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b'To mark the first anniversary of the week in March 2020 when Covid fundamentally altered our lives, we\\u2019re launching a special two-part series. Today, we\\u2019re going to be talking about anxiety, which has been spiking during the pandemic. My guest is Dr. Jud Brewer, a psychiatrist and deep dharma practitioner who argues that anxiety is a habit\\u2013one that you can unwind. Then, next Monday, we\\u2019ll talk to Nicholas Christakis, who is not only a doctor but also the head of the Human Nature Lab at Yale, about when the pandemic will end, and what this ordeal has revealed about our species.\\nBut today it\\u2019s anxiety with Jud Brewer.\\xa0Some of you may know Jud from the Ten Percent Happier app, where he teaches a mindful eating course. He\\u2019s also been on this show several times. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University. He\\u2019s got a number of apps that use mindfulness to treat addiction, including Eat Right Now, Craving to Quit, and Unwinding Anxiety. He also has a brand new book, called Unwinding Anxiety. In this interview, we talk about: how exactly mindfulness can be harnessed to deal with anxiety; what is anxiety anyway, and why does he view it as a habit? And we publicly debate something we have been privately discussing: Is there any level of stress or anxiety that is healthy?\\nOne more thing: We are looking for a podcast marketer. If you love this show, marketing, and building relationships, we would love to have you on the team to help us grow Ten Percent Happier and our future shows. Please apply at https://www.tenpercent.com/careers.\\nFull Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/judson-brewer-329\\n\\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.'