#22 Dr Judson Brewer on Unwinding Anxiety
Episode description
Dr Judson Brewer is a world leading thinker in the 'science of self mastery'. He brings a unique approach to his work by blending expertise in both modern science and the ancient wisdoms of mindfulness practice.
He is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Centre and an associate professor in psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University, executive medical director at Sharecare, as well as a research affiliate at MIT.
He has published two New York Times best selling books 'The Craving Mind' and his latest release 'Unwinding Anxiety'. He has also been featured on 60 minutes, TED (his talk A simple way to break a bad habit has been viewed over 16 million times), Time Magazine (top 100 health discoveries of 2013), Forbes, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera (documentary about his research) The Washington post and many others including world leading podcasts.
As part of his work Dr Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including app-based treatments for smoking, emotional eating and anxiety (eat right now, unwinding anxiety and craving to quit)
In this conversation Dr Jud explains how our minds work, how we get caught in habit loops and how we can use the powerful mechanisms of 'Reward based Learning' to create real and sustained change.