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The Craving Mind From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits

Judson Brewer

A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so tenacious and how we can learn to conquer them

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Hidden Brain

The book details the author's research and insights into the nature of cravings, exploring how to overcome them by understanding the underlying mechanisms and developing techniques for mindful awareness.

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In his books, The Craving Mind from Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love, Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits, and The Hunger Habit, Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop, he ask...

— Episode: The Curious Science of Cravings

Episode: The Curious Science of Cravings

The book details the author's research and insights into the nature of cravings, exploring how to overcome them by understanding the underlying mechanisms and developing techniques for mindful awareness.

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In his books, The Craving Mind from Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love, Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits, and The Hunger Habit, Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop, he asks what would happen if we examined the puppeteer standing behind the monster.

He's the author of The Hunger Habit, Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop, and The Craving Mind from Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love, Why We Get Hoped and How We Can Break Bad Habits.

10% Happier with Dan Harris

The speaker mentioned this new book by Dr. Judson Brewer, describing it as really good and offering recommendations for it. The book explained how people get into addictive loops with things like food and technology, and how meditation and mindfulness can help break those loops.

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He has a new book which is called The Craving Mind, which is really good at how they recommend it.

— Episode: Dr. Judson Brewer, Using Mindfulness to...

Episode: Dr. Judson Brewer, Using Mindfulness to Beat Addic...

The speaker mentioned this new book by Dr. Judson Brewer, describing it as really good and offering recommendations for it. The book explained how people get into addictive loops with things like food and technology, and how meditation and mindfulness can help break those loops.

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He has a new book which is called The Craving Mind, which is really good at how they recommend it.

I've got these addictive loops around things like food and technology. For a lot of people, it's love and romance and he really breaks down how we get into these addictive loops and how meditation and mindfulness can help.

I should say that if you read the book and you should you will hear lots of this stuff but let's just direct let's just attack it head on what what made you want to write this book and what do you think it will do for the reader

Episode: Why Your Bad Habits (and Addictions) May Be Gettin...

The book was mentioned as being written by the guest, Dr. Judson Brewer, and the host expressed liking an alternative title he briefly considered for it, "We're All Addicted."

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He's written a book, called The Craving Mind, and Founded Three Apps to Help People With Eating, Moking Sessation and Anxiety.

I have this memory of when you were writing your book The Craving Mind. You briefly played with the title, We're All Addicted.

Episode: Judson Brewer, Unwinding Anxiety

This book, written by the guest, was mentioned as detailing the science behind the addictive behaviors discussed, like emotional eating and stress eating.

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And oh I wrote a book called the craving mind right that details all the science behind this great book and you were on the podcast talking about that as well

Episode: Dr. Judson Brewer, Using Mindfulness to Beat Addic...

The book was described as really good and explained how people get into addictive loops, which meditation and mindfulness could help break.

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He has a new book which is called The Craving Mind, which is really good at how they recommend it.

what I realized reading his book is that I've got these addictive loops around things like food and technology.

if you read the book and you should you will hear lots of this stuff but let's just direct let's just attack it head on what what made you want to write this book and what do you think it will do for the reader

Episode: Judson Brewer, Unwinding Anxiety

Judson Brewer mentioned that this book details all the science behind his approach to addiction and habits.

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And oh I wrote a book called the craving mind right that details all the science behind this great book and you were on the podcast talking about that as well.

Episode: Dr. Judson Brewer, Using Mindfulness to Beat Addic...

The host mentioned this new book by Dr. Judson Brewer was really good and recommended it highly. It detailed how people get into addictive loops, even concerning things like food and technology, and explained how meditation and mindfulness could offer help.

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He has a new book which is called The Craving Mind, which is really good at how they recommend it.

what I realized reading his book is that I've got these addictive loops around things like food and technology.

And then gives us the keys to the jail cell.

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