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The reason you struggle with bad habits or anxiety doesn't stem from a lack of willpower—it's likely because you aren't hacking your brain properly. From daily routines to anxious tendencies, many of our behaviors seem beyond our control, but psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Judson Brewer has the answers for finding more agency in our minds. Brewer, the Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center and author of The Hunger Habit, The Craving Mind and Unwinding Anxiety, joins Mind Game host Casey Bannon to reveal that willpower isn't the solution. Instead, it's the superpowers of curiosity that can help us understand our brains, manage anxiety, cultivate healthier habits and, perhaps most importantly, make more putts.Subscribe to The Golfer's Journal: ⁠https://www.golfersjournal.com/⁠Get 10 free AG1travel packs when you subscribe: ⁠https://drinkag1.com/event/bts24⁠Find out which Vokey wedges work for you: ⁠https://www.vokey.com/All Mind Game episodes: ⁠https://www.golfersjournal.com/category/podcast/mind-game-podcast/

The reason you struggle with bad habits or anxiety doesn't stem from a lack of willpower—it's likely because you aren't hacking your brain properly. From daily routines to anxious tendencies, many of our behaviors seem beyond our control, but psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Judson Brewer has the answers for finding more agency in our minds. Brewer, the Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center and author of The Hunger Habit, The Craving Mind and Unwinding Anxiety, joins Mind Game host Casey Bannon to reveal that willpower isn't the solution. Instead, it's the superpowers of curiosity that can help us understand our brains, manage anxiety, cultivate healthier habits and, perhaps most importantly, make more putts.Subscribe to The Golfer's Journal: ⁠https://www.golfersjournal.com/⁠Get 10 free AG1travel packs when you subscribe: ⁠https://drinkag1.com/event/bts24⁠Find out which Vokey wedges work for you: ⁠https://www.vokey.com/All Mind Game episodes: ⁠https://www.golfersjournal.com/category/podcast/mind-game-podcast/

For episode 260, we are launching a new Anxiety Series on the Metta Hour. Sharon is speaking with Mental Health experts, providers and researchers for tools to work with anxiety in increasingly challenging times. To launch the series, Sharon sits down with Dr. Jud Brewer MD, Ph.D.Dr, Jud is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery,” who blends over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training and a career in scientific research. He is passionate about understanding how our brains work, and how to use that knowledge to help people make deep, permanent change in their lives — with the goal of reducing suffering in the world at large. Dr. Jud is the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health and Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University, and a research affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.In this episode, Sharon and Dr. Jud discuss:The neuroscientific definition of anxiety Fear of the futureHow we simulate the futureThe difference between planning and worryingAnxious feeling versus thoughtQualifiers for mental health diagnosesThe research behind Mental NotingThe antidote to anxiety is curiosityExploring gratification to its endHow much does worrying help?Thinking isn't what changes behaviorWe're wired for happinessNeuroscientists don't talk about willpowerInternet myths about anxietyDeprivation curiosityHow misinformation fuels anxietyCollective anxietyDefault Mode NetworkFive Finger BreathingNoticing our “oh no” momentsKindness and curiosity are best friendsThe Unwinding Anxiety AppThe conversation closes with a short guided curiosity practice. You can learn more about Dr. Jud's work and get a copy of his book, Unwinding Anxiety, right here and learn more about his Mindshift Recovery App right here.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How to use your innate mindfulness to turn the volume down, or even uproot, your everyday addictions.Dr. Judson Brewer is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences and Psychiatry at the Schools of Public Health & Medicine at Brown University. He is the author of several books, including The Craving Mind, Unwinding Anxiety, and The Hunger Habit.This episode is part of our monthlong Do Life Better series. We talk about:Jud's definition of addictionThe difference between the scientific view and the Buddhist view on addictionThe buddhist concept of Dependent originationDopamine and dopamine fastingA three gear plan for sticking to your resolutions Judson's disenchantment with the term “mindfulness”What we need to know about willpowerThe two types of stress – and its impact on our behavior What makes us resilient – and why it mattersHow community plays a role in making habit changesAnd finally, a friendly debate on whether there is such a thing as healthy anger?Related Episodes:Do Life BetterGet Fit SanelyThe Anti-Diet | Evelyn TriboleThe Science of Why You Eat When You're Not Hungry–And How to Stop | Judson BrewerModern Life Is Making You Sick, but It Doesn't Have To | Gabor MatéWhy We're All Suffering from Racial Trauma (Even White People) -- and How to Handle It | Resmaa MenakemI Just Went Through A Career Earthquake: This Is What's Next.How to Break Your Anxiety Habit | Judson Brewer Sign up for Dan's newsletter hereFollow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTokTen Percent Happier online bookstoreSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelOur favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular EpisodesFull Shownotes: https://www.meditatehappier.com/podcast/tph/judson-brewer-898Additional Resources:MindShift RecoverySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Testimonials from eight Sangha members of SokukoJi Buddhist Community, reflecting on their personal journeys into SokukoJi Buddhist practices, and the benefits of a fully accessible, public Community Mindfulness Center for Battle Creek, MI.

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Are those late-night cravings for ice cream sabotaging your fitness goals? Do you struggle to tell the difference between real hunger and emotional eating? Have you ever wondered if there's a way to manage cravings without relying on willpower alone? In this episode, Philip (@witsandweights) sits down with Dr. Judson Brewer, a renowned neuroscientist from Brown University, to unlock the secrets of conquering food cravings and building healthier eating habits. Philip and Dr. Jud dive into real-life examples and actionable steps to help you transform your relationship with food. From distinguishing between true hunger and emotional cravings to embracing mindfulness and self-compassion, this episode is packed with valuable tools to support your fitness journey. Dr. Judson Brewer is the director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and a professor at Brown University. He is a leading expert in mindfulness training for addictions and has developed innovative treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety. During their conversation, Dr. Jud shares insights from his groundbreaking research on the neuroscience of cravings and practical strategies to break free from unhealthy eating patterns. Tune in and learn how to change your brain's response to food, manage food cravings, and align your eating habits with your fitness goals.Today, you'll learn all about:2:12 Dr. Jud's experience with cravings and ineffective willpower4:26 The difference between emotional and physical hunger8:01 The role of the food industry in shaping eating habits12:49 How to rewire your brain and manage cravings18:20 His stance on tracking your nutrition19:26 The impact of societal pressures on eating habits21:29 Techniques for recognizing and addressing true hunger33:14 Adjusting your top-down model for better food choices42:54 Questions from the community48:48 Finding satisfying and healthy food alternatives54:28 Reprogramming your reaction to hunger 56:40 The question Dr. Jud wished Philip had asked58:54 Where to find more resources from Dr. Jud59:25 OutroEpisode resources:Dr. Jud's Website: drjud.com

In this deeply insightful episode of our podcast, we explore the often-hidden challenges melanoma patients and survivors face—stress and anxiety. Living with melanoma or surviving it is a testament to strength, but it comes with its own set of emotional hurdles. To shed light on this critical issue and offer some groundbreaking strategies for coping, we are honored to have Dr. Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, a leading expert in mindfulness and stress reduction, and the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University OUR GUEST Judson Brewer, MD, PhD Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center, Brown University, School of Public Health Jud Brewer, MD PhD, is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health and Psychiatry at the Medical School at Brown University. He also is a research affiliate at MIT. A psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for addictions, Brewer has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for behavior change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety. He has also studied the underlying neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI, and source-estimated EEG, and is currently translating these findings into clinical use (see www.drjud.com for more information). He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, presented to the US President's Office of National Drug Control Policy, foreign Parliaments, trained US Olympic athletes and coaches, and foreign government ministers and has been featured on 60 minutes, at TED (4th most viewed talk of 2016 with over 17 Million views), in the New York Times, Time magazine (top 100 new health discoveries of 2013), Forbes, Businessweek, NPR, National Geographic, and the BBC among others. He is the author of The Craving Mind: from cigarettes to smartphones to love, why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017) and the New York Times best-seller, Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind (Avery/Penguin Random House, 2021). Follow him on twitter @judbrewer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aimatmelanoma/support

Den sista av veckans sommarrepriser är en härlig påminnelse om alla goda effekter du kan få ut av mindfulness. Så här beskrev vi avsnittet när det kom 2021:  Intervju med Ola Schenström, läkaren som gjort till sin livsuppgift att sprida mindfulness och meditation. Vi pratar om olika perspektiv på mindfulness, från individ till organisation och samhälle. Hur påverkas vi av att bli mer medvetna om oss själva och de val vi gör? Ola delar också med sig av en guidad kroppsscanning, som ligger som ett eget bonusavsnitt. Vill du komma i kontakt med Ola hittar du honom på Mindfulnesscenter: https://www.mindfulnesscenter.se/  

Have you ever wondered how your brain works? Why do you respond a certain way when something that you don't like happens? Is there a way to train your mind to be more intentional? This interview was very fun to do and I learned a lot and connected several dots in my head. Bhante is on a mission to help people be more mindful or intentional about how they engage with the world. For additional information visit www.triplegem.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greg-anderson29/message

Imagine a world where food cravings are opportunities for deeper understanding and self-growth. Mindfulness, as a transformative tool grounded in neuroscience, is the realm of Dr. Judson Brewer, a pioneer in habit change and self-mastery.Dr. Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, has spent over two decades blending mindfulness training with neuroscience, unraveling the brain's reward system and its role in addictions and anxiety. As Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center and an associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences and Psychiatry at Brown's Schools of Public Health and Medicine, his groundbreaking work has been globally recognized on platforms like TED and in publications like Time, The New York Times, and Forbes.In this episode, we explore Dr. Jud's latest book, "The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop." This book offers a profound exploration of how our brains and behaviors are intertwined with our eating habits. Dr. Jud's approach, rooted in neuroscience and mindfulness, provides a compassionate and practical guide to healing our relationship with food.In my conversation with Dr. Brewer, you'll discover:-What initially drew Jud into the study of mindfulness and habit formation and the neural mechanisms behind it...02:00-How the perception of mindfulness has changed in the scientific community over the years...04:15-Ways AI may be integrated into the science and the studies of digital therapeutics...07:15-How did we end up in this mess with regard to food?...14:06-What measures do you think are most critical in curbing industry practices on food addiction and habits...18:21-How to recognize whether your hunger is for food, or if it is a deeper emotional need, or even a habit...23:34-Why doesn't your diet work?...33:25-A pain-addicted culture leads to negative perceptions of self and food...38:32-What is a "pleasure plateau" and how can your awareness of it affect your relationship with food...42:01-How to RAIN on your Craving Monsters' parade...44:56-And much more...Resources mentioned:WEBSITEBooks authored and co-authored by Judson BrewerGuest's social handles:InstagramYouTubeFacebookTED TALKSP.S. If you enjoy this episode and feel it helps to elevate your life, please give us a rating or review. And if you feel others may benefit from this podcast as well, spread the word, share and help grow our tribe of Superhumans. When we help heal One, we help heal All. Much gratitude and love.Yours,Ariane

Today we go back to basic in a new style for our podcast with guest, comment, practices and answers to the most basic and wanted questions about mindfulness. Nieta, Pat and Lele today interview Andy Lee asking him the following questions: 1. How do you define mindfulness, what it is and what it isn't? 2. Aren't we already aware? What's the point with mindfulness? 3. How mindfulness makes us more aware, according to what process? 4. How different are you now that are practicing mindfulness for a long time? Enjoy Andy answers and also the final body scan offered by him. Something more about Andy Lee: Andy Lee is a pioneer in bringing the benefits of mindfulness into the workplace. He brings a unique blend of business experience and mindfulness expertise to his work.​ He has been practicing mindfulness for over 20 years and has been teaching in organizations since 2011. ​ Before founding Mindful Ethos, Andy was Chief Mindfulness Officer at Aetna where he and his team developed a range of programs to create a deeply rooted culture of mindfulness. These programs included in-person courses, webinars and digital resources. He also developed a network of internal mindfulness advocates and created a Mindfulness Center in Aetna's home office. Andy has an MA in organizational psychology and is a certified mindfulness teacher and executive coach.

