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Emotional Eating and Changing Your Relationship with Food with Dr. Jud Brewer

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Mar 4, 2024
Exploring emotional eating habits with Dr. Jud Brewer, discussing flawed diet approaches, neuroscience behind hunger cues, craving nature, and creating better offers for our brains. Insightful discussions on habit change through mindfulness, navigating food relationships, advocating for mindful eating, and prioritizing future self-care for behavioral freedom.
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ANECDOTE

Smoking Cessation and Habits

  • Dr. Jud Brewer's smoking cessation program had a surprising finding.
  • Participants applied mindfulness techniques to change other habits like eating.
INSIGHT

Information vs. Behavior Change

  • Information alone doesn't change behavior, experience is key.
  • Diets often focus on information and willpower, leading to guilt and shame.
INSIGHT

Neuroscience of Behavior Change

  • Behavior change relies on awareness, not willpower, according to neuroscience.
  • The Rescorla-Wagner model explains how reward values are learned and updated.
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