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Exploring the Essential Features of “Judson Brewer – Breaking the Hunger Habit: Clinical Tools for Transforming Emotional, Dysfunctional and Mindless Eating”
Speaker: Judson Brewer, MD, PhD
Duration: 3 Hours 03 Minutes
Format: Audio and Video
Copyright: Feb 09, 2024
Media Type: Digital Seminar
Description
We often perceive anxiety and other mental health issues as things happening to us, while we view difficulties with food as a reflection of our own judgment and failure. This sense of self-blame is exacerbated by an industry that creates highly processed foods designed to be addictive rather than nutritious. These foods are engineered to hit a “bliss point” of salt, sugar, and fat, triggering strong cravings.
Furthermore, our relationship with hunger can be distorted by various factors, including emotional eating. Diets and restrictions can lead to a disconnect between our physical hunger and emotional cravings, leading to a constant urge to eat. Dr. Brewer, in his book “The Hunger Habit,” draws on two decades of habit change research to guide readers in breaking unhelpful eating habits and developing healthier ones. This process involves recognizing eating habit patterns, cultivating awareness to interrupt them, and leveraging the power of our brains for positive change. The approach emphasizes working with our brains, being kind to ourselves, and avoiding willpower, calorie counting, or strict diets.
Speaker
Jud Brewer, MD, PhD (“Dr. Jud”) is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery,” who blends over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training and a career in scientific research. He is passionate about understanding how our brains work, and how to use that knowledge to help people make deep, permanent change in their lives – with the goal of reducing suffering in the world at large.
Dr. Brewer is the director of research and innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor at the Schools of Public Health and Medicine at Brown University. Additionally, he is the chief medical officer at Sharecare, a digital health company, and a research affiliate at MIT.
As a psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for treating addictions, Dr. Brewer has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for anxiety, emotional eating, and smoking. Based on the success of these programs in the lab, he co-founded MindSciences, Inc. – acquired by Sharecare in 2020 – to create app-based digital therapeutic versions of these programs for a wider audience, working with individuals, corporations, and health systems to put effective, evidence-based behavior change guidance in the hands of people struggling with unwanted behaviors and “everyday addictions.”
Dr. Brewer has published numerous peer-reviewed studies, trained U.S. Olympic athletes and coaches, foreign government ministers and corporate leaders. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association, among others.
He is the author of The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love, Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017) and Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind (Avery/Penguin Random House, 2021).
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Judson Brewer has an employment relationship with Brown University and is a consultant with Sharecare. He receives funding from Tiny Blue Dot Foundation, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, and the NIH. Dr. Brewer receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Judson Brewer serves as an associate editor for Frontiers in Psychology and is a reviewer for several publications, for a complete list contact PESI, Inc.
Objectives
- Examine processes involved in the development and continuity of diverse eating habits.
- Describe the neural mechanisms of reinforcement learning within the human brain.
- Apply mindfulness techniques in transforming established eating behavior patterns.
Outline
Introduction
- Welcome and setting the workshop’s objectives.
- Briefly introduce the issues related to eating habits and the challenges they pose.
- Discuss the connection between mental health and eating habits.
Module 1: Understanding the Complexity of Eating Habits
- Explain the perception of anxiety or mental health issues as opposed to eating habits.
- Highlight the self-judgment associated with difficulties related to food.
- Explore the industry’s influence on our eating habits.
- Discuss the concept of the “bliss point” and how it affects our brain’s response to food.
Module 2: The Crossroads of Hunger and Emotions
- Examine the fluid and adaptable nature of hunger.
- Discuss the effects of prolonged dieting and restriction on the brain’s ability to recognize true physical hunger.
- Explain the concept of hedonic hunger and its connection to emotional eating.
- Explore how our brain’s wiring is influenced by these behaviors.
Module 3: The Hunger Habit Approach
- Discuss the three key components of the approach: identifying habits, interrupting them through awareness, and leveraging the brain’s power.
- Emphasize that this approach does not rely on willpower, calorie-counting, or restrictions.
Module 4: The Science of Eating Well
- Delve into the science behind how our brains can become miswired in relation to eating habits.
- Explore practical tools for building a healthy relationship with eating.
- Outline the three parts of the challenge: mapping habitual eating patterns, changing reward values, and finding more rewarding behaviors.
Module 5: Application for Clinicians
- Share clinical experiences and current research.
- Teach clinicians key concepts for leveraging the brain’s strength in habit change.
- Engage in experiential practice to guide clinicians in applying these concepts in individual and group treatment settings.
Conclusion and Q&A
- Risks and limitations
- Summarize the workshop’s main points and takeaways.
- Invite questions and discussions from the participants.
- Provide additional resources and reading materials for further exploration.
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Art Therapists
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Addiction Counselors
- Other Mental Health Professionals
- Nurse Practitioners
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Physician Assistants
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