Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais Dr. Judson Brewer on Habits, Mindfulness, Addiction
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Mar 1, 2017 AI Snips
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Awareness Foundation for Habits
- Awareness is the foundation for both learning good habits and letting go of unhelpful ones.
- Many habits involve self-related thoughts like doubt, fear, and worry that affect performance.
Default Mode Network and Worry
- The brain’s default mode network activates during self-referential thinking like worry and craving.
- Humans spend about 47% of waking life caught in thoughts about the past or future.
Use Curiosity to Face Fear
- Use curiosity to approach and explore uncomfortable sensations like fear rather than fleeing.
- Curiosity helps shift contraction responses into more expansive, open states for learning.