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Curiosity Is a Superpower: Here's How to Use It to Combat Anxiety & Addiction

By Jason Wachob — 2020

Addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist Jud Brewer, M.D., Ph.D., has spent over 15 years studying why we make bad habits—and what makes them so difficult to break. Through clinical trials and research galore (in addition to working as the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center), Brewer believes there is one thing that can help relieve our harmful habits: our curiosity.

Read on www.mindbodygreen.com

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If Self-Discipline Feels Difficult, Then You’re Doing It Wrong

Many equate self-discipline with living a good, moral life, which ends up creating a lot of shame when we fail. There’s a better way to build lasting, solid self-discipline in your life.

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Do We Need Anxiety?

For many of my patients, and even myself, the recognition that anxiety can be its own toxic comfort has been a lightbulb moment. It can be unsettling to examine our thoughts and our behaviors closely.

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How Anxiety Hides in Your Habits

In his new book, Judson Brewer shows how anxiety exists inside the habits that make up our everyday lives, and habits are sticky.

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Stephen R. Covey Revisits the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

In this interview, Covey reviews and emphasizes many of the points made in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

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5 Tips for Boosting Your Willpower

Good habits are foundational for happiness—but to create them, you need willpower.

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The Power of Habit: Setting Up "Triggers" to Sustain Habits

I've spent my entire career helping high performers set up better strategies and habits to keep them energized, engaged and achieving their best. And the biggest secret I've learned in almost 20 years in this field is what I call "trigger moments."

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5 Tips to Make Healthy Habits Stick

Happiness expert Gretchen Rubin counts on these "fundamental habits" to help promote bigger changes.

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Want to Change an Important Habit?

Habits are like the invisible architecture of daily life—research suggests that about 40 percent of our existence is shaped by our habits.

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5 Steps to Better Self-Control

These strategies make it easier to stick to your good habits.

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Curiosity