There's a lot of talk these days about the benefits of being mindful. But a recently published study led by Brown University researchers suggests mindfulness isn't just good for one's mental and emotional well-being. It's also beneficial for our physical health. In this episode of Public Health Out Loud Dr. Philip Chan is joined by Dr. Eric Loucks, director of the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, to explain how being mindful - about what we eat - can help dramatically lower blood pressure. 

There are as many ways to have a difficult relationship with food as there are ways to eat. It's hard to get conversations about these challenges right, but today we're taking the plunge and exploring the habit of eating when we're not hungry with psychiatrist Dr. Jud Brewer.  Dr. Rick, Forrest, and Dr. Jud start by discussing our often flawed approach to conversations about eating patterns, shame spirals, and the many problems with diets. They then move the conversation from what we eat to how we eat, applying Dr. Jud's work on habits and craving to the challenge of emotional eating. Specific topics include the neuroscience behind how our hunger cues and emotional cues get mixed up, common habit loops related to food, reward value and the importance of creating a prediction error, the nature of craving as wanting without liking, mindfulness-based tools, and how we can create a bigger, better offer for our brains. About our Guest: Dr. Jud Brewer is a psychiatrist, the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, a professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health and Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University, and a research affiliate at MIT. He's also the bestselling author of a number of books, including The Craving Mind, Unwinding Anxiety, and his most recent book The Hunger Habit. Disclaimer: If you struggle with a serious restrictive eating disorder like anorexia or bulimia nervosa, the material in this conversation will not support your needs. Please consider working with your doctor or mental health clinician, or using the free resources at www.nationaleatingdisorders.org. If you need immediate help, call the ANAD hotline at 1-888-375-7767. You can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction and disclaimer 2:40: The surprising finding from Jud's smoking cessation program 6:05: What Jud's new book is not about, and information vs. behavior 11:05: The mental health impact of dieting, and the problem with willpower 18:05: Hedonic hunger, and food-mood wiring 24:15: Bringing awareness to how we eat, and our cultural conditioning 31:50: Developing freedom of choice, and the MBSR raisin exercise 36:20: A walkthrough of mindful eating 44:25: When you don't want to let go of a behavior, and finding the bigger better offer 52:50: Kindness, curiosity, and other tools for improving interoception 57:00: Ways to find the bigger better offer 1:07:45: Caring for our future self 1:11:30: Recap Forrest is now writing on Substack, check out his work there.  Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Sponsors Get your stand on with UPLIFT Desk! Go to UPLIFT Desk.com/BEINGWELL for 5% off your order of one of their fantastic standing desks or office products. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world's largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Want to sleep better? Try the Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Trust your gut with Seed's DS-01 Daily Synbiotic. Go to Seed.com/BEINGWELL and use code 25BEINGWELL to get 25% off your first month.  Start each day right with IQBAR's bars, hydration mixes, and mushroom coffees. Just text BEINGWELL to sixty-four thousand (64-000) and get an exclusive offer of 20% off plus free shipping. Connect with the show: Subscribe on iTunes Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Forrest on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Visit Forrest's website

Let's delve into one of your most important and longest running relationships - your relationship with food. Like all relationships, it's emotional. Dr. Jud Brewer joins us to discuss his new book The Hunger Habit:Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop. He shares how to practice mindfulness, replace judgment with curiosity, change your habits and cultivate a healthier relationship with food. Dr. Jud Brewer joins us from Rhode Island. _________________________ Bio Jud Brewer, MD, Ph.D. (“Dr. Jud”) is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery,” who blends over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training and a career in scientific research. He is passionate about understanding how our brains work, and how to use that knowledge to help people make deep, permanent change in their lives — with the goal of reducing suffering in the world at large. Dr. Jud is the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health and Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University. Additionally, he is the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare, the digital health company helping people manage all their health in one place, and a research affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Previously, Dr. Jud held research and teaching positions at Yale University and the University of Massachusetts' Center for Mindfulness. Read more about his research. As a psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for treating addictions, Dr. Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for anxiety, emotional eating, and smoking (Unwinding Anxiety, Eat Right Now and Craving to Quit). Based on the success of these programs in the lab, he co-founded MindSciences, Inc. to create app-based digital therapeutic versions of these programs for a wider audience, working with individuals, corporations, and health systems to put effective, evidence-based behavior change guidance in the hands of people struggling with unwanted behaviors and “everyday addictions.” Sharecare, Inc. acquired MindSciences in 2020. Dr. Jud has also studied the underlying neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI and EEG neurofeedback, adding to the understanding of the brain's “Default Mode Network” and the role of the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) in self-referential thinking.  He regularly gives talks on the intersection of modern science and ancient meditative practices, helping to expose a modern audience to specific techniques and insights first discovered 2,500 years ago. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, trained US Olympic athletes and coaches, foreign government ministers and corporate leaders. His work has been featured on 60 Minutes, TED, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, TIME, The Washington Post, Forbes, CNN, BBC, NPR, and more. His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association, among others. In addition to The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop, he is the author of The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love, Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017) and the New York Times best-seller, Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind (Avery/Penguin Random House, 2021). Dr. Jud and his wife Mahri live in Massachusetts where they enjoy biking, hiking, and meditating with their cats, Samson, Ananda and Julian of Norwich. ______________________ For More on Dr. Jud Brewer The Hunger Habit:Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How...

My guest today is Dr. Jud Brewer. Dr. Jud is a New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, addiction psychiatrist, and thought leader in the field of habit change. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor. He is the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare Inc. and a research affiliate at MIT. Dr. Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety. His new book is called The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop, which we discuss in the episode.Some of the topics we explore include: - How all urges converge in one place in the brain- How our biological drives around food cause challenges in the modern context- The way we  use food to numb ourselves from difficult emotions- The healing potential of curiosity- Challenges with mindless eating- The difference between hunger and craving—————————————————————————Dr. Jud's Website: https://drjud.com/The Hunger Habit: https://a.co/d/5VQODAp—————————————————————————Thank you all for checking out the episode! Here are some ways to help support Mentally Flexible:You can help cover some of the costs of running the podcast by donating a cup of coffee! www.buymeacoffee.com/mentallyflexiblePlease subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It only takes 30 seconds and plays an important role in being able to get new guests.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mentally-flexible/id1539933988Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentallyflexible/Check out my song “Glimpse at Truth” that you hear in the intro/outro of every episode: https://tomparkes.bandcamp.com/track/glimpse-at-truth

As the new year unfolds, resolutions often falter, particularly those related to food habits. Acknowledge this truth with gravitas—most diets fail most of the time. Neuroscientist Dr. Jud Brewer challenges conventional weight loss wisdom, exposing the myth of willpower from a neuroscience perspective. In his third podcast appearance (RRP episodes 471 and 586), Dr. Brewer, Brown University's Mindfulness Center director and School of Public Health and Psychiatry professor, delves into his latest book, The Hunger Habit. Drawing on two decades with thousands of patients, he advocates attention, mindfulness, and curiosity for healthier choices. Evolutionarily, our brains, seeking certainty, create habit loops with triggers, behaviors, and results. The reinforcing dopamine spritz forms a stubbornly resistant, recalcitrant loop. Dr. Brewer scientifically addresses breaking these habits. Today, we explore the neuroscience of habits, dopamine's role, the absence of willpower in behavior change, and the importance of self-acceptance. Note: This discussion may be confronting for those with eating disorders; seek help at www.nationaleatingdisorders.org. Dr. Brewer's blend of Eastern traditions and hard science provides practical solutions. This episode is a must-listen if you're wrestling with cravings or food compulsions. Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today's Sponsors: SEED: Enjoy 25% OFF

Vladimir, Founder of the Blue Lotus Meditation and Mindfulness Center, joins us today and shares his tips for consistent connection to inner peace.

Join Sarah Noll Wilson and guest Allison Peet as they discuss the powerful practice of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). About Our Guest Allison Peet is a certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Instructor trained at UMass Center for Mindfulness, founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD and the Mindfulness Center at Brown University. She is trained through Mindful Schools and is a certified Buteyko Breathing Method instructor and registered yoga instructor (RYT200). She's taught since 2015 and hundreds have graduated from her MBSR program. Based on a pre and post self-evaluation, 87% of MBSR grads lowered their perceived stress, and reduced stress levels an average of 35%. All of her individual students reduce their stress by an average of half after 8 sessions. Allison completes multiple week-long silent meditation retreats and has a regular practice. The cultivation of mindfulness transformed her relationship with stress and anxiety which motivated her to start her own business in 2015, From Within Wellness, to benefit others. Website: www.fromwithinwellness.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allison-peet-b65b825a Facebook: www.facebook.com/fromwithinwellness

