Being Well Podcast: Unwinding Anxiety and Addiction with Dr. Jud Brewer

04 Oct Being Well Podcast: Unwinding Anxiety and Addiction with Dr. Jud Brewer

Posted at 11:17h in Anxiety and Fear Podcast, Podcasts by

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LISTEN

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WATCH

[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/2hASybjljJM” css=”.vc_custom_1633371785307{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Jud Brewer is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author. He’s the director of research and innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor, as well as the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare Inc.

Dr. Jud is also the author of The Craving Mind and Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind.

Key Topics:

2:00: What got Jud from psychiatry to studying mindfulness?

5:45: Addiction and the structure of habits

10:15: Mindfulness as a treatment for addiction

14:00: Liking without wanting

19:45: Habit formation and reward-based learning

24:00: Awareness, and honoring your experience

26:15: Curiosity

28:10: The “habit” of anxiety

32:00: Anxiety’s habit loop

34:45: The true purpose of worrying

39:00: Generalized vs. acute anxiety

41:00: Anxiety and performance

46:20: Practices for unwinding from anxiety

54:45: Learning from the brains of experienced practitioners 

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