Overcoming anxiety and breaking destructive habits | Judson Brewer, PhD, Md

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Simon Hill

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Episode #285. Explore anxiety's nuances, why destructive habits form, and the transformative potential of mindfulness in this conversation with Dr Jud Brewer. Willpower isn't always the key – learn why with Dr Jud in this eye-opening episode. Specifically, we discuss: Intro (00:00) Judson Brewer's Personal Journey: From Novice to Mindfulness Expert (02:27) Defining Mindfulness: How It Relates to and Enhances Meditation Practices (09:51) The Impact of Mindfulness on Brain Function and Habit Transformation (14:45) The Challenge of Awareness in Today's Distracted World (20:29) Unravelling Anxiety: Insights into Reward-Based Learning (23:28) Distinguishing Anxiety from Depression: A Mindful Approach (33:03) Exploring the Human Brain: The Old Versus the New (41:12) How Can We Change Habits? (45:31) How Can You Cultivate Awareness? (56:51) Judson Brewer's Strategy for Managing Anxiety (1:05:17) Effective Techniques for Breaking Unhealthy Habits (1:06:09) Willpower's Role in Overcoming Negative Behaviours (1:10:48) Replacing Bad Habits with Good (1:16:05) Addressing Anxiety's Root Causes Through Habit Change (1:18:28) Outro (1:22:12) Head to Dr Jud’s website, https://drjud.com/, to find his books, apps, and free resources. You can also connect with him and learn more on Instagram, YouTube, Threads, and Twitter/X. Optimise your health with InsideTracker’s biomarker analysis. Get exclusive access to InsideTracker’s new ApoB test, and a significant discount at insidetracker.com/simon. Enjoy, friends. Simon Want to support the show? The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons) Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill Author of The Proof is in the Plants Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Nourish your gut with my Plant-Based Ferments Guide Download my complimentary Two-Week Meal Plan and high protein Plant Performance recipe book

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1:08.4	Anxiety just pops up out of the blue. We have no idea where it came from. A lot of people get stuck
1:16.3	in like, why am I anxious now? I shouldn't be anxious. I'm living a good life, but the anxiety
1:22.0	just shows up. It doesn't matter how healthy someone is, how much money they have, how much power
1:27.7	they have, how great of a personal or social life they have, they can still be anxious. Often
1:34.3	the cause of anxiety is unclear. The good news is it doesn't matter why somebody's anxious.
1:41.6	People who've had a traumatic childhood or a rough upbringing or something like that,
1:47.9	those can be contributing factors, but the past is not the present. Even if something in the past
1:54.4	has set up the conditions for us to be anxious, we can't change the past. And so if we focus on
2:01.5	trying to figure out what it was in our past that caused this, we're actually wasting our energy
2:05.7	because we could be devoting that energy to working in the present moment with the anxiety itself.
2:11.6	Could it be that paying attention, something we seem to be getting worse and worse at,
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