Author / Teacher

Judson Brewer

Jud Brewer, MD, Ph.D. (“Dr. Jud”) is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery,” who blends over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training and a career in scientific research. He is passionate about understanding how our brains work, and how to use that knowledge to help people make deep, permanent change in their lives — with the goal of reducing suffering in the world at large. Dr. Jud is the director of research and innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as a professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health and Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University. Previously, Dr. Jud held research and teaching positions at Yale University, and the University of Massachusetts’ Center for Mindfulness and was a research affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read more about him and his research.

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Articles by Judson Brewer

Focus & Attention

Unhook From Your Phone Addiction

Our phones are masterfully designed weapons of mass distraction, and it’s so easy to get sucked into that distraction—Here's how we can regain control of our attention. Read More

JUDSON BREWER | APR 2, 2019

Focus & Attention

Hack Your Brain’s Habit Loops

We form habits in a very specific way, which is great news. It means this is a system that can be observed, examined, and even altered. But first we need to understand how it all works. Read More

JUDSON BREWER | APR 2, 2019

Expert Interviews

Train Your Brain to Break Bad Habits with Judson Brewer

In this 4-part series, you’ll learn how your mind works and how to work with your mind by bringing awareness to your habits. You might even manage to change a few habits in the process! Read More

JUDSON BREWER | APR 2, 2019

Magazine

Constant Craving

Habits help us to survive. But they can also cause us to crave what’s unhealthy. Read More

JUDSON BREWER | APR 1, 2018

Expert Interviews

A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit

Psychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer on how we can use mindfulness to harness the brain's habit-forming process to build more nourishing habits that aren't steered by cravings. Read More

JUDSON BREWER | NOV 10, 2017

Learn

Train Your Brain to Tame Holiday Stress and Anxiety

You can shift from surviving to thriving by tapping into your brain’s learning systems and substituting mindful curiosity for worry, distraction, and comparison. Read More

JUDSON BREWER | NOV 7, 2017

Focus & Attention

How To Let Go of Ego

When we can find ways to slip free of our ego, we enter a “flow state” where time and judgment don’t matter and joy overtakes us. Read More

JUDSON BREWER | FEB 8, 2017

Creativity

Get Out Of Your Own Way

How to access "flow," a mental state where you are so immersed in an experience that time and space and self no longer disrupt the present moment. Read More

JUDSON BREWER | FEB 15, 2016