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Jul 2024
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Ep 72. Are You Happy Or Just Comfortable...

Jeremy Tusia & Ilan Volchek
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Would you rather be comfortable or happy? We often conflate comfort with happiness but they are not the same thing. You can be comfortable without being happy. For instance, you may find it pleasurable to doom scroll but is it really bringing you happiness? At the same time, you can be physically uncomfortable but happy such as when you have gone for a long run that exhausts you. In modern society we can often end up in friendships, romantic relationships and careers that are familiar but do not provide us with growth. 

Join Big Bros, Jeremy and Ilan, as they challenge happiness versus comfort. Expect to learn why being in a relationship that is only comfortable will lead to long-term regret, the important question you can ask yourself to determine which of the two you are, why ‘settling’ for your partner is not the ‘safe’ option you think it is, why those with people pleasing tendencies tend to stay in comfortable situations that are bad for them and much more!

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