You may want to skim through Susan Jeffers’ self-help classic Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway before stepping under a freezing cold shower or climbing into a bath of ice cubes, if you’ve never done it before.

It would be worth it though, because the reported benefits of cold are said to be many, and whereas people have been using it for centuries to fend off ailments and stay healthy, it is back in favour...

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