Today's episode is the first in a new stress and anxiety series we're doing on the podcast. Over the coming weeks we'll share deep, informative, and practical conversations with some of the leading experts in these arenas. Each episode will offer insight into how to work with these very common (and often challenging) aspects of our lives more effectively and in ways that lead to greater calm, balance, and wellbeing. And today I am thrilled, because Dr. Jud Brewer is back on the show to kick things off. Jud is an addiction psychiatrist and a leader in fields of habit change, mindfulness, and anxiety. In today's powerful three-part conversation we'll dive into Jud's  work and highlights from his groundbreaking book: Unwinding Anxiety.In part one, Jud will paint a picture of the landscape of anxiety in our culture and will tease out what it is, and what it's not. In part two we'll discuss why some of the common approaches to alleviating anxiety may not be so effective - specifically when it comes to lasting change.And in part three, Jud will share illuminating insights from his work in neuroscience that shed light on what works for unwinding anxiety in lasting ways. Enjoying the show? Please rate it wherever you listen to your podcasts!Find this episode inspiring? Here are past conversations with Jud we think you'll love:Is Curiosity a Superpower? | Dr. Jud BrewerHarnessing Neuroscience to Change Habits and Find Happiness | Dr. Jud BrewerMore about Jud:Dr. Jud Brewer is a NYT best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change, who blends over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training and a career in scientific research. He is passionate about understanding how our brains work, and how to use that knowledge to help people make deep, permanent change in their lives — with the goal of reducing suffering in the world at large. He is the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center. Additionally, he is the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare. Dr. Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change for anxiety, emotional eating, and smoking (Unwinding Anxiety, Eat Right Now and Craving to Quit). For more, visit: drjud.comAnnouncing the 5-Day Transforming Stress Challenge! In addition to the Stress and Anxiety Series on the podcast I am launching a new 5-day challenge in November: Transforming Stress for greater calm, balance, and wellbeing. From November 13th-17th I  will share bite-sized recorded practices that include some of the most effective teachings, mindset tools, and meditations I've come across for working with stress and anxiety over my career. And to conclude the challenge I will host a Stress Masterclass where we will have the opportunity to practice together live.Sign up now: practicingcourage.com/stress Support the show

You may have heard the term mindfulness before but what does it mean, what are the benefits, and how can you integrate mindfulness into your life? On today's episode Gary Petingola a Social Worker certified to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reductionexplains all this and more.   In this episode we heard from,  Gary Petingola MSW, RSW Gary has had a strong presence with the National Kidney Foundation - Council of Nephrology Social Workers since 2000 having co-planned the Professional Councils Conference in Toronto.  As a regular presenter at the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings, Gary recently participated in a NKF Live Facebook event on the topic of Vaccines, Pandemic Fatigue, and Mindfulness. Gary's book - The Response: Practising Mindfulness In Your Daily Life (2020) was inspired by his work in nephrology. Gary is qualified to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction through the Center for Mindfulness, UMASS and Certified through the Mindfulness Center, Brown University School of Public Health. Gary has co-founded Mindfulness on the Rocks - Meditation Solutions for Maximum Life Impact.      Additional resources:  Books: Petingola, G. The Response: Practising Mindfulness in Your Daily Life (2020) Kabat-Zinn, J. Wherever You Go There You Are – Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life Websites and Apps: Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindful Meandering Journey Headspace Calm Insight Timer Ten Percent Happier Do you have comments, questions, or suggestions? Email us at NKFpodcast@kidney.org. Also, make sure to rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts.  

Anxiety is so pervasive today that more than 40 million adults in the U.S. are living with it. This week's guest, Dr. Jud Brewer, offers new insights into this growing problem and provides simple steps to help end the cycle of constant worrying.  As New York Times best-selling author and director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, Dr. Jud released the book Unwinding Anxiety in 2021 and now the same techniques used in his book are available the Unwinding Anxiety app. In this episode, he tells us how we all can start breaking free from anxiety.   In this episode, you'll learn: Why willpower isn't the answer to overcoming anxiety Three steps to breaking an anxiety habit How curiosity can help disarm anxiety

What do we do with our anxiety? How can loving it, breathing it, and meditating with it transcend our mental health? Internationally known expert in mindfulness training for treating addictions, Executive Medical Director of Behavioral Health at Sharecare, and Author of his latest book, Unwinding Anxiety, Dr. Jud Brewer, returns to explain how worry and anxiety become habits, why we become addicted to stress, and practical strategies to navigate uncertainty. Listen and discover the new science of breaking the worry and the fear to heal your mind. Live Life Well from Sunrise to Sunset Save 20% with code "WELLNESSFORCE" on everyone's favorite Superfoods brand, ORGANIFI, including their Sunrise to Sunset Bundle and their Women's Power Stack that includes HARMONY + GLOW for true hormonal balance and great health radiating through your beautiful skin. Click HERE to order your Organifi today. Are You Stressed Out Lately? Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork. Click HERE to download for free. Biohack Your Mind & Body with Plunge Ice Baths!Save $150 on your PLUNGE order with code "WELLNESSFORCE" As seen on Shark Tank, Plunge's revolutionary Cold Plunge uses powerful cooling, filtration, and sanitation to give you cold, clean water whenever you want it, making it far superior to an ice bath or chest freezer. *Review The Wellness + Wisdom Podcast & WIN $150 in wellness prizes! *Join The Facebook Group   "One pragmatic practice is to separate out the worry from the thinking. Fear plus uncertainty equals anxiety but uncertainty can also move us into a growth mindset. When there's a lot of uncertainty and we're really feeling down on our luck or really stressed out because of our finances; in those moments when we're really worried, take a deep breath, step back, and ask yourself if this worrying is helping. Because worrying makes our thinking brain go offline. What do we need to help us move forward? We need our thinking brain."  - Dr. Jud Brewer     In This Episode, Dr. Jud Brewer Uncovers: [1:30] How Worry & Anxiety Become Habits breathwork.io Dr. Jud Brewer Unwinding Anxiety by Dr. Jud Brewer 319 Dr. Jud Brewer The Craving Mind by Dr. Jud Brewer Eat Right Now app Craving To Quit Sharecare Mind Science Unpacking the new sciences of breaking worry and fear to heal your mind. Why anxiety, worry, and fear can actually become habits. Breaking down specifically how worry can be negatively reinforced over time until it becomes a habit. Examples of how our anxious thoughts become habits including one of his patients who avoided driving on the freeway. The research he has done to help people reduce their anxiety and the amazing results they have seen with his Unwinding Anxiety app vs prescribed medications. What it means to label a treatment, research, and trials as being clinically validated.   [11:30] The Source Of Modern Anxiety Exploring what the source of anxiety actually is for people in our modern-day society. Why fear-based learning is a survival mechanism that humans have wired in their brains. The fact that our cell phones are weapons of mass distraction and anti-survival mechanisms. Breaking down how anxiety is the combination of worry and fear. What happens to our thought process when we don't have certainty in a situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Exploring why our previous anti-anxiety or anti-habit strategies have failed in the past. How the brain is wired to create and follow habits that free up space for it to do other things. The learning strategy that is set up along with the process of building habit memory. How a reward hierarchy is created based on the habits we learn. The importance of checking in with ourselves to see if those habits are still rewarding to ensure we actually benefit from them. What negative prediction error is and why it happens when there's a deviation from what we expect [19:30] Unwinding Anxiety How you can unwind anxiety from specific, delayed gratification by finding out what is driving those behaviors. Why working on anxiety helped one of his clients effortlessly lose 100 pounds because he stopped stress eating. Exploring the fact that there really isn't any real evidence that willpower exists. How to practice delayed gratification to help you build good habits. 129 Gretchen Rubin Making sense of the connection between addiction and anxiety in order to let go of both and heal. Eric Kandel Breaking down our individual perceptions, illusions, levels of awareness, and the confrontation one must go through during the inner work. [31:30] Are You Addicted To Your Own Stress? How to transcend addiction, anxiety, and depression so that they no longer rule us anymore. Unpacking the question, “Which mind states are more rewarding?” Exploring how contracted and closed down people felt with each different mind state compared to feeling more open and expanded. Why adults who are addicted to their own stress hormones were once children who lived in unpredictable environments of overreaction, rage spirals, and fear. How Josh's addiction to stress has impacted his life as an entrepreneur, his new life in Austin, and now with a baby on the way. What steps to take to know if you are addicted to your own stress and then how to break free from it. Why it can feel strange once you break free from anxiety and no longer have anxious thoughts. Carol Dweck The difference between growth vs fixed mindset when it comes to new changes in your life. How you can become comfortable with the uncomfortable as you enter the growth zone. [40:00] How To Handle Worry & Stress What steps you can take if you're worried about the “next bad thing” that's going to happen to you. The power of changing our mindset and how we look at our life. How we use worry as a control mechanism of our lives to help us but it actually goes against our brain's ability to work well. Why anxiety and bad habits can be teaching tools for greater awareness and how to properly use them. Michael Pollan What happens to the body and mind when we are actually experiencing stress in the present moment. His research of the default mode network and exploring one of the hypotheses out there that this network syncs us with action. The idea out there that conscious awareness might happen a full half-second after our motor action does something. Exploring the contraction and expansion of self when we let go of stress or feel positive emotions such as love. [49:00] Practical Strategies To Navigate Uncertainty How to heal from financial stress and uncertainty that is creating so many wounds in our collective society. What steps you can do to separate your worry from your thinking. How uncertainty can move us into a growth mindset. The power of asking yourself, “Is my worrying helping me right now?” How you can step away from worrying and lean into the challenge that you are facing with your thinking brain turned on and with a growth mindset. In what capacity we can look at the obstacles we're facing as a gift and something beautiful. The power of picking out what you can control and doing something that's meaningful for you and your family regardless of traumas and circumstances. 3 powerful steps you can take to navigate uncertainty and worry. The beauty of fostering kindness and curiosity in order to help us expand and let go of stress. Loving kindness meditation guided by Dr. Jud Brewer How to use kindness to create connection during crisis Dr. Jud Brewer on using mindfulness to ease worry and anxiety Why curiosity is a superpower and even more important than being brave. breathwork.io M21 Wellness Guide Wellness + Wisdom Community Leave Wellness + Wisdom a Review on Apple Podcasts Power Quotes From The Show Learn From Anxiety "'What can you learn from anxiety? If you lean into your hardships and challenges to get something out of them, they can actually be quite rewarding in the sense that you've grown and become more resilient.' - Dr. Jud Brewer How The Brain Builds New Habits "Remember our old brain is set up to help us survive. In addition to reward-based learning, it has another trick up his sleeve. It takes what it learns and moves the learning into muscle memory as soon as it can. In other words, our brains are set up to form habits so we can free up brain space to learn new things."  - Unwinding Anxiety by Dr. Jud Brewer Why Worry Can Be A Powerful Teacher "Inevitably life goes on and things are constantly changing and we have no control over the future. So, those feelings of uncertainty and wondering when the shoe is going to drop have been described as ways that make us feel like we're in control because at least we're doing something about it by worrying. However, worrying doesn't help and it actually makes our brain work less well. Try to see anything that isn't going well or isn't perfect as a learning experience. When your anxiety comes back up, what can you learn from it? If you lean into your hardships and challenges to get something out of them, they can actually be quite rewarding in the sense that you've grown and become more resilient." - Dr. Jud Brewer Moving Into A Growth Mindset "What do we need to do in today's age? We need to be able to think beyond our narrow sense because the world has changed a lot. It has had this seismic shift that's never going to go back and we don't even know what that's going to look like. So, ask yourself, what I am I getting from worrying? See if you can step out of the worry and lean into that challenge. I'm not saying this is easy but I'm saying this is what we can do, right? Lean into this and ask yourself how you can move into your growth mindset and what's possible for you right now."  - Dr. Jud Brewer Links From Today's Show  breathwork.io Unwinding Anxiety by Dr. Jud Brewer 319 Dr. Jud Brewer The Craving Mind by Dr. Jud Brewer Eat Right Now app Craving To Quit Sharecare Mind Science 129 Gretchen Rubin Eric Kandel Carol Dweck Michael Pollan Loving kindness meditation guided by Dr. Jud Brewer How to use kindness to create connection during crisis Dr. Jud Brewer on using mindfulness to ease worry and anxiety 'Habit Loops & Everyday Addictions' 'Tame Your Feelings of Anxiety' TED Talk | A simple way to break a bad habit | Judson Brewer Josh's Trusted Products | Up To 40% Off Shop All Products BREATHE - 20% off with the code “PODCAST20” Organifi –20% off with the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' SEED Synbiotic - 30% off with the code "JOSHTRENT" BON CHARGE - 15% off with the code "JOSH15" MANNA Vitality - 20% off with the code "JOSH20" Mendi.io - 20% off with the code "JOSH20" SpectraSculpt - 15% off with the code "JOSH15" SaunaSpace - 10% off with the code "JOSH10" Cured Nutrition CBD - 20% off with the code "WELLNESS FORCE" PLUNGE - $150 off with the code “WELLNESSFORCE" LiftMode - 10% off with the code "JOSH10" HVMN Ketone-IQ - 20% off with the code "JOSH" MitoZen – 10% off with the code “WELLNESSFORCE” Paleovalley – 15% off with the link only NOOTOPIA - 10% off with the code "JOSH10" Activation Products - 20% off with the code “WELLNESSFORCE” SENSATE - $25 off with the code "JOSH25" ION - 15% off with the code ‘JOSH1KS' Feel Free from Botanic Tonics - $40 off with the code "WELLNESS40" Essential Oil Wizardry - 10% off with the code "WELLNESSFORCE" ALIVE WATERS - 33% off your first order with the code "JOSH33" DRY FARM WINES - Get an extra bottle of Pure Natural Wine with your order for just 1¢ Drink LMNT – Zero Sugar Hydration: Get your free LMNT Sample Pack, with any purchase Free Resources M21 Wellness Guide - Free 3-Week Breathwork Program with Josh Trent Join Wellness + Wisdom Community About Dr. Jud Brewer Dr. Jud is the Executive Medical Director of Behavioral Health at Sharecare, Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center, and associate professor in psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University, as well as a research affiliate at MIT. Before that, he held research and teaching positions at Yale University and the University of Massachusetts' Center for Mindfulness. Read more about his research here.   As an addiction psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for treating addictions, Dr. Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety (Eat Right Now, Unwinding Anxiety and Craving to Quit).   Based on the success of these programs in the lab, he co-founded MindSciences, Inc. to create app-based digital therapeutic versions of these programs for a wider audience, working with individuals, corporations, and hospital systems to put effective, evidence-based behavior change guidance in the hands of people struggling with unwanted behaviors and “everyday addictions.” Modern Science, Ancient Wisdom Dr. Jud has also studied the underlying neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI and EEG neurofeedback, adding to the understanding of the brain's “Default Mode Network” and the role of the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) in self-referential thinking.    He regularly gives talks on the intersection of modern science and ancient meditative practices, helping to expose a modern audience to specific techniques and insights first discovered 2,500 years ago.   He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, trained US Olympic coaches, and his work has been featured on 60 Minutes, TED (4th most viewed talk of 2016, with 10+ Million views), Time magazine (top 100 new health discoveries of 2013), Forbes, BBC, NPR, Al Jazeera (documentary about his research), Businessweek and others. His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association, among others.   He is the author of The Craving Mind: from cigarettes to smartphones to love, why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017). Dr. Jud and his wife Mahri live in Massachusetts where they enjoy biking, hiking, and meditating with their two cats, Ananda and Julian of Norwich. Website Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube

