A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits

We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal as having kids at home and fighting the urge to reach for the wine bottle every night, we are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. But in this timely book, Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to anyone.

We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling and social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr. Brewer teaches us to map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can work.

Distilling more than 20 years of research and hands-on work with thousands of patients, including Olympic athletes and coaches, and leaders in government and business, Dr. Brewer has created a clear, solution-oriented program that anyone can use to feel better - no matter how anxious they feel.

Sometimes it feels as if there are as many ways to struggle with food as there are foods to eat. Craving, habit, emotions, boredom, stress, anxiety, or just the simple fact that a box of donuts seems to be omnipresent in the break room (free food!) can lead to feeling out of control around food. While anxiety feels like something that happens to us, the pull of food seems like something we should be able to handle. After all, we have to eat! But it's not that simple. The result of this constant struggle--and then giving in or giving up--is a toxic cocktail of shame and self-judgment that makes it feel like it is impossible to change our behavior.

The Hunger Habit is based on Judson Brewer's deeply researched plan proven to help us understand what is going on in our brains so that we can heal the guilt and frustration we experience around eating. This is not a diet book pretending not to be a diet book. The step-by-step program focuses on training our brains to tap into awareness to change our relationship with food and eating--shifting it from fighting with ourselves to befriending our minds and bodies. There is no willpower, calorie-counting, or restricted eating. Setbacks are a good thing! The key is to learn how to work with our brains rather than resisting our impulses, and to adopt an attitude of self-kindness rather than self-judgment.

Grounded in cutting-edge neuroscience and Brewer's several decades of clinical practice as a psychiatrist, The Hunger Habit is both accessible and compassionate. It will finally help you break out of food jail and reclaim your life.

I found [The Craving Mind] to be one of the best things I've read . . . on addiction.--Ezra Klein, New York Times

Accessible and enjoyable. The Craving Mind brilliantly combines the latest science with universal real-life experiences--from falling in love to spending too much time with our phones.--Arianna Huffington

We are all vulnerable to addiction. Whether it's a compulsion to constantly check social media, binge eating, smoking, excessive drinking, or any other behaviors, we may find ourselves uncontrollably repeating. Why are bad habits so hard to overcome? Is there a key to conquering the cravings we know are unhealthy for us?

This book provides groundbreaking answers to the most important questions about addiction. Judson Brewer, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who has studied the science of addictions for twenty years, reveals how we can tap into the very processes that encourage addictive behaviors in order to step out of them. He describes the mechanisms of habit and addiction formation, then explains how the practice of mindfulness can interrupt these habits. Weaving together patient stories, his own experience with mindfulness practice, and current scientific findings from his own lab and others, Brewer offers a path for moving beyond our cravings, reducing stress, and ultimately living a fuller life.

Un programa de 21 días basado en la neurociencia para mejorar nuestra relación con la comida de la mano de Judson Brewer, psiquiatra de fama mundial especializado en adicciones y autor bestseller.

Come esto y no aquello, cuenta las calorías, haz más ejercicio, esfuérzate... Cuántos de estos mensajes dietéticos nos han hecho sentir culpables por nuestra dificultad a la hora de gestionar nuestra forma de comer? Basado en más de veinte años de investigación clínica y en la amplia experiencia del doctor Judson Brewer, Comer sin hambre es el método más sencillo y eficaz para mejorar nuestra alimentación.

Recurriendo al poder de la curiosidad y la autoconciencia, el acreditado programa de 21 días del doctor Brewer nos ayudará a reparar nuestra relación con la comida, a reiniciar nuestros detonantes alimentarios, a crear nuevos hábitos y a resolver cualquier cuestión personal de autoestima, ansiedad, vergüenza, ira o estrés. También nos enseñará a trabajar con nuestro cerebro en lugar de luchar contra los antojos, y descubriremos cómo aceptar las recaídas y cómo dejar de juzgarnos para adoptar una actitud más amable con nosotros mismos.

Comer sin hambre no es un libro de dietas: si comemos por estrés, si nos damos atracones, si comemos en exceso o si tenemos cualquier otro mal hábito, esta obra nos presenta una nueva manera de relacionarnos con la comida fomentada en la libertad y la ligereza que provienen del bienestar interior. El doctor Brewer nos descubre el antídoto definitivo a las dietas y al sentimiento de culpa hacia la comida.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A program proven to heal our relationship with food and our bodies from New York Times bestselling author of Unwinding Anxiety.

Sometimes it feels as if there are as many ways to struggle with food as there are foods to eat. Craving, habit, emotions, boredom, stress, anxiety, or just the simple fact that a box of donuts seems to be omnipresent in the break room (free food!) can lead to feeling out of control around food. While anxiety feels like something that happens to us, the pull of food seems like something we should be able to handle. After all, we have to eat! But it's not that simple. The result of this constant struggle--and then giving in or giving up--is a toxic cocktail of shame and self-judgment that makes it feel like it is impossible to change our behavior.

The Hunger Habit is based on Judson Brewer's deeply researched plan proven to help us understand what is going on in our brains so that we can heal the guilt and frustration we experience around eating. This is not a diet book pretending not to be a diet book. The step-by-step program focuses on training our brains to tap into awareness to change our relationship with food and eating--shifting it from fighting with ourselves to befriending our minds and bodies. There is no willpower, calorie-counting, or restricted eating. Setbacks are a good thing! The key is to learn how to work with our brains rather than resisting our impulses, and to adopt an attitude of self-kindness rather than self-judgment.

Grounded in cutting-edge neuroscience and Brewer's several decades of clinical practice as a psychiatrist, The Hunger Habit is both accessible and compassionate. It will finally help you break out of food jail and reclaim your life.

Between the relentless uncertainty--political, environmental, societal--in the world and our own personal challenges, many of us are living in a state in which we are overwhelmed by anxiety. When anxious or negative feelings strike, we might find ourselves falling into unhealthy patterns of thought and behavior that we struggle to change--worrying, stress-eating, constantly scrolling on social media, procrastinating, and