Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.

This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.

Okay. Today, my guest is Dr. Judd Brewer.

He's a psychiatrist and a neuroscientist who specializes in treating addiction.

He's known for combining modern science with ancient wisdom. and he teaches people how to get rid of unwanted behaviors, including everyday addictions like a smartphone addiction.

He's written a new book called Unwinding Anxiety. It was an instant New York Times bestseller,

and when you hear his straightforward approach to managing anxiety,

you'll understand why his work so popular. In today's episode, he shares how to recognize the

habits that reinforce your anxiety and how to manage those anxious feelings in a healthy way

once and for all. Make sure to stick around until the end of the episode for the therapist's take.

It's the part of the show where I'll break down Dr. Judd's strategies and explain how to start

using them in your own life.

So here's Dr. Judd Brewer and how taking these steps to manage your anxiety can help you

become mentally stronger.

Dr. Judd Brewer, welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast.

Thanks for having me.

I'm a huge fan of your book, Unwinding Anxiety.

And I'm not surprised that it hit the New York Times bestseller list right out of the gate.

Obviously, when you wrote it, you had no idea that we'd still be in the middle of this pandemic.

But the timing couldn't have been better, however.

Yes, unfortunately, that is true.

So I'm a therapist, and over the years, people often say things like, you must see so

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