Brandon “Soul Cole” Coleman's life story is all about defining, refining then redefining himself. As a redshirt freshman on the Rutgers football team, he chose the mindset to show up every day in practice and make himself so valuable that he could not be overlooked. He used the exact same blueprint as an undrafted rookie to earn a spot on the New Orleans Saints. After suffering a career ending injury in 2018, he was faced with the reality that he while he had mastered the physical part of training, he had overlooked the most important part, the mental part. As such, he committed to transition into the health and wellness space by achieving a Health and Wellness Coaching Certificate at Georgetown University as well as completing the MBSR program from the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, School of Public Health. As a Flow Facilitator, Mental Performance Coach, Certified Breath Coach and Sound Healing Practitioner, Soul Cole breaks down his non negotiables into actionable items that allow him to always “Be Curious” while helping others attain balance, intention, and wellness. @b_cole16, soulcolethebrand.com

Meet Soul Cole Brandon Coleman, or as he is more commonly referred to as SOUL COLE, is a retired NFL player for the New Orleans Saints. After suffering a career-ending injury in 2018, he transitioned into the health and wellness space, becoming a Certified Health & Wellness Coach. Dealing with physical pain, depression, and anxiety, Coleman found his way back to himself by utilizing tools such as therapy, meditation, yoga, breathwork, and sound healing. Coleman was able to reprogram his body, and SOUL COLE emerged with a different kind of strength from his newly garnered practices.    His own personal experiences with injury and loss have given SOUL COLE a unique and profound respect for the value of not only physical but mental and emotional health. Understanding the significance of the tools he received was a catalyst for him achieving a Health and Wellness Coaching Certificate at Georgetown University School of Continuing Study as well as completing the MBSR program from the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, School of Public Health. SOUL COLE is committed to helping others refine and redefine their lives by giving them tools to attain balance, intention, and wellness.   Soul Cole is now a Flow Facilitator, Mental Performance Coach, Certified Breath Coach, and Sound Healing Practitioner. He is intense, driven and places high value on faith, family, and morality. To learn more, go to soulcolethebrand.com.    You Need To Listen To Your Body Soul was gearing up to put his 20 years of hard work into playing for the NFL until he suffered a traumatic injury to his neck and back. He continued to push himself and ended up with surgery that had him shut down on every level. Not knowing how to handle such trauma and up against the stigma of getting support, Soul found himself in a dark and lonely place that led to depression and despair. It was in his desperation that he says that God got his undivided attention, and he started to address the deeper trauma and grief. One of the biggest learnings that Soul talked about is the importance of listening and trusting your body. Everything is connected - the physical, mental, and emotional aspects are all part of a larger integrative body system.    The Power of Surrendering Your Ego  In his dark night of the soul, he finally chose to surrender his ego and saw firsthand how he was chasing validation, pride, and acceptance. While his ego was bruised, his spiritual connection began to deepen and grow. He realized that it's ok not to be ok. How powerful is that, my friend? If you are struggling right now, know that it's ok not to feel ok and that getting support can be the most loving thing you can do for yourself.    How To Leave a Legacy  One of the gifts of Soul's greater healing and awakening starting in 2018 is that it gave him the momentum and habits of self-care and self-realization that he continued to tap into and share during the pandemic. He began to find his voice and was able to make a greater impact and bring diversity to those bringing mindfulness, meditation, and healing to the world. Since his accident, Soul has been nurturing his own connection to himself as well as his faith and spirituality, and that of many others. 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 How can you break bad habits? You know, the ones that contribute to your anxiety, depression, and self-sabotaging behaviors.  One of the world's leading researchers on habit formation is our guest in this Encore episode. Dr. Jud Brewer is a highly respected psychiatrist and neuroscientist who also serves as the Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center. We delve into his book, "Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind," and discuss how anxiety can develop into a habit loop. Dr. Brewer shares practical tips on breaking this pattern and explores why relying solely on willpower may not be enough. Join us as we explore how to hack your brain's reward system, simple steps to overcome anxiety and addiction, and ultimately break the cycles of worry and fear. In this episode, you'll learn:  Simple ways to break a bad habit How our habits influence anxiety Why willpower isn't enough How to hack your brain's reward system Simple steps to overcome anxiety and addiction How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear Resources: Guest Website Get your Free One Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens! Contact Us If you enjoyed this episode, check out: How To Become The Best Version Of Yourself Even When You Feel Like The Worst Version Of Yourself With Jeff Wickersham

Judson Brewer ("Dr. Jud") is a renowned addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist who has spent over two decades studying the mechanisms of addiction and the effects of mindfulness on behavior change. On this episode of Flourishing After Addiction, it was great to talk with him about some extraordinary connections between the science of addiction and contemplative practice. We talk about Jud's own experience with panic attacks, how he found mindfulness to be a powerful tool to work with anxiety, and how this personal experience helped him to see the connections between addictive cravings and the fundamental processes of anxiety. More broadly, we discuss how the urge to control our experiences is often the root of our suffering ("control is the problem, not the solution"). He connects this notion in how the brain's reward-based learning system works and how it can lead to perversely reinforcing unhelpful habits. And connecting this work to broader topics in contemplative practice, he describes how Buddhist philosophy and the concept of craving relates to the underpinnings of addiction he's uncovered in his neuroscience lab. We talk about the role of values and ethics in recovery and in treatment, including how to work with ethics as a practice without getting bogged down by a sense of obligation or guilt--approaching ethics with a sense of curiosity and openness, rather than judgment or rigidity.And, to conclude the episode, Jud leads us through a beautiful guided practice of opening and curiosity, a mini-meditation to help us cultivate awareness and non-judgmental acceptance.Dr. Jud Brewer is an addiction psychiatrist, neuroscientist, mindfulness practitioner, and author. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and an associate professor at the School of Public Health at Brown University. His research focuses on the neural mechanisms of mindfulness and how it can be used to treat addiction and other behavioral disorders. He has published numerous scientific articles, and he is the author of The Craving Mind (Yale University Press, 2017) and the New York Times best-seller, Unwinding Anxiety (Avery/Penguin Random House, 2021). He is also an experienced mindfulness teacher and has trained thousands of people in the art of meditation and mindfulness-based approaches to behavior change.In this episode: - Jud's website- his apps for habit change - Episodes mentioned: Melissa Febos, John Kelly, Elias Dakwar, and Eric Garland - Jud's academic work connecting addiction science to the Buddhist concept of dependent origination: "Craving to quit"- "Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity"Sign up for my newsletter and immediately receive my own free guide to the many pathways to recovery, as well as regular updates on new interviews, material, and other writings. 

