The Dr. Jud Podcast
Welcome to the Dr. Jud podcast. I am an addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist. My lab first at Yale and now at Brown University has been researching how our brains form negative behavior patterns, bad habits and addictions, and the specific techniques needed to create lasting change. My aim with this podcast, is to use every day issues that we all struggle with from anxiety to emotional eating to self judgment to help us understand how our minds work so that we can put them to work for us. I'll show you how you can use your brain to overcome the habits and “everyday addictions” that are holding you back. And along the way, you'll learn how helping yourself can help create a kinder and more compassionate world. Thank you for your interest in learning how to work with your mind.-Dr. Jud Brewer
Episodes
63 episodes
Habit Change Addiction - Overcoming Cravings: How Mindfulness Helps Smokers Quit for Good
Mindfulness Training for Smoking Cessation: Moderation of the Relationship Between Craving and Cigarette UseIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and colleagues discuss a randomized clinical trial evaluating mindfulness training (MT) as a smo...
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10:29
Mindfulness and meditation - Taming the Wandering Mind: Meditation and the Default Mode Network
Meditation Leads to Reduced Default Mode Network Activity Beyond an Active TaskIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and Dr. Kathleen Garrison explore how meditation alters brain activity, specifically within the default mode network (DMN), a...
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12:40
Habit Change Addiction - From Craving to Control: Disrupting Addiction with Mindfulness Training
Mindfulness Training for Smoking Cessation: Results from a Randomized Controlled TrialIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and colleagues present findings from a groundbreaking randomized controlled trial comparing mindfulness training (MT) ...
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27:26
Mindfulness and meditation - The Science of Effortless Awareness: EEG Neurofeedback and Meditation
Source-Space EEG Neurofeedback Links Subjective Experience with Brain Activity During Effortless Awareness MeditationIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and Dr. Remko van Lutterveld explore the latest advances in neurofeedback and meditatio...
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17:23
Habit Chanage Addiction - Craving to Quit: The Neuroscience of Mindfulness for Addictions
Craving to Quit: Psychological Models and Neurobiological Mechanisms of Mindfulness Training as Treatment for AddictionsIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and colleagues explore the transformative role of mindfulness training in treating a...
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20:53
Mindfulness and meditation - Real-Time Mindfulness: How Neurofeedback Guides Meditation
Neurofeedback from the Posterior Cingulate Cortex as a Mental Mirror for MeditationIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and Dr. Remko van Lutterveld explore how real-time neurofeedback from the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) can serve as a...
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28:01
Habit Change Addiction - Breaking Habits the Buddhist Way: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science
Bested by the Buddha: Does Ancient Theory Outperform Modern-Day Psychology for Habit Change and Addiction Treatment?In this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer explores the intersection of ancient Buddhist teachings and modern psychology to tackle ...
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10:31
Mindfulness and meditation - The Mind on Love: Brain Connectivity and the Power of Kindness
BOLD Signal and Functional Connectivity Associated with Loving-Kindness MeditationIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and his team explore the neuroscience behind loving-kindness meditation (Metta) and its impact on brain function. Using fM...
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20:19
Habit Change Addiction - From Triggers to Triumph: Reducing Anxiety and Smoking with Awareness
Analyzing the Impact of Mobile App Engagement on Mental Health Outcomes: Secondary Analysis of the Unwinding Anxiety ProgramIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and colleagues explore how engagement with specific app features impacts mental ...
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11:41
Mindfulness and meditation - The Mind’s Mirror: What fMRI Reveals About Meditation
Real-Time fMRI Links Subjective Experience with Brain Activity During Focused AttentionIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer explores groundbreaking research on real-time fMRI neurofeedback, revealing how brain activity and subjective experie...
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15:31
Habbit Change Anxiety - The Future of Physician Wellness: Mindfulness in Your Pocket
Digital Mindfulness Training for Burnout Reduction in Physicians: Clinician-Driven ApproachIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and Dr. Lia Antico dive into their groundbreaking research on digital mindfulness as a tool for combating physician b...
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31:38
Habit Change Eating - Can Awareness Transform Our Eating Habits? Insights from the PASE Study
Practical Awareness-Based Strategies for Eating (PASE): A Pilot and Feasibility Randomized Trial examines the effectiveness of a mobile mindfulness-based intervention, Eat Right Now (ERN), targeting reward-related eating to promote weight loss....
