Victoria S. DorsanoFounder, Be Victorious Coaching · Be Victorious Coaching · Systems > Willpower

The #1 BENEFIT of cold showers 🫣

17 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this video, Victoria S. Dorsano argues that the primary advantage of taking daily cold showers is not physiological but psychological: it forces you to repeatedly do something uncomfortable, thereby training your willpower and ability to act against your brain’s comfort bias. She claims that mastering this self‑discipline is the key to lasting behavior change across many areas of life, because habit formation and personal growth require repeatedly stepping outside the comfort zone. The more adept you become at making yourself do things you don’t want to do, the easier it becomes to create and sustain new, positive habits.

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So I think when people talk about the benefits of cold showers, I think they miss out on talking about the most important benefit of doing cold showers daily. And that is simply that you are forcing yourself to do something that you inherently probably don't want to do, something uncomfortable. And that is probably the most valuable thing about doing a cold shower daily, because here's the thing: if you can force yourself to do something uncomfortable that you don't want to do every single day, then you truly hold the key to lasting behavior change in so many different areas of your life. Usually our brains are fighting us to stay comfortable. And changing and growing and becoming better usually demands us to be forced outside of our comfort zone on repeat. Changing our behaviors and changing our habits are not easy, and they are certainly not always pleasant. But the better you get at making yourself do shit that you don't want to do, the better you're going to be at making long-lasting behavior change. So that's what I think the most beneficial thing is about doing cold showers daily.