The subject of anxiety never seems to lose its relevance. In this special episode we answer listener voicemails with one of the world's leading experts on anxiety. Dr. Jud Brewer is the Chief Medical Officer at Sharecare and the Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center. He is also the New York Times best-selling author of Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind and an expert in the field of habit change and the science of self-mastery. In this episode we talk about: The current levels of anxiety in our cultureWhy fear and planning can be helpful, but worrying is notThe role of curiosity and kindness in short circuiting anxiety How to differentiate between anxiety and excitementWhether we can try too hard to treat our anxietyAnd why as a society we are moving away from distress tolerance Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/judson-brewer-530See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Videos: Society is going to COLLAPSE -Neil Oliver ( 5:24) Fear Psychosis and the Cult of Safety – Why are People so Afraid?  – Academy of Ideas (13:25) The Great Reset and Transhumanism | Beyond the Cover (17:50) We can be Brainwashed if allowed (Macdonald) MEP Clare Daly calls out EU on wanting to supply arms to Ukraine but not Palestine or Yemen Antioxidants may reduce oxidative stress in men with prostate cancer Universities of Connecticut, Louisiana State, North Carolina, South Carolina, and California , November 3, 2022 This latest paper – which looked at men with prostate cancer from the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project – came in light of a growing body of evidence suggesting oxidative stress plays a role in the development and progression of prostate cancer. The researchers looked at biomarkers of oxidative stress in the blood, urine and prostate tissue.  They found a greater antioxidant intake was associated with lower urinary 8-isoprostane concentrations.  A 10% increase in antioxidant intake saw an unadjusted 1.1% decrease in urinary 8-isoprostane levels.  8-Isoprostane has been described as a “reliable marker”  and recognised  “gold standard” for lipid peroxidation – the oxidative degradation of lipids.  “This study demonstrated that intake of antioxidants was associated with less oxidative stress among men with incident prostate cancer,” the researchers concluded in the British Journal of Nutrition.    “The results of this study and others warrant additional research in humans on the mechanisms underlying the relationship between dietary antioxidants and prostate tissue redox status and carcinogenesis, as well as determining whether this relationship may influence disease severity, progression and recurrence.”  High-intensity exercise changes how muscle cells manage calcium  Karolinska Institute (Sweden) November 2, 2022 Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a cellular mechanism behind the surprising benefits of short, high-intensity interval exercise. Their findings, which are published in the scientific journal PNAS, also provide clues to why antioxidants undermine the effect of endurance training.  A few minutes of high-intensity interval exercise is enough to produce an effect at least equivalent to that achieved with traditional much more time-consuming endurance training. High-intensity exercise has become popular with sportspeople and recreational joggers alike, as well as with patients with impaired muscle function. However, one question has so far remained unanswered: how can a few minutes' high-intensity exercise be so effective? To investigate what happens in muscle cells during high-intensity exercise, the researchers asked male recreational exercisers to do 30 seconds of maximum exertion cycling followed by four minutes of rest, and to repeat the procedure six times. They then took muscle tissue samples from their thighs. “Our study shows that three minutes of high-intensity exercise breaks down calcium channels in the muscle cells,” says Professor Håkan Westerblad, principal investigator at Karolinska Institutet's Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. “This causes a lasting change in how the cells handle calcium, and is an excellent signal for adaptation, such as the formation of new mitochondria.” Mitochondria are like the cell's power plants, and changes that stimulate the formation of new mitochondria increase muscle endurance. What the researchers found was that the breakdown of calcium channels that was triggered by the high-intensity exercise was caused by an increase in free radicals, which are very reactive and oxidise cellular proteins. The cells therefore have antioxidative systems for trapping and neutralising the radicals. Antioxidants, like vitamins E and C, are also present in food and are common ingredients in dietary supplements. In the present study, the researchers examined what happens when isolated mouse muscles are treated with an antioxidant before and after simulated high-intensity interval exercise. “Our study shows that antioxidants remove the effect on the calcium channels, which might explain why they can weaken muscular response to endurance training,” says Professor Westerblad. “Our results also show that the calcium channels aren't affected by the three minutes of high-intensity interval exercise in elite endurance athletes, who have built up more effective antioxidative systems.”  8 Weeks Of Mindfulness Training Can Lower Blood Pressure For Months Brown University, November 8, 2022 A custom mindfulness program which teaches people how to have healthy relationships with their diet, physical activity, alcohol use, and stress can help lower blood pressure for at least six months, a new study finds. A team with the American Heart Association found that eight weeks of mindfulness training significantly lowers systolic blood pressure readings — the top number in a blood pressure measurement. The training focused on attention control, meditation, self-awareness, and emotion regulation, using weekly group sessions and daily mindfulness exercises. “Mindfulness is non-judgmental, present-moment awareness of physical sensations, emotions and thoughts,” says lead study author Eric Loucks, Ph.D., an associate professor of epidemiology and director of the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, in a media release. “It is almost like a scientist curiously and objectively observing the information coming in through the sense organs and the mind, and then responding skillfully to that information. Mindfulness also involves the concept of remembering, or in other words, remembering to bring one's wisdom (wherever it was gained, such as from health care professionals or public health messages) into the present moment. Wisdom in the context of elevated blood pressure levels may include knowledge that evidence-based practices, such as physical activity, diet, limited alcohol consumption and antihypertensive medication adherence, can improve well-being.”The participant group included over 200 adults from the Providence, Rhode Island area who all had high blood pressure, meaning their readings were higher than 120 mm Hg systolic or 80 mm Hg diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number). Nearly six in 10 were women (59%) and had an average age of 59. Results show the Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction group saw their systolic blood pressure drop by an average of 5.9 mm Hg. Those using enhanced usual care only saw their blood pressure drop by 1.4 mm Hg. While systolic blood pressure changed, neither group saw their diastolic blood pressure drop. In addition to improving their blood pressure, the mindfulness group also engaged in far fewer sedentary activities over the six months. Those in mindfulness training reduced their sedentary sitting by an average of 351 minutes each week. Those doing mindfulness training were also more likely to eat a heart-healthy diet and experienced less stress during the course of the study. Grapefruit Juice Supports Healthy Arteries  French National Institute for Agricultural Research, November 2022 Want to hydrate your way toward a healthier heart? Then you may want to consider adding grapefruit juice into your diet. Because a recent study found that grapefruit juice enriched with the flavonoid naringenin actually improved a marker associated with arterial function. The results of the study were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Previous research shows citrus bioflavonoids support blood vessel function. They strengthen blood vessel walls, decrease bruising, prevent bleeding, and heal hemorrhoids (hemorrhoids are swollen veins). Of the group of citrus bioflavonoids, naringenin stands out. For the current study, 48 healthy post-menopausal women were recruited and assigned to drink grapefruit juice or a drink without flavonoids for 6 months. The grapefruit juice contained 210 mg of naringenin glycosides. According to the results of the study, the women drinking the grapefruit juice showed a lower carotid femoral pulse wave velocity, indicating a reduction in arterial stiffening. Naringenin is also found in oranges and tomatoes. It's also available as a dietary supplement and is usually found in citrus bioflavonoid formulas. Low levels of air pollution deadlier than previously thought McGill University, November 7, 2022 The World Health Organization's most recent estimates (2016) are that over 4.2 million people die prematurely each year due to long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution (often referred to as PM2.5). A recent study involving McGill researchers now suggests that the annual global death toll from outdoor PM2.5 may be significantly higher than previously thought. That's because the researchers found that mortality risk was increased even at very low levels of outdoor PM2.5, ones which had not previously been recognized as being potentially deadly. These microscopic toxins cause a range of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and cancers. “We found that outdoor PM2.5 may be responsible for as many as 1.5 million additional deaths around the globe each year because of effects at very-low concentrations that were not previously appreciated,” said Scott Weichenthal, an Associate Professor at McGill University and the lead author on the recent paper in Science Advances. The researchers arrived at this conclusion by combining health and mortality data for seven million Canadians gathered over a twenty-five-year period with information about the levels of outdoor PM2.5 concentrations across the country. The WHO recently set out ambitious new guidelines for annual average outdoor fine particulate air pollution, cutting its earlier recommendations in half, from concentrations of 10 to concentrations of 5 micrograms (ug) per cubic meter. The current United States Environmental Protection Agency standard of 12 (ug) per cubic meter is now more than double the value recommended by the WHO. Highly processed foods can be considered addictive like tobacco products, study claims University of Michigan & Virginia Tech University, November 9, 2022 Can highly processed foods be addictive? A new University of Michigan and Virginia Tech analysis took the criteria used in a 1988 U.S. Surgeon General's report that established that tobacco was addictive and applied it to food.  Based on the criteria set for tobacco, the findings indicate that highly processed foods can be addictive, said lead author Ashley Gearhardt, U-M associate professor of psychology, and Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, assistant professor at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech.  In fact, the addictive potential for food such as potato chips, cookies, ice cream and French fries may be a key factor contributing to the high public health costs associated with a food environment dominated by cheap, accessible and heavily marketed highly processed foods, the researchers said.  The research, published in the current issue of Addiction, offers evidence that highly processed foods meet the same criteria used to identify cigarettes as an addictive substance:  They trigger compulsive use where people are unable to quit or cut down (even in the face of life-threatening diseases like diabetes and heart disease) They can change the way we feel and cause changes in the brain that are of a similar magnitude as the nicotine in tobacco products They are highly reinforcing They trigger intense urges and cravings  DiFeliceantonio said the ability of highly processed foods to rapidly deliver unnaturally high doses of refined carbohydrates and fat appear key to their addictive potential. Highly processed foods contain complex substances that cannot be simplified to a single chemical agent acting through a specific central mechanism. The same can be said for industrial tobacco products, which contain thousands of chemicals including nicotine, Gearhardt said. Poor diets dominated by highly processed foods now contribute to preventable deaths on par with cigarettes. Similar to tobacco products, the food industry designs their highly processed foods to be intensely rewarding and hard to resist, the researchers said. 

We are facing an epidemic of burnout. Healthcare providers, teachers, caregivers, and service providers are exhausted, feeling detached, and see their performance declining. Short term solutions to treating burnout don't work. In this episode, Dr. Jud and Diana Hill explore the link between anxiety and burnout and 5 common habit loops that keep you stuck in burnout cycles. Burnout is both an individual and a systemic problem. Next week on the podcast we will explore the workplace factors that also need to be addressed to prevent burnout.Listen and Learn:The link between anxiety and burnoutHow avoiding the problem of burnout makes it worseSix workplace mismatches that contribute to burnoutFive common burnout habit loopsInstitutional and individual factors in burnoutHow treating anxiety helps with burnoutPrograms for clinicians and physiciansPhysicians and implicit biasThe link between experiential avoidance and burnoutThe difference between empathy and compassionAbout Dr. JudJud Brewer MD PhD (Dr. Jud) is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, having combined over 25 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research therein. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences and Psychiatry at the Schools of Public Health & Medicine at Brown University. He is also the chief medical officer at Sharecare Inc. and a research affiliate at MIT. He is the author of The Craving Mind and the New York Times best-seller, Unwinding Anxiety. Follow him on twitter @judbrewer. Relevant Resources MentionedLearn more about Dr. JudPrevent Burnout With Unwinding by ShareCareBrown CME called Reducing Physician BurnoutWatch Diana Hill's talk at The Anti-wellness Retreat for PhysiciansResearch on the prevalence of physician burnoutResearch on physician implicit bias and how it contributes to health care disparitiesResearch on time of day and physicians prescriptionsPhysicians can reach out if they're interested in participating in research by email: burnout-research at brown dot eduDownload Your Daily Practice for Episode 42 HereReserve your spot with Diana for Retreat in Costa Rica in 2023!Sign up for From Striving to Thriving 2.0! Join Diana at an upcoming eventThank you for listening to Your Life in Process! If you have any questions or feedback you can contact me by email at podcast@yourlifeinprocess.com, leave me an audio message at (805) 457-2776, or message me on Instagram @drdianahill and remember when you become psychologically flexible, you become free. Stay tuned for my next episode on YLIP when we discuss Burned Out at Work? How To Address The Burnout Challenge with Dr. Christina MaslachThank you to my team Craig, Angela Stubbs,...

