#361: Dr Jud on Unwinding Anxiety, Using Curiosity To Manage Cravings and Finally Breaking The Cycle of Worry and Fear!

Author: Brian Keane
Published: Mon 27 Dec 2021
Episode Link: https://sites.libsyn.com/86879/361-dr-jud-on-unwinding-anxiety-using-curiosity-to-manage-cravings-and-finally-breaking-the-cycle-of-worry-and-fear

Dr. Jud is a New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, addiction psychiatrist, and thought leader in the field of habit change.

He is the director of research and innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor at the School of Public Health and the School of Medicine at Brown University.

He is the executive medical director of behavioural health at Sharecare.inc and a research affiliate at MIT.

Dr. Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety.

He is the author of The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love, Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits and Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind.

Why anxiety has gone viral and is so prominent at the minute
Habit loops and how they impact emotional eating patterns
Anxiety as a habit loop and how closely related that is to cravings
The power of curiosity vs willpower
Worry is a behavior; anxiety is a feeling – and why it’s so important not to confuse the two
Hedonic hunger and managing your cravings
Why your previous anti-anxiety (and Anti-habit) strategies failed