How to Expand Your Comfort Zone

<p>Here’s a golden nugget of truth I’ve learned the hard way throughout my life: <strong>the more you have an </strong><i><strong>aversion </strong></i><strong>to discomfort, the more you actually suffer</strong>. </p><p>It’s totally ironic, right?</p><p>If all you did was stay in fancy places, if all you did was protect yourself from discomfort and everything was always temperature controlled and soft and tasty and nice...the minute shit went wrong, you would have a much stronger reaction to it than if you had practiced being with discomfort and reminded yourself that life isn’t always comfortable.</p><p>And that discomfort isn’t something to be…feared.</p><p>This episode, we dig into why expanding our comfort zones is <strong>essential </strong>to our personal development and growth; why we have to learn to trust ourselves and to speak up, even when it’s uncomfortable.</p><p>Because, the truth is, you don’t get to do cool shit in life without knowing how to be uncomfortable. You don’t learn how to be truly honest with yourself until you face what you routinely shy (or run) away from.</p><p>Embracing discomfort, expanding your comfort zone – these are skill sets that will help you be able to do whatever it takes to make the most of this one precious life. To create the life you were meant to live.</p><p>Today, I invite you to seek out <i>more</i> than comfort and joy. And I urge you to:</p><ol><li>Develop the <strong>ability </strong>to know that life inherently includes challenging times and that you don’t need to run from them - because when you accept this fact, you actually suffer LESS.</li><li>Build the <strong>courage </strong>to step into discomfort, and trust that what lies on the other side will be so worth it.</li><li>Embrace the deep <strong>knowing </strong>that you can handle anything so that you don’t shy away from taking risks in life. This is a skill you can <strong>learn</strong>.</li></ol><p>So the next time you feel uncomfortable, don’t try to push it away. Try to expand what you are able to b