Dr. Jud Brewer on Habits to Heal Anxiety

Dr. Jud Brewer is a thought leader in the field of habit change and the science of self-mastery. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University.

In this episode, Eric and Dr. Jud talk about his book, Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind and they explore something called the Habit Loop, using it to understand and heal difficult emotions like anxiety.

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In This Interview, Dr. Jud Brewer and I discuss Habits for Healing Anxiety and…

His book, Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your MindReward-Based LearningTrigger, Behavior, ResultThe Habit LoopAddiction defined as continued use despite adverse consequencesHabits: Set and ForgetHow if we don’t pay attention to how rewarding the habit is right now, we can’t change the behaviorHow to heal anxiety as well as emotional eating using the Habit LoopThe role of curiosity in healing anxietyLearning to be with difficult emotions and learning to allow them to passHow to remember to be mindful throughout the day

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If you enjoyed this conversation with Dr. Jud Brewer on Habits for Healing Anxiety, you might also enjoy these other episodes:

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