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We all have unhelpful habits, and whether you overeat, use substances, or worry, you may have noticed these habits have gotten worse lately. In this episode, Diana joins Dr. Judson Brewer (Dr. Jud), neuroscientist and author of The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love - Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits, for a fascinating conversation about why stress makes our habits and addictions worse. Additionally, they talk about what\u2019s happening in your brain when you\u2019re caught in these habits, and how to unhook from even the trickiest ones using mindfulness and curiosity.\n\n\n\nListen and Learn:\n\n\n\nDiana\u2019s and Debbie\u2019s pandemic habitsHow Diana\u2019s shifting unhelpful habits to values-based ones (get her free download here!)The three core elements of a habitWhat\u2019s happening in your brain when you are cravingWhy uncertainty and stress makes it harder to break unhealthy habitsHow anxiety and rumination are similar to smoking and eating\xa0Dr. Jud\u2019s groundbreaking brain research on mindfulness and the Default Mode NetworkHow curiosity changes your brain and why it is key to unhooking from habit loopsWhy it doesn\u2019t work to \u201cthink your way out of a craving\u201d or \u201cthink your way out of anxiety\u201dMindfulness tools you can use right now with yourself and your kids to get groundedWhy swapping choosing kindness and generosity over self-righteous rumination is \u201cso much sweeter\u201dThe personal values that underlie Dr. Jud\u2019s work\n\n\n\nResources\n\n\n\nFive Finger Breathing with Dr. Jud BrewerWatch Dr. Jud study Anderson Cooper\u2019s brain in an fMRIThe Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love - Why We Get Hooked and How we can Break Bad Habits, by Dr. Judson BrewerDr. Jud\u2019s Ted Talk: A Simple Way To Break a Bad HabitDr. Jud\u2019s App-based behavior change programs: Unwinding Anxiety\xae, Eat Right Now\xae, and To Quit\xae. \xa0Get 20% off with coupon code OFFTHECLOCKChange unhealthy habits into values-rich ones with this handoutDr. Yotam Heinberg on \u201cgrowing roots\u201d practice\n\n\n\nListen to Diana\u2019s interviews with Paul Gilbert here and here to learn more about threat, drive, and compassion systems in the brain\n\n\n\nDr. Jud Brewer\n\n\n\nAbout Dr. Judson Brewer\n\n\n\nDr. Judson Brewer is the 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\u2019 Center for Mindfulness. Read more about his research here.\n\n\n\nAs 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).\n\n\n\nBased 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 \u201ceveryday addictions.\u201d\n\n\n\n\n\n72. Committed Action with Dr. DJ Moran103. Healthy Habits with Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley4. Habits: The Science of Behavior Change90. Dr. Paul Gilbert on Tricky Brains, Caring, and Living Like Crazy145. Caring, Compassion, and Cooperation with Dr. Paul Gilbert46. Altruism And The Flow Of Compassion With Dr. Yotam Heineberg\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices