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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