110: Dr. Jud Brewer on The Science of Anxiety, Cravings + How to Change Negative Behavior
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🗓️ 12 May 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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In this episode I’m talking to Dr. Jud Brewer, Director of Research and Innovation at the Brown Mindfulness Center and associate professor in psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University, executive medical director at Sharecare, as well as a research affiliate at MIT. Dr. Jud has spent over 20 years at Yale, MIT and Brown University researching how our brains form negative behavior patterns, bad habits and addictions, and the specific techniques needed to create lasting change. He is the author of The Craving Mind and Unwinding Anxiety, and developer of mindfulness apps Unwinding Anxiety, Breathe and Eat Right Now. We discuss addictions; what happens to our brains when we have a craving; how to change a behavior; how to manage anxiety; how to stop letting cravings drive our lives and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.3 | Hey, welcome to the Blond Files podcast. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm your host Arial Lori and I'm here to talk all things wellness. |
| 0:10.8 | From how to achieve optimal health and well-being to the best beauty tips and |
| 0:15.1 | everything in between, no topic is off limits. I know there is so much |
| 0:19.7 | information out there so I'm here to help you navigate it all and live your best life. |
| 0:24.3 | Thanks for listening. Let's get into it. |
| 0:27.0 | Hi everybody, welcome to the show this is a big episode for me because this guest is one of my |
| 0:38.8 | ultimates and he did not disappoint I am talking to Dr. Judd Brewer, |
| 0:44.4 | he's the director of research and innovation |
| 0:47.0 | at the Brown Mindfulness Center |
| 0:49.1 | and associate professor in psychiatry |
| 0:51.6 | at the School of Medicine at Brown University as well as a research |
| 0:56.0 | affiliate at MIT. Dr Judd has spent over 20 years at Yale, MIT and Brown University researching how our brains form negative behavior patterns, |
| 1:06.6 | bad habits and addictions, and the specific techniques needed to create lasting change. |
| 1:12.0 | He is also the author of The Craving Mind and |
| 1:14.4 | unwinding anxiety and the developer of Mindfulness App's Unwinding Anxiety, |
| 1:19.6 | breathe and eat right now which I have recommended a bunch of times on this podcast. |
| 1:24.7 | We discuss addictions. |
| 1:26.7 | What happens to our brains when we are having a craving, how to change a behavior, |
| 1:31.2 | how to manage anxiety, how to stop letting cravings drive our lives and so much more. |
| 1:36.7 | Such a fascinating conversation, so enjoy. |
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