About Eudaimonia Habits

The journey to creating Eudaimonia Habits began in the summer of 2009, when I picked up a book called Born to Run in a beach town bookstore on the Oregon coast. The main lesson from Born to Run is that when humans live according to their ancestor’s traditions they have more physical capability and durability than when they live according to the typical modern city lifestyle. In the book, native Mexican people ran hundreds of miles at a time in simple sandals cut from old tires but modern city dwellers were frequently injured despite using the most technologically advanced shoes available.

The next influential book to shape the Eudaimonia Habits philosophy was Nutrition and Physical Degradation, read while completing a certificate program with the Nutritional Therapy Association in western Washington. The theme of modern habits causing problems continued, this time examining populations in Florida, Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, Scotland, Switzerland, Kenya, Tanzania, Congo, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, and Ecuador. Each group of people ate different foods and had different cultures, but there was one commonality among them: the people who lived according to the habits of their ancestors were thriving and the people who lived with modern processed foods had far higher levels of disease. 

I realized it wasn’t just the shoes and food causing modern suffering, it was the amount of time spent inside, the soft furniture, and the social isolation. Toxic artificial lighting, fragrances and social values had invaded the human species and caused all sorts of physical, mental, and spiritual maladies. Luckily, we only need to look to our recent past for the solution, which is the natural and traditional human lifestyle described in Eudaimonia Habits. Adaptable for any age, culture, location, and context…if you are human the Eudaimonia Habits are your birthright.

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This is a movement to raise human well-being around the world, and you can join in by using and sharing the following Eudaimonia Habits resources:

📖 A free summary of Eudaimonia Habits 

📙 The Eudaimonia Habits short paperback book that includes a simple habit journal to help keep you on track 

🤝 A 1 on 1 counsel service via unlimited email correspondence with the founder of Eudaimonia Habits, Benji Hirsh 

Click on one of the links above and claim your human birthright: a thriving mind, body and soul...also known as eudaimonia.

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Cheers to your well-being!

-Benji Hirsh