Neuroscientist Explains How to Overcome Your Anxiety | Dr. Jud Brewer, Being Well Podcast

Dr. Jud Brewer joins ‪@RickHanson‬ and me to explore the habit of anxiety, mindfulness practices to heal addiction, and what we can learn from the brains of the world’s most advanced meditators.

About Our Guest: Dr. Jud is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author. He’s the director of research and innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, and author of "Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind."

Key Topics:
2:00 What got Jud from psychiatry to studying mindfulness?
5:45 Addiction and the structure of habits.
10:15 Mindfulness as a treatment for addiction.
14:00 Liking without wanting.
19:45 Habit formation and reward-based learning.
24:00 Awareness, and honoring your experience.
27:50 Curiosity.
29:30 The “habit” of anxiety.
32:00 Anxiety’s habit loop.
34:30 The true purpose of worrying.
39:50 Generalized vs. acute anxiety.
41:30 Anxiety and performance.
47:20 Practices for unwinding from anxiety.
56:10 Learning from the brains of experienced practitioners.
1:03:30 Recap

Who Am I: I'm Forrest, the co-author of Resilient (https://amzn.to/3iXLerD) and host of the Being Well Podcast (https://apple.co/38ufGG0). I'm making videos focused on simplifying psychology, mental health, and personal growth.

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