Cravings and Anxiety are Habit Loops with Dr. Jud Brewer • 213
Mind Love™ • Consciousness, Spirituality, and Science for Awakening
Melissa Monte | Conscious Coach
4.9 • 906 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
We will learn:
- What happens in our brains when we get hooked on something.
- How anxiety and craving are related.
- A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle, whether it be a craving or an anxiety loop.
Today we're learning how to move beyond our cravings, reduce stress, and ultimately live a fuller life.
Our guest is Dr. Jud Brewer, New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, addiction psychiatrist, and thought leader in the field of habit change. He is the director of research and innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor.
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| 0:00.0 | episode 213. |
| 0:02.0 | Today's episode is all about how cravings, addiction, and anxiety are all habit loops. |
| 0:07.0 | Saying it out loud helps us become more aware of it and not kind of push that to the side or deny or suppress or any of it. |
| 0:15.7 | It's like, oh, yeah, this is really what's going to happen. |
| 0:19.4 | And that helps us bring that reward value of how unrewarding it is right into our direct experience right now. |
| 0:26.8 | It's like, oh, this is what's going to happen because this is what has happened in the past. |
| 0:31.2 | We base our future behavior based on what we've done in the past. bite-sized brain hacks for seekers, dreamers, and doers. |
| 0:44.0 | It's time to give your mind a little love |
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