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Mindfulness and meditation - Real-Time Neurofeedback: A Window Into the Meditating Mind
Effortless Awareness: Using Real-Time Neurofeedback to Investigate Correlates of Posterior Cingulate Cortex Activity in Meditators' Self-Report explores how real-time fMRI neurofeedback can link meditation experience to brain activity. In this ...
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15:36
Habit Change Anxiety - Unwinding Anxiety: The Role of Engagement in Digital Mental Health
Analyzing the Impact of Mobile App Engagement on Mental Health Outcomes: Secondary Analysis of the Unwinding Anxiety ProgramIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and colleagues explore how engagement with specific app features impacts mental ...
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15:01
Habit Change Eating - The Mindful Connection to Obesity and Central Adiposity
Associations of Dispositional Mindfulness with Obesity and Central Adiposity: The New England Family StudyIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and colleagues examine how dispositional mindfulness—the ability to nonjudgmentally attend t...
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9:37
Mindfulness and meditation - Getting Caught Up: How the Brain Processes Self and Craving
What About the "Self" Is Processed in the Posterior Cingulate Cortex? investigates the role of the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) in self-referential processing. This fascinating study by Dr. Jud Brewer, Kathleen Garrison, and Susan Whitfield...
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13:42
Habit Change Anxiety - Personalizing Anxiety Treatment: The Science of Psychological Phenotyping
Cluster-Based Psychological Phenotyping and Differences in Anxiety Treatment OutcomesIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and colleagues explore how machine learning and psychological phenotyping can optimize treatment for anxiety disorders....
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15:38
Habit Change Eating - From Shame to Self-Care: Women’s Transformations Through Mindful Eating
Women’s Experiences with a Mindful Eating Program for Binge and Emotional Eating: A Qualitative Investigation into the Process of ChangeIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and colleagues unpack the transformative power of mindfulness-based ...
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Episode 5
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12:47
Mindfulness and meditation - Breaking the Habit Cycle: How Mindfulness Transforms Attention
"Why Is It So Hard to Pay Attention, or Is It? Mindfulness, the Factors of Awakening and Reward-Based Learning" dives into the intricate connections between mindfulness, attention, and habit formation. Dr. Jud Brewer, alongside co-authors Jake ...
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13:43
Habit Change Anxiety - Better Sleep Through Mindfulness: Tackling Anxiety with Technology
Targeting Anxiety to Improve Sleep Disturbance: A Randomized Clinical Trial of App-Based Mindfulness TrainingIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and colleagues discuss a novel randomized clinical trial examining the impact of the Unwinding ...
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11:26
Habit Change Eating - Mindful Eating Tools: Using Technology to Curb Cravings and Lose Weight
Testing a Mobile Mindful Eating Intervention Targeting Craving-Related Eating: Feasibility and Proof of ConceptIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and colleagues discuss the results of a groundbreaking study testing a smartphone-based mindf...
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Episode 4
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17:33
Mindfulness and meditation - The Neuroscience of Mindfulness: Redefining the Default Mode of the Brain
Meditation Experience Is Associated with Differences in Default Mode Network Activity and Connectivity explores how mindfulness meditation impacts brain function. In this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and his colleagues reveal groundbrea...
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16:05
Habit Change Anxiety - Unwinding Anxiety: Revolutionizing Physician Wellness Through Apps
Physician Anxiety and Burnout: Symptom Correlates and a Prospective Pilot Study of App-Delivered Mindfulness TrainingIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and colleagues delve into the alarming rise of physician burnout and its strong c...
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14:00
Habit Change Eating - Rewiring Cravings: Mindfulness and the Science of Eating Behavior
Awareness Drives Changes in Reward Value Which Predict Eating Behavior Change: Probing Reinforcement Learning Using Experience Sampling from Mobile Mindfulness Training for Maladaptive EatingIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and co...
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Episode 3
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13:46
Habit Change Anxiety - Breaking the Anxiety Habit: A Digital Approach to Mental Health
Clinical Efficacy and Psychological Mechanisms of an App-Based Digital Therapeutic for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Randomized Controlled TrialIn this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer and Alexandra Roy discuss a pioneering randomized controlled...
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14:48