The author has a teeth grinding problem. He asked Wendy Wood for advice about how to get rid of it. She pointed him to an article written in 1981 by Michael Rosenbaum and someone named Teodoro Aylon. The idea is that if you understand teeth grinding as a habit, only have partial awareness of other habits like biting your nails.
How can you break a bad habit if you’re not aware that you’re doing it? Does Barack Obama grind his teeth? And is Angela’s dentist a crook?