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Dr. Jud Brewer
Jud Brewer, MD, PhD (“Dr. Jud”) is a New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, addiction psychiatrist, and thought leader in the field of habit change. He is the director of research and innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the School of Public Health. He is the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare, a digital health company and a research affiliate at MIT. Dr. Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety. He is the author of “Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind” and “The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love, Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits”.
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Brown University (https://www.brown.edu/)
Director of Research and Innovation, Mindfulness Center; Associate Professor
started Sep 2018 -
Sharecare
Executive Medical Director, Behavioral Health
started Oct 2017
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TODAY Show: How to cultivate wisdom at any age
Dr. Jud Brewer, executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare, tells TODAY the difference between wisdom and knowledge and the best ways to become more wise.
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TODAY Show: Dr. Jud Brewer shares tips for calming an anxious mind
Dr. Jud Brewer, executive medical director of the health and wellness company Sharecare and author of “Unwinding Anxiety,” joins TODAY to share simple ways to calm our minds and relieve feelings of anxiety. He also shares tips for falling asleep.
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New York Times: Diets Make You Feel Bad. Try Training Your Brain Instead.
The new Eat Well Challenge will show you how to reshape your eating habits without dieting.
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"If we spend all of our time worrying, it’s like turning our engine on, putting our car in neutral, slamming on the gas and wondering why we don’t go anywhere."
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"The working memory part of our brain can only hold a few pieces of information at once. Think of it like a computer, where there is a limited amount of RAM. Once that RAM gets filled up, the computer slows down."
