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!

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Judson Brewer MD, Ph.D. is a thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery.” His career combines over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training with scientific research.

A professor and researcher at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, he is the author of The Craving Mind, and creator of clinically proven app-based trainings to help people with emotional eating and anxiety

Train Your Brain to Break Bad Habits
with Judson Brewer

In this 4-part series you’ll explore how your mind works and how to work with your mind. You’ll learn about the mechanics of habit formation and observe them at work in your mind and body; then, by bringing awareness, and injecting curiosity and kindness into the process, you’ll look at specific habits you might have. You might even manage to change a few habits in the process!

Session #1: Hack Your Brain’s Habit Loops

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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
  • April 2, 2019

Session #2: Rewire Your Food Cravings and Triggers

Session #3: Unhook From Your Phone Addiction

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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
  • April 2, 2019

Session #4: Tame Your Feelings of Anxiety

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