Whether it's the struggle to reduce screen time or the battle against overeating sugar, many of us know how hard it is to kick unhelpful habits. And according to Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, the best-selling author of The Craving Mind, it's not so much about willpower as it is about mindfulness. On this episode, the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center explains what happens in the brain when we break and form habits. He also shares habit-mapping tools, acronyms and reframing techniques that can help anyone take better control of their behaviors — for good.   Learn MoreWatch Dr Jud's famous TED Talk and download his mindfulness apps on his website.Explore more of his research through his books, The Craving Mind and Unwinding Anxiety.Make a habit out of making good habits — check out this Trained episode featuring behavior scientist BJ Fogg.

Do we really have a lizard brain? Is serotonin the “happiness” neurotransmitter? Dr. Judson Brewer, our frequent contributor and neuroscientist at Brown University, will clarify some common misconceptions about your brain. Listen in to learn why dopamine isn't your “pleasure” neurotransmitter and how knowing your brain better can help you be a better person. About Judson BrewerJud Brewer MD PhD (“Dr. Jud”) is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, having combined over 25 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research therein. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences and Psychiatry at the Schools of Public Health & Medicine at Brown University. He is also the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare Inc. and a research affiliate at MIT. A psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for addictions, Brewer has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety. He has also studied the underlying neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI and EEG neurofeedback. He has trained US Olympic athletes. coaches, and foreign government ministers, and his work has been featured on 60 Minutes, TED, the New York Times, Time magazine, Forbes, BBC, NPR, Al Jazeera, Businessweek, and others. Dr. Brewer founded MindSciences (which merged with Sharcecare Inc. in 2020) to move his discoveries of clinical evidence behind mindfulness for anxiety, eating, smoking, and other behavior change into the hands of consumers (see www.drjud.com for more information). He is the author of The Craving Mind: From cigarettes to smartphones to love, why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits and the New York Times best-seller, Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind (Avery/Penguin Random House, 2021). Follow him on Twitter @judbrewer.  Key TakeawaysYour brain is highly metabolically active and almost all of the brain is active almost all of the time The amygdala has many roles including detecting threat “Lizard brain” is a heuristic to understand how your brain evolved Serotonin is a neurotransmitter found all over the body with many different functions Dopamine is not your pleasure neurotransmitter The cerebellum is small but mighty! Relevant Resources Mentionedhttp://www.rhythmofregulation.com/ (https://drjud.com) Take Dr. Jud's mini-courses on the brain on the https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sharecare.Unwinding&hl=en_US&gl=US (Unwinding by Sharecare Ap) Read https://bookshop.org/books/unwinding-anxiety-new-science-shows-how-to-break-the-cycles-of-worry-and-fear-to-heal-your-mind/9780593330449 (Unwinding Anxiety) and https://bookshop.org/books/the-craving-mind-from-cigarettes-to-smartphones-to-love-why-we-get-hooked-and-how-we-can-break-bad-habits/9780300234367 (The Craving Mind) by Dr. Judson Brewer https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4229577/ (Can You Look Me In The Face? Short-term SSRI Administration Reverts Avoidant Ocular Face Exploration in Subjects at Risk for Psychopathology) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4229577/ (‘It's the way that you look at it'—a cognitive neuropsychological account of SSRI action in depression)http://www.communicationcache.com/uploads/1/0/8/8/10887248/the_emotional_brain_fear_and_the_amygdala.pdf (Read Joseph LeDoux on the amygdala) Rock out with https://www.amygdaloids.com/the-band/ (The Amygdaloids Band) https://drdianahill.com/extras/ (Download Your Daily Practice for Episode 36 Here) Sign up for https://drdianahill.com/striving-thriving-summit-2022/ (From Striving to Thriving 2.0)! https://drdianahill.com/events/...

Whether it's smoking cigarettes or mindlessly buying things on Amazon, breaking bad habits can be incredibly difficult. Judson Brewer, MD, Ph.D. or “Dr. Jud” is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery,” who blends over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training and a career in scientific research. He is passionate about understanding how our brains work, and how to use that knowledge to help people make deep, permanent change in their lives — with the goal of reducing suffering in the world at large.He is also the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health and Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University. Judson's published works include “The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love, Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits” and the best-seller, “Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind.”Judson is both an academic and an entrepreneur. And in this episode we dive into his many projects including his app based behavior change programs, how our brains reward system works, interest, curiosity and prioritizing all of the addictions available to us in modern society.Episode Quotes:On addiction & quittingThe process is the same, whether it's food or social media, the process is the same. If we can see and really see what we're getting from it, then we can learn to consume in moderation without forcing ourselves to like lock our phones in our trunk when we're driving. Or go through these really extreme behavioral ways to kind of force ourselves not to do things. We don't have to do that. It really comes back to like how can we just leverage the power of our minds, which is super powerful.Body vs. brainSo think of it this way. Our feeling body is much stronger than our thinking brain. So we can think something's bad for me, but that's not gonna help.Interest curiosityThat craving, we can go, oh no, I have to have a cigarette. Or we can flip that with interest curiosity and go, oh, what does this craving feel like right now in my body? And so here we go to the source, like, what is it that's driving me to do this? Show Links:Resources:Doritos Celebrates One Millionth Ingredient60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper on Mindfulness & Anxiety | Dr. JudGuest Profile:Faculty Profile at Brown UniversitySpeaker Profile at TEDTalkProfessional Profile at SharecareJudson Brewer on LinkedInJudson Brewer on TwitterJudson Brewer on YoutubeJudson Brewer on InstagramJudson Brewer on TedMEDHis Work:Judson Brewer on Google ScholarFree Course for Healthcare ProfessionalsTrain Your Brain to Break Bad HabitsUnwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your MindThe Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits

Finally back after two weeks off because my little bro and his beautiful wife welcomed their sweet baby boy into this world!  And then the next week my amazing grandmother passed and has reuinted with her family in Heaven.  Thank you for your patience and thank you to those who checked in!  Today's ep, we have one of the most influential, inspiring, hard working, women I've ever met, Michelle Johns.  She is the owner of Transforming Wellness and Mindfulness Center, she is a clinical mental health counselor, leads psychoeducation/therapy classes for parenting, co-parenting, and women healing from the trauma of intimate partner voilence.  See?  She's incredible.  I hope you learn as much as I did and feel even more confident as a parent or future parent. Transforming Wellness website: https://www.transforming-wellness.com/corporate-wellnessMichelle's email: mjohns@michellejohnscounseling.comMichelle's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/transformingwellness/?hl=enBook she recommended: https://www.amazon.com/Hands-Hitting-Board-Book-Behavior/dp/157542200X/ref=asc_df_157542200X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312057607871&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4974322242015233481&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9013539&hvtargid=pla-435782231271&psc=1

*Trigger warning at 40minutes, 10 seconds into episode: (discussion of gynecological violence, medical abuse, and racial trauma) . Lexi Mondot, The Cycle Witch is back with me again for another episode! . - Find out what cyclical living arts are and why honoring them is so important to healing ourselves and our world. . - How has it historically been repressed and how can we revive it now? . - How Medicine can be just another layer of avoidance of the root cause of disconnection & disease and how we can reclaim empowerment with our bodies. . - How colonized gender has kept us away from truly knowing what all bodies need. . - How modern spirituality can be more about avoidance than tuning in & what we can do to shift... and more! . Womb resources: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XPXoOiyLXpx9SYzfGm3QekDIb61bK6wK/view . Anti-Racism & Trauma/Anxiety Release Resources for Yoga Practitioners :https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rie-du6DpkFk_GBCFvllEtmsc1m57oGZrTfzrbTCUkE/edit . Cyclical Arts 5 Day Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TQFEESnQFruPWlOpfMlFOdKMRKl42K8e/view?usp=sharing . Historical education: . -History of Misogyny . -When God Was a Woman . -When God Was a Black Woman . -The Great Cosmic Mother- Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth Becca is Spiritual Life Coach who supports clients through their spiritual awakening and knowing themselves more deeply. She helps purpose driven people break free from being stuck, step into their natural gifts, & live a life true to their core. Reach Becca online at www.beccaspeert.com or connect with her via social media on instagram: @beccaspeertcoaching or Facebook: Becca Speert Coaching. To follow the podcast you can *subscribe* to get notified when a new episode is released, every Monday. You can also follow and support the podcast on Instagram @_rooted_souls and Facebook: Rooted Souls Podcast. . Lexi, aka The Cycle Witch, has a B.A. in Dance and Theatre, a Certification in Arts Management from Hollins University, and is genderqueer and neurodivergent. They are a 200hr Certified Yoga Instructor through The Mindfulness Center and have been practicing witchcraft for 15 years. Lexi helps healers, coaches, instructors and spiritual leaders of the new earth movement decolonize oppressive systems from their practice using Cyclical Arts. They are dedicated to healing all genders' relationship to the menstrual cycle as a pathway to end oppressive systems. They use 25 years of academic and experiential mind/body study paired with professional experience as a somatic and evidence based healer, practicing witch, ritualist, and thriving survivor of PTSD, to offer you a feminine perspective on menstruality + spirituality that's accessible, grounded, and rooted in evidence-based methods, science and anthropology.

Dr. Jud Brewer (neuroscientist, NYT bestselling author, Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, executive medical director at Sharecare Inc.) brings so much wisdom to the Anxiety Lab. He shares his breakthrough approach to tackling anxiety using mindfulness. We talk about treating anxiety like a habit, a better way to change behavior than “I should,” mindful eating, having imaginary conversations with people in our heads, and not being able to stop worrying about something stupid even when we know it's something stupid. We also get pretty granular about planning anxiety. You can find Dr. Jud at drjud.com, on IG (dr.jud) and twitter (judbrewer), and his incredible book is called Unwinding Anxiety. You can learn more about Sharecare here: https://about.sharecare.com/ Get in touch at theanxietylab@gmail.com or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Also, here's MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/anxiety-lab.

