Choose your hard: Science-backed strategies to thrive in a difficult world, with Emeritus Professor Grant Schofield

Hardiness with Dr Paul Taylor · May 8, 2026 · 1h 20m · transcript

If you think ease and comfort are the keys to happiness, think again. This episode explores how deliberately embracing life's challenges—through movement, fasting, cold exposure, and mental resilience—can transform your health, happiness, and purpose. Grant Schofield, an esteemed researcher and author, reveals that life's true reward lies in choosing the hard path, strong in the knowledge that it leads to a more vibrant, resilient life.

Choose your path, and in doing so, choose your future. And for those ready to take action, Grant’s new book Choose Your Hard distils these…