Why We Crave

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We’re all addicts, according to Judson Brewer, author of The Craving Mind, director of research and innovation at the Mindfulness Center, and associate professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University. Consider our everyday habits—scrolling through Instagram, stress-eating, sugar, more sugar. Our habits, Brewer says, run our lives. And we get fooled into thinking we need just a little more willpower to make a change, quit smoking, drop an addiction. But willpower is finite and often not enough. Which is why Brewer is using research-based mindfulness techniques to help people understand and overcome their cravings. Part of this work is learning to bring curiosity to the roots of your cravings—and compassion to yourself. (For more, check out The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Don't hold anything too tightly. Just wish for it, want it, let it come from the
0:10.6	intention of real truth for you, and then let it go. For me our soul is like it's
0:16.8	unbound, it's limitless, but we will use words to limit ourselves. When people
0:23.2	stop believing that somebody's got your back or Superman's coming, we turn to
0:28.9	ourselves and that's where you become empowered. Courageous participation attracts positive things.
0:37.3	I'm Gwyneth Paltrow. This is the Goop podcast, bringing together thought leaders,
0:43.0	culture changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers.
0:49.9	Here to start conversations, because simply asking questions and listening has the power to
0:55.3	change the way we see the world. Today is no exception. I'll let Elise fill you in on her extraordinary
1:01.7	guest. All right, over to Elise. Judson Brewer is a psychiatrist and addiction expert that
1:09.5	specializes in mindfulness and neurofeedback techniques to help treat substance abuse and
1:13.9	eating disorders. He is the founder of Claretas, Mind Sciences, an organization that combines
1:19.6	mindfulness and neurofeedback techniques. He's the creator of several apps that are designed to
1:24.5	help change bad habits. And Judson is also the author of the craving mind, all about where our
1:29.8	addictions come from and how we can break them. He puts it bluntly, as human, we're all addicts
1:35.7	and some capacity anyway. The meaning of addiction isn't just talking about the big ones like drugs
1:40.7	and alcohol. It can be food, it can be cigarettes, it can be too much screen time. We talk about how
1:46.1	stress, anxiety and anger all drive us toward bad patterns succumbing to cravings and ultimately
1:51.2	our own addictions. Mostly, he tells us to be curious about our cravings, to understand ourselves
1:56.8	more deeply and change the habits that hold us back. So in a moment that we're having a craving,
2:02.9	we can actually flip the valence from unpleasant craving to pleasant curiosity simply by being curious
2:09.6	about the craving. Boom, mind hack right there. Let's cut to my chat with Jud Brewer. So thanks so
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