317: Harnessing Digital Tools and Peer Support for Lasting Change with Judson Brewer
The Addicted Mind Podcast
Duane Osterlind, LMFT
4.8 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Judson Brewer, a pioneering neuroscientist and addiction specialist, takes us on an exploration of the human brain and its role in addiction and recovery. Dr. Brewer shares his personal journey from medical school to co-founding MindShift Recovery, where evidence-based programs challenge traditional treatments. Drawing from Buddhist psychology, he offers a fresh perspective on addictive behaviors, emphasizing the transformative power of understanding the brain's mechanisms to foster lasting change.
Curiosity emerges as a powerful force in changing habitual behaviors, offering an alternative to sheer willpower. Discover how paying attention to the real-time outcomes of habits like smoking or overeating can shift brain chemistry and leverage the orbitofrontal cortex to reassess reward values. Through mindful attention, individuals can become disenchanted with detrimental behaviors by viscerally experiencing past consequences and predicting future outcomes. This understanding helps reduce the likelihood of repeating undesirable actions, guiding individuals toward more informed and positive choices.
In this episode, you will hear:
- Exploration of addiction and recovery through brain science with Dr. Judson Brewer.
- Dr. Brewer's journey and the founding of MindShift Recovery.
- Introduction to the concept of curiosity as a tool for changing addictive behaviors.
- Analysis of the brain's orbitofrontal cortex in reassessing the reward value of habits.
- Use of digital therapeutics and peer support in addiction recovery.
- Disenchantment and resilience in behavior change.
- Proactive strategies for reinforcing positive choices and well-being.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Addicted Mind podcast. My name is Dwayne Austerland. I'm your host, |
| 0:11.3 | and our guest today is Dr. Judd Bure. And he is a leading neuroscientist and addiction specialist |
| 0:19.0 | with over 20 years of research from Yale, MIT, |
| 0:24.9 | at Brown University. He has spent his career studying and researching how our brains form |
| 0:32.3 | negative behavior patterns, bad habits, and addictions, and looked for those specific techniques needed |
| 0:40.4 | to create lasting change. |
| 0:42.5 | So today, Dr. Brewer is going to come on and talk about some of those insights that he has |
| 0:49.3 | to help us be able to change our life and get out of those addictive habits or those addictive processes. |
| 0:57.7 | And what's really awesome is Dr. Bure recently co-founded Mind Shift Recovery, a nonprofit |
| 1:05.0 | dedicated to providing evidence-based recovery programs and tools to support individuals facing addiction |
| 1:13.0 | at a low cost and using his expertise in these digital therapeutics and the insight |
| 1:20.2 | that he has from all of his research. |
| 1:23.0 | So on this episode, we go into that. |
| 1:25.0 | We talk about it. |
| 1:26.3 | And I think there was some really incredible, insightful things in this episode, we go into that, we talk about it. And I think there was some really incredible, |
| 1:29.1 | insightful things in this episode that Dr. Bueger talks about, little things that you can do |
| 1:35.4 | to change how your brain is experiencing that moment and move you out of that addictive process |
| 1:42.9 | or that moment of distress. |
| 1:45.0 | So I think you're going to get a lot out of this episode. |
| 1:47.1 | I hope you really enjoy it. |
| 1:48.3 | And if you're getting a lot out of the Addicted Mind podcast, please rate and review us in |
| 1:53.6 | whatever podcast app you're using right now. |
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