In this episode, we're going to talk about why we get hooked on things and how we can break bad habits with our guest, Dr. Judson Brewer. He is Director of Research at the Center for Mindfulness and associate professor in medicine and psychiatry at University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is globally recognized as a psychiatrist and expert in mindfulness, who has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for addictions. He has studied the underlying neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI. His work has been featured on 60 Minutes, Time magazine, Forbes, BBC, NPR and others. His TED talk was the 4th most viewed of all TED talks in 2016. His new book is The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits.
- https://judsonbrewer.com/ – Judson's Website
- https://goeatrightnow.com/ – Eating Program Website
- @JudsonBrewer – Judson on Twitter
- Buy his book, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