How have we become blind to our body cycles? . Why is there so much shame about menstruation? . How can people of all genders and sexes reclaim our cycles and why would we even want to? . What are the different phases within a menstrual and infradian cycles? . What power lies in womb-holder bleeding time and how can we best harness it? . Stay tuned until the end for guidance on how to create your own rituals and find out about manifestation spells that include the use of menstrual blood. . Becca is Spiritual Life Coach who supports clients through their spiritual awakening and knowing themselves more deeply. She helps purpose driven people break free from being stuck, step into their natural gifts, & live a life true to their core. Reach Becca online at www.beccaspeert.com or connect with her via social media on instagram: @beccaspeertcoaching or Facebook: Becca Speert Coaching. To follow the podcast you can *subscribe* to get notified when a new episode is released, every Monday. You can also follow and support the podcast on Instagram @_rooted_souls and Facebook: Rooted Souls Podcast. . Lexi, aka The Cycle Witch, has a B.A. in Dance and Theatre, a Certification in Arts Management from Hollins University, and is genderqueer and neurodivergent. They are a 200hr Certified Yoga Instructor through The Mindfulness Center and have been practicing witchcraft for 15 years. Lexi helps healers, coaches, instructors and spiritual leaders of the new earth movement decolonize oppressive systems from their practice using Cyclical Arts. They are dedicated to healing all genders' relationship to the menstrual cycle as a pathway to end oppressive systems. They use 25 years of academic and experiential mind/body study paired with professional experience as a somatic and evidence based healer, practicing witch, ritualist, and thriving survivor of PTSD, to offer you a feminine perspective on menstruality + spirituality that's accessible, grounded, and rooted in evidence-based methods, science and anthropology.

Are you struggling with eating habits? Do you want to end the cycle of overeating or restricting and change your relationship with food? Eating with awareness and understanding your body's cues is the key. In this episode of “Your Life in Process” Diana and regular contributor, Dr. Judson Brewer, discuss resetting your eating habits to overcome challenging food patterns.   About Dr. Judson BrewerJudson Brewer M.D. Ph.D. (“Dr. Jud”) is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, having combined over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research therein. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences and Psychiatry at the Schools of Public Health & Medicine at Brown University. He is also the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare Inc. and a research affiliate at MIT. A psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for addictions, Brewer has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety. He has also studied the underlying neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI and EEG neurofeedback. He is the author of The Craving Mind: from cigarettes to smartphones to love, why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits and the New York Times best-seller, Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind. Follow him on Twitter @drjudbrewer Key TakeawaysIf you want to find a way of eating that works for your unique needs, first begin to notice your own eating patterns in order to bring awareness to the associated behaviors, emotions, and physical body sensations. Our relationship with food is impacted by our judgments, rules about “good vs. bad” foods, our food-related values, and our societal body culture.  Take a compassionate perspective with yourself around your eating habits. You struggle with your eating because you care about your health, body, and life. Relevant Resources Mentionedhttps://drdianahill.com/extras/ (Download Your Daily Practice for Episode 23 Here) https://drjud.com/about/ (Learn More About Dr. Jud) Read Dr. Jud's books: https://bookshop.org/books/the-craving-mind-from-cigarettes-to-smartphones-to-love-why-we-get-hooked-and-how-we-can-break-bad-habits/9780300234367 (The Craving Mind) and https://bookshop.org/books/unwinding-anxiety-new-science-shows-how-to-break-the-cycles-of-worry-and-fear-to-heal-your-mind/9780593330449 (Unwinding Anxiety) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/eat-right-now/id1052785076 (Download the Eat Right Now App on Apple Store) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.claritasmindsciences.EatRightNowCommercial&hl=en_US&gl=US (Download the Eat Right Now App on Google Play) Learn your eating habits using Dr. Jud's https://drjud.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Unwinding-Anxiety-Habit-Mapper-from-DrJud-1-1.pdf (habit mapper). Listen to https://drdianahill.com/captivate-podcast/what-is-neurohacking-and-how-to-use-scientific-self-help-to-do-it-with-elizabeth-ricker/ (Diana and Elizabeth Rickter discuss scientific self-help) Learn More about http://insightla.org/drdianahill (Insight LA) https://drdianahill.com/events/ (Diana's upcoming events) Thank you for listening to Your Life in Process! If you have any questions or feedback you can contact me by email at podcast@yourlifeinprocess.com, leave me an audio message at (805) 457-2776, or message me on Instagram @drdianahill and remember when you become psychologically flexible, you become free. Thank you to my team Craig, Angela Stubbs, Ashley Hiatt, Abby Diehl, and to our sponsorhttps://lightfully.com/ ( )InsightLA Meditation for making this podcast possible. Thank you to Benjamin Gould...

Mindless eating, smoking, and worrying plague the world today. It was bad pre-pandemic, and it's gotten worse since. Adam Schroeder and Naresh Vissa talk to Dr. Jud Brewer about how we can put ourselves in position to defeat these things. Dr. Brewer founded MindSciences, Inc. (now known as DrJud), an app-based digital therapeutic treatment program for anxiety, overeating, and smoking. He is director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center and associate professor in behavioral and social sciences in the Brown School of Public Health, and in psychiatry at Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School. He is also an executive medical director of behavioral health at the digital health company Sharecare and #1 New York Times' bestselilng author of The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love—Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits and the new book Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind. Websites: www.Patreon.com/WorkFromHomeShow www.DrJud.com www.MapMyHabit.com www.UnwindingAnxiety.com www.GoEatRightNow.com www.ShareCare.com Featured Photo by Milad Fakurian on Unsplash www.WorkFromHomeShow.com

Anxiety, even saying the word makes me a bit anxious. But, what if there was a way to unwind it and come back to calm that was counterintuitively simple. And, what if a lot of the popular thoughts around anxiety and how to deal with it today were wrong? That's what we're talking about today with my guest, Dr. Jud Brewer. He's a New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, addiction psychiatrist, and thought leader in the field of habit change. Jud is also the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, where he serves as an associate professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the School of Public Health. He is the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare Inc. and a research affiliate at MIT. And, he's developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and, yes, anxiety. He is the author of Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind and The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love, Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits. You can find Dr. Jud at: Website | Instagram | Unwinding Anxiety App (sign up with code UNWIND40 for 40% off, before downloading the app)If you LOVED this episode you'll also love the conversations we had with Ellen Hendriksen, PhD about social anxiety and how to handle it.Check out our offerings & partners: My New Book SparkedMy New Podcast SPARKEDSleep Number See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you feel like you keep on doing more, but are never doing enough? Do you feel guilt when you take time off? The struggle of productivity anxiety is common in our achievement and productivity focused society. In today's episode of Your Life in Process, join Dr. Diana Hill and frequent contributor Dr. Judson Brewer as they discuss focusing on enjoying the journey of life rather than the outcome. Freedom begins with a shift in attention towards your human yearnings. About Dr. Judson BrewerJud Brewer MD PhD (“Dr. Jud”) is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, having combined over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research therein. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences and Psychiatry at the Schools of Public Health & Medicine at Brown University. He is also the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare Inc. and a research affiliate at MIT. A psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for addictions, Brewer has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety. He has also studied the underlying neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI and EEG neurofeedback. He is the author of The Craving Mind: from cigarettes to smartphones to love, why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits and the New York Times best-seller, Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind. Follow him on twitter @drjudbrewer Key TakeawaysOur culture has defined productivity in very specific ways, which may contribute to feelings of stress about never doing enough. Awareness of the journey of life rather than the destination can lead to freedom from unhelpful striving. Taking breaks and engaging in values driven action is key to well-being. Relevant Resourceshttps://drdianahill.com/extras/ (Download Your Daily Practice for Episode 17 Here) Learn more about https://insightla.org/drdianahill (Insight LA) https://drdianahill.com/striving-thriving-summit/ (Watch Dr. Jud and Diana at the From Striving to Thriving Summit) https://drjud.com/about/ (Learn More About Dr. Jud) Read Dr. Jud's books: https://bookshop.org/books/the-craving-mind-from-cigarettes-to-smartphones-to-love-why-we-get-hooked-and-how-we-can-break-bad-habits/9780300234367 (The Craving Mind) and https://bookshop.org/books/unwinding-anxiety-new-science-shows-how-to-break-the-cycles-of-worry-and-fear-to-heal-your-mind/9780593330449 (Unwinding Anxiety) https://bookshop.org/books/home-body-9781449486808/9781449486808 (Read the Poem Productivity Anxiety by Rupi Kaur in Homebody) Learn more about humans as hunter gatherers https://bookshop.org/books/sapiens-a-brief-history-of-humankind-9781467601573/9780062316110 (Read Sapiens by Yval Noah Harari)  Want to learn more about “completion lists” vs. “to do lists”? https://bookshop.org/books/four-thousand-weeks-time-management-for-mortals/9780374159122 (Read Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkman)  Curious about core human yearnings? https://bookshop.org/books/a-liberated-mind-how-to-pivot-toward-what-matters/9780735214019 (Read A Liberated Mind by Steven Hayes) Need a retreat? Come to https://bluespiritcostarica.com/ (Blue Spirit Costa Rica) with me in April 2023! Contact info@drdianahill.com Listen to https://drdianahill.com/captivate-podcast/let-go-of-your-ego-practice-non-attachment-and-succeed-with-dr-joseph-ciarrochi/ (Diana's Episode with Dr. Joseph Ciarrochi) https://drdianahill.com/events/ (Diana's upcoming events) Thank you for listening to Season 1 of YLIP. We are resting before we begin Season 2. Please join us in a well-deserved rest. Thank you to my team Craig, Angela Stubbs,

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Judson Brewer about proven, concrete strategies to manage anxiety, including how to apply them for LSAT-related test anxiety and the stress of waiting for admissions results. Dr. Jud Brewer is a New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, addiction psychiatrist, and thought leader in the field of habit change. He is the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the School of Public Health. He is the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare and a research affiliate at MIT. Dr. Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety. He is the author of “Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind” and “The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love, Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits”. You can listen and subscribe to Status Check with Spivey on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, and Google Podcasts. You can listen to a full transcript of this episode here. Links to resources from Dr. Jud Brewer: Dr. Jud Brewer's website Follow Dr. Jud Brewer on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Unwinding by Sharecare (app) Unwinding Anxiety (app) Eat Right Now (app) Craving To Quit! (app) spiveyconsulting.com | spiveyblog.com | myrankbyspivey.com

