Dr. Jud Brewer Gets Curious about Habits

Dr. Jud Brewer is an addiction psychiatrist who has been investigating habits for over 20 years. He’s the Director of Research and Innovation for the Mindfulness Center at Brown University. 

He develops in-person and app-based programs applying mindfulness to changing behaviors including three highly successful programs designed to help people stop smoking, navigate anxiety, and disrupt emotional eating.  

He also developed a free online video series introducing health care professionals to what drives habits and effective ways to change them. 

Resources:

• The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love: Why We Get Hooked and how We Can Break Bad Habits

• Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind

• “A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit,” TEDMED Talk

• Insight Timer Course on anxiety: “Unwind Your Anxious Mind”

• @judbrewer on Twitter

Music

No One Said It Would Be Easy by Cloud Cult
Beautiful Ann by Joseph McDade
On the Verge by Joseph McDade