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BHP 093: Scott Carney | The Wedge, Forgoing Comfort & Restoring Our Innate Resilience

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Scott Carney is an investigative journalist and anthropologist who has worked in some of the most dangerous and unlikely corners of the world.

He is the New York Times bestselling author of What Doesn’t Kill Us and his latest book, The Wedge explores our relationships with comfort, consciousness, and death while providing valuable tools to moderate our behaviors in the moments between stimulus and response, and to restore our innate resilience.

In this episode:
  • How our current lives are at odds with our biology (and what we can do about it)
  • “We’ve chosen the cleverness of our tools over the power of our bodies”
  • Using the The Wedge as a tool to master the moment(s) of choice between stimulus and response
  • How controlling our breath can boost our immune system
  • Why intentionally forgoing comfort is such a powerful practice
  • Accepting the inevitability of death
  • Scott Carney’s Top Tips to
    • Be Better
    • Do Better
      • Links & Resources
      • Follow Scott:
        • Website | Instagram
        • Scott’s Books:
          • What Doesn’t Kill Us
          • The Wedge: Evolution, Consciousness, Stress and the Key To Human Resilience
          • Wim Hof’s Website
          • Wim Hof Breathing Tutorial 
          • The Syndicate Podcast
          • Wild Things Podcast

            • Follow Ryan & The BHP
            • Ryan Munsey | Website | Instagram
            • Better Human Project on Instagram
            • Master Your Mind Online Course
            • F*ck Your Feelings on Amazon or Audible

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