Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2021-07-31
Books mentioned on How To Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable - Ben Aldridge - #352
Ben Aldridge is an author, musician and teacher. After finding himself increasingly anxious and suffering regular panic attacks, Ben purposefully spent an entire year doing things which really pushed the limits of his comfort in an effort to regain control of his mindset.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Breath
Breath by James Nestor is an eye-opening exploration of the lost art of breathing and how modern humans have largely forgotten how to breathe correctly, with profound impacts on health.
Discussed“and that's something i loved his book i loved the breath i thought that was fantastic and i think it would have been really helpful actually for me to have uh to put two and two together”
Where to get it
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Mindset
Mindset by Carol S.
Recommended“yes yes mindset is one of my favorite books of all time i think it's an unbelievably useful concept the idea that there's a growth mindset and a fixed mindset”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Breath
“so i had james nestor on the podcast yesterday guy that wrote breath and um he's talking about the two main functions that you do with breath work”
“and i guess i tried it for a couple of months and because i could see that it was actually really helping me i carried on and after a year i kind of i achieved a lot and it had really changed my outlook on life”