One of the underlying threads that runs through many of our conversations on Being Well is our relationship with our “self”. On this episode, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson talk with neuroscientist, mindfulness researcher, and bestselling author Dr. Jud Brewer about where we can find the “self” in the brain, and the benefits of relaxing our attachment to it.About our Guest: Dr. Jud Brewer is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health and Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University. He is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery,” and has done extensive research on the underlying neural mechanisms of mindfulness and meditation. His books include Unwinding Anxiety and The Craving Mind.Watch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You can watch this episode on YouTube.Key Topics:0:00: Introduction1:45: What is a “self”?5:10: Distinguishing consciousness, person, and self7:25: Can there be a unified sense of self in an everchanging psychological process?11:50: Selfing and what triggers a sense of “me”15:20: Evolutionary speculations about the origins of selfing18:50: Predictive processing and personal associations21:55: How Jud responds to selfing28:10: The unicorn metaphor of self and relief in sensory experience34:45: The experience of addiction and anxiety39:50: Somatic markers and distinguishing healthy vs. unhealthy desires41:40: Letting go vs. straining to create a self45:40: Underlying neurological components of the self56:30: The fluidity of awareness without self58:30: When and how does the default mode network become functional?1:03:00: Neuro-psychedelic research and unlearning1:07:15: Having a self vs. taking ourselves personally1:11:00: RecapSupport the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link.Have a question for us? Email: contact@beingwellpodcast.com to submit questions or potential topics you'd like us to explore in future episodes.Sponsors:Visit athleticgreens.com/BEINGWELL to take ownership over your health, and pick up the ultimate daily nutritional insurance!Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world's largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month!Want to sleep better? Try the Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.Discover your full genetic potential by uploading your existing DNA test results at genomelink.io. No trial period, no credit card, and no hidden fees!Connect with the show:Subscribe on iTunesFollow Forrest on YouTubeFollow us on InstagramFollow Forrest on InstagramFollow Rick on FacebookFollow Forrest on FacebookVisit Forrest's website

Today's guest is Donna Rustigian Mac. A delightful and insightful person who has dedicated herself to helping others create healthy-human business connections through communication skills. A former broadcaster and radio host that has learned from some of the best in the industry. She has helped others EMERGE from their prior conditioning and historical concerns. She enables you to find ways to fortify and embrace yourself! Her reminders are simple yet so POWERFUL. -You're FINE. -Don't default to the negative. -Allow compliments to stick and disturbances to slide off. -Build the mindfulness muscle. -Apply small moments many times. Donna's distinguished career includes 30+ years in communications: In the media, as an executive communication coach, a workforce trainer and motivational speaker. In 2018, Donna also became a certified mindfulness teacher and is a qualified behavioral change facilitator (2021). Donna has studied with Dr. Daniel Goleman (Emotional Intelligence) and Dr. Judson Brewer, (The Mindfulness Center at Brown University). That concentration enables Donna to help people break old communication 'habits' so they can update their communication skills and align them with today's modern workforce. Donna's undergraduate degree is in Liberal Arts and Humanities. She's also studied social and organizational psychology at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. She is a frequent guest lecturer at The University of RI and Emerson College in Boston, MA. and is the author of Guide to a Richer Life, Know Your Worth, Find Your Voice and Speak and the creator of The Six Pillars of Mindful Communication. More can be found about Donna and her company at: https://www.ivoicecommunication.com/

Lexi Mondot helps healers, coaches, instructors and spiritual leaders of the new earth movement decolonize oppressive systems from their practice using Cyclical Arts. They join the podcast for a powerful conversation on how we can live in better harmony with natural cycles. We start by discussing the intricacies and deep wisdom reflected in the menstrual cycle. Lexi shares how they integrate this wisdom in their own life and share it in their coaching practice. Later in the episode we take a deep dive into the historical origins of our disconnection from nature. We discuss the social restructuring precipitated by the rise of agriculture, the wider implications of witch-burnings, and much more. Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kUijmvYt1V8 Learn more about Lexi's Offerings: https://direct.me/lexi Follow Lexi on Instagram @theyogawitches Learn more about the Four Gardens at https://www.fourgardenspodcast.com/ Lexi's Full Bio: Lexi Mondot helps healers, coaches, instructors and spiritual leaders of the new earth movement decolonize oppressive systems from their practice using Cyclical Arts. Cyclical Arts Practice is a devotion that revolutionizes the way we connect with our bodies, the Earth, and each other by honoring lunar, solar and menstrual cycles. They are dedicated to healing humanity's relationship to these cycles- and all genders' relationship to the menstrual cycle as a pathway to end global warming by healing the cause of our hyper-masculinized, consumer and production based internal landscape that has polluted our external landscape. They've spent 25 years studying the body, mind and spirit through the art of dance with master teachers to gather body wisdom and knowledge based in human ritual and history. They've spent endless nights choreographing, researching and creating works to address gender-based oppression and the toll they have on our bodies, minds spirits & relationships. When struck with chronic mental and physical ailments, they stumbled into 15 years of research for answers to healing gender based trauma, internalized oppression, chronic mental illness and reproductive health issues. They spent 15 years researching, practicing and studying many healing methods including: medication + psychotherapy, CBT, EMDR, Pranayama, Kundalini, Nutrition, yoga, dance + somatic techniques, Ayurveda, TCM, acupuncture, witchcraft, folk medicine, holistic nutrition and more. They embrace all things body, mind and spirit, dedicating a lifetime to healing all three within themself and helping others to do the same. They use years of experience as a dance and somatic instructor, yoga instructor, dance and theatre artist, practicing witch and thriving survivor of PTSD to offer you a feminine perspective on spirituality that's accessible, grounded, and rooted evidence-based methods, science and anthropology. It is within your power to use your body to access the most powerful parts of yourself, and they want to show you how. Lexi, aka The Yoga Witch, has a B.A. with Honors in Dance, a B.A. in Theatre and a Certification in Arts Management from Hollins University + is genderqueer and neurodivergent. They are a 200hr RYT Certified Yoga Instructor through The Mindfulness Center and have been practicing witchcraft for 15 years. They have 18+ years of experience as a dance instructor + choreographer across techniques + expansive training in somatic methods such as: Alexander Technique, Bartenieff, Laban Movement Analysis, Feldenkrais, AFCMD, Gaga technique, Improvisation + Contact Improvisation. Intro Music from Bensound.com

How can we maintain our good feeling in an us-them world of fighting factions?  To learn more about practical ways to experience peace of mind in hot situations, listen to this fascinating conversation between Patti Holland and Dr. Richard Gillett in the CuriosiTea Room. Patti is Assistant Professor in the Mindfulness Center at Brown University School of Public Health. She is an expert and a teachers' teacher on the practice of mindfulness and finding contentment no matter what the circumstances. In this episode, Patti details specific, doable methods for transforming your worry or outrage about external situations into peace of mind which, in turn, increases your ability to handle those external situations.  

In today's episode, we cover anxiety with Dr. Judson Brewer. Jud is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health and Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University, as well as head of behavioral health at Sharecare. Anxiety can make anyone's life more difficult, but you can take steps to minimize or eliminate it altogether—so how are your habits and thought processes making your anxiety worse, and what can you do to take back control of your life? What to Listen For Introduction – 0:00 What common misconceptions do people have about anxiety? How do habits and anxiety play off each other and what can we do to prevent our habits from creating crippling anxiety? Taking back control from our environment and biology – 12:51 What can you do to overcome the influence our environments and biology have on amping up our anxiety? What simple exercise can you do to stop bad habits and when should you do it? What question can you ask yourself if you want to stop binging or over indulging? Is anxiety stopping you from pursuing positive activities? – 34:56 What can you do if your anxiety is getting in the way of doing things that are good for you? How can bringing awareness to your anxiety help you to get your life back from anxiety dictating your actions? The danger and harm caused by worrying – 49:20 What is going on when you worry and how does it impact your behaviors? What can you do if you're constantly worrying? In ancient times, anxiety was useful for teaching us what we should be concerned about. But in the modern world, we are bombarded with a million things everyday that we “should” worry about. Between notifications on our smartphones, the news, that overflowing email inbox, and everything we see on social media, the anxiety can be overwhelming. As a result, we tend to develop habits as a way of coping with the anxiety, and those habits can lead to even worse anxiety. A Word From Our Sponsors Do you LOVE the toolbox episodes? Did you know that every week we give a LIVE mini-toolbox lesson inside our Private Facebook Group? Best of all it is FREE to join. Join today and get access to all of our live training and level up your communication, leadership, influence and persuasion skills. With 14,000 members it's a great place to network, learn and overcome any obstacle that's in your way. Did you know that you can get the whole Art of Charm catalogue when you subscribe to Stitcher Premium using our link? That's 15 years of podcasts featuring expert guests and toolbox episodes! Sign up today and use Code “CHARM” to get a free month! Resources from this Episode Dr. Brewer's website Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind by Dr. Judson Brewer Check in with AJ and Johnny! AJ on Instagram Johnny on Instagram The Art of Charm on Instagram The Art of Charm on YouTube

We will learn:   What happens in our brains when we get hooked on something.  How anxiety and craving are related.  A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle, whether it be a craving or an anxiety loop. Today we're learning how to move beyond our cravings, reduce stress, and ultimately live a fuller life. Our guest is Dr. Jud Brewer, New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, addiction psychiatrist, and thought leader in the field of habit change. He is the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/213 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Judson Brewer, renowned addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist from Brown University, teaches us how we can control our anxiety when we recognize the habits feeding it. This episode, we learn to stop playing the blame game and start harnessing the power of our own will and awareness. Dr. Jud Brewer is a New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, addiction psychiatrist, and thought leader in the field of habit change. He is the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the School of Public Health. He is the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare Inc., a digital health company and a research affiliate at MIT. Dr. Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety. His new book is called “Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind”.  Dr. Jud Brewer's website Follow Dr. Jud Brewer on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Unwinding by Sharecare (app) Unwinding Anxiety (app) Eat Right Now (app) Craving To Quit! (app)

Jud Brewer, MD, Ph.D. (“Dr. Jud”) is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery,” who blends over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training and a career in scientific research. He is passionate about understanding how our brains work, and how to use that knowledge to help people make deep, permanent changes in their lives — with the goal of reducing suffering in the world at large. Dr. Brewer is the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health and Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University. Additionally, he is the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare, the digital health company helping people manage all their health in one place, and a research affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Previously, Dr. Brewer held research and teaching positions at Yale University and the University of Massachusetts' Center for Mindfulness.As a psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for treating addictions, Dr. Brewer has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for anxiety, emotional eating, and smoking.Dr. Brewer has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, trained U.S. Olympic athletes and coaches, foreign government ministers and corporate leaders. His work has been featured on 60 Minutes, TED, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, TIME, The Washington Post, Forbes, CNN, BBC, NPR, and more. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association, among others. He is the author of The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love, Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017) and Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind (Avery/Penguin Random House, 2021). Dr. Jud and his wife Mahri live in Massachusetts where they enjoy biking, hiking, and meditating with their cats.Follow Dr. Jud Brewer on Facebook, Instagram, and TwitterUnwinding by Sharecare (app)Unwinding Anxiety (app)Eat Right Now (app)Craving To Quit! (app)Support the show (https://pod.fan/the-dude-therapist)