I took cold showers for 30 days. Here's what I learned.

I took cold showers for 30 days here's why you might want to try it yourself over the past decade researchers have discovered a number of benefits to cold therapy from reduced inflammation improved metabolism and lower stress levels but the biggest reason why I think you should start taking cold showers is because they can teach you everything you need to know about self-development stepping into a cold shower goes against every Instinct in your body it requires you

to embrace what author Julian Smith calls the Flinch oh man I don't want to do this in life we face flinches all the time it could be giving a live talk starting a business or having a difficult conversation with your partner these are moments where we often Flinch at an opportunity for growth but if you want to live a meaningful life you need to repeatedly embrace the Flinch and one of the best ways to practice is

jumping into a freezing cold shower you'll come up with all of the excuses for why this is dumb why you don't need to prove yourself to anyone why this is nothing like the challenges that you'll face in the real world but then again maybe that's the Flinch talking