Dr. Jud Brewer : Fear, Freedom, and his book The Craving Mind (#049)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Physics, Natural Sciences, Science

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Dr. Jud Brewer is a mindfulness expert, using his background in addiction psychiatry to help people around the world. In this interview with Brian Keating, on INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE, Brewer talks about his book, “The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits.” Show notes and resources are available here: https://briankeating.com/blog.php 00:08:53 The effects of nature versus nurture on cravings. 00:17:04 Are some cultures resistant to psychotherapy and meditation? 00:26:16 How technology can enhance mindfulness. 00:37:04 How to help our kids develop good habits. 00:44:03 Incorporating artificial intelligence & human empathy in healthcare. 00:49:38 Anxiety is rampant in academia. What can be done? 01:04:45 Questions INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE asks authors. I’ve used Brewer’s teaching in my own life and work. Mindfulness practices can help achieve higher efficiency and happiness at work, and moderate stress of all varieties, including the anxiety that comes with a global pandemic. Jud Brewer, M.D. Ph.D. is the Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, as well as an associate professor in psychiatry. His company MindSciences develops mindfulness apps, including Eat Right Now, Craving to Quit, Breathe, and Unwinding Anxiety. Buy “The Craving Mind” Brewer puts Anderson Cooper’s mindfulness to the test on 60 Minutes: https://youtu.be/PRjTWWuRanY Watch Brewer’s TED Talk here: https://youtu.be/-moW9jvvMr4 Find Jud Brewer on the web: https://drjud.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/judbrewer and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrJud Please subscribe, rate, and review the INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast on iTunes for a chance to win a copy of Brewer’s book: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-impossible/id1169885840?mt=2 ‍♂️ Find Brian Keating on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating Find Brian Keating on Instagram at https://instagram.com/DrBrianKeating Subscribe for more great content https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 ✍️Detailed Blog posts here: https://briankeating.com/blog.php Join my mailing list: http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php Join my Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/losingthenobelprize ️Please subscribe, rate, and review the INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-impossible/id1169885840?mt=2 Into The Impossible is a Production of the http://imagination.ucsd.edu/ Director, Erik Viirre Co-Director, Brian Keating Associate Director, Patrick Coleman Produced By Stuart W. Volkow (P.G.A.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Any sufficiently advanced technology is
0:05.0	distribution in magic.
0:07.0	I'd like to have Dr. Judson Brewer with us today on the Into the Impossible
0:13.6	podcast all the way from from Rhode Island. I believe you're in Rhode Island
0:18.1	right now is that right Judd? We live in Massachusetts but yes yes, I work in Providence,
0:24.1	the place right behind you.
0:25.4	Yes, that's right.
0:26.3	So those of you watching the video,
0:27.4	we'll see my alma mater, where I spent many years
0:30.5	getting my PhD, not becoming a real doctor like Dr. Judd but becoming a
0:35.1	doctor nonetheless a philosophical doctor and it's a great treat to talk to you you
0:40.4	you know I only found out about you probably about a year and a half ago and since then I've been kind of
0:46.4	One of your chief evangelists on the West Coast at least and we're going to get into all your great work and especially your book because books are a big part of this
0:55.6	podcast. I started doing the pandemic podcasting which I trademark copyrighted and internationally patented a few months ago just
1:04.4	you know when it started to seem like the world was changing for authors such as
1:08.9	yourself and myself and and I notice you start to do something really useful and wonderfully gracious for the world.
1:17.0	And I wanted to ask how that project's going.
1:20.0	So first, maybe you can introduce yourself, who are you? What do you do?
1:25.0	And then I want to turn to this wonderful service that you've been providing for me and
1:30.0	thousands, probably hundreds of thousands of people around the world.
1:33.0	Sure, I'm Judd Broome, the Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center.
1:39.0	I'm an Associate Professor in both the Behavioral and Social Sciences in the School of Public Health and in
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