Ep 151. Unwinding anxiety with Dr. Judson Brewer

The Calmer You Podcast

Chloe Brotheridge

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Judson Brewer M.D., Ph.D. joins me on the Calmer You podcast this week, touching on his new book Unwinding Anxiety. Dr. Brewer is an American psychiatrist, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author. He studies the neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI, and has translated research findings into programs to treat addictions.

His research focuses on how our brains form negative behavior patterns, bad habits and addictions, and the specific techniques needed to create lasting change. Unwinding Anxiety, how to train your brain to heal your mind, is his latest book.

We discuss:

- Why we're so anxious

- How anxiety can actually be a habit

- How does mindfulness help with anxiety (it's not what most people think)

- A powerful mindset shift for anxiety

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Calmar You podcast. This is your host, Chloe Brotheridge. I'm a coach, a
0:08.4	hypnototherapist, and I'm the author of The Anxiety Solution and Brave New Girl. And this podcast is all
0:14.9	about helping you to become your calmest, happiest and most confident self. Today's podcast is with Dr. Judson Brewer, author of Unwinding
0:23.9	Anxiety. Now, his book is definitely for the science lovers out there, for those of you that
0:30.5	love your mental health support with a good serving of evidence-based science. And he's an expert in habits and addiction. And it was a really
0:43.0	interesting discussion. You can tell that he's a wealth of knowledge about this topic. He
0:47.2	shares about why he thinks we're so anxious in the first place. We talk about how anxiety can actually
0:52.8	be a habit. And this is a really,
0:55.1	really interesting idea. If you haven't heard this before, it's fascinating. We talk about how
1:01.7	mindfulness helps with anxiety. And actually, it's not what most people think. And this actually
1:07.5	surprised me quite a bit. And then lastly, we discussed powerful mindset shifts
1:12.4	for anxiety. And yeah, I loved all that he had to share in this conversation. I hope you love it too.
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1:33.2	Karma you toolkit with a hypnotherapy session, worksheet, affirmations. And I've also got a confidence
1:41.4	affirmations MP3 to help you to change the way that you speak to yourself,
1:45.9	change the way you think about yourself. It's really powerful. So you can head over to
1:49.5	karma-hyphenu.com and grab those freebies now. So let's get into the interview with Dr. Judson
1:56.0	Brewer. Welcome, Dr. Judd. Thank you so much for joining me today. How are you doing? I'm good. Thanks for having me.
2:05.1	Can you tell us what it is that you do and a bit about how you got to where you are today?
2:11.1	Sure. I'm an addiction psychiatrist. I'm a neuroscientist and I specialize in treating anxiety and habits. And my lab studies,
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