𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭

𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐎𝐰𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡" 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. We had engaging discussions around how the all 5 principles could benefit their students.

When I presented the section on 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭, which is part of 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐕: 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐩𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, everyone was surprisingly nodding their heads. It resonated personally and professionally.

As Michael Easter states in The Comfort Crisis, "We are living progressively sheltered, sterile, temperature-controlled, overfed, under challenged, safety-netted lives." Could too much comfort, and too much social media, be a leading cause of many our most urgent physical and mental health issues? Easter and many others believe the answer is yes.

𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, especially for youth who suffered from pandemic isolation and often over-use social media.

Intentional discomfort can take many forms, from having a conversation with a stranger to my personal go-to of a cold plunge. Even though I've done 100's of cold plunges (I even have a converted chest freezer in my garage), I still don't like getting into the cold.

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞? 𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐨, 𝐡𝐨𝐰?