easter

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“The real challenge isn’t starting. The real challenge is showing up again when the excitement is gone.”

#comfortcrisis #misogi #misogichallenge #canthurtme

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This Bullet…packed inside a GR2 when in transit…that’s some real James Bond sh*t right there. Bring this one back @goruck and @huckberry!

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I really enjoy this newsletter (Two Percent) from @michael_easter, author of Comfort Crisis and Scarcity Brain. He is letting me gift several annual subscriptions away if anyone is interested. DM an email address if you’d like one. First come, first served until they run out.

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Seven books to solve seven different problems in your life. Part 2.

Part 1 was around day 377.

1. Deep Work
2. The Comfort Crisis
3. The Courage To Be Disliked
4. Willpower Doesn’t Work
5. How Will You Measure Your Life?
6. How To Break Up With Your Phone
7. Grit

Reading books has taught me so much and opened my mind and heart to great growth. Grateful for books!

Which problems would you like me to try and pair with a book next?

Do you have any reading suggestions for me?

#bookworm #bookrecs #bookreview #bookreading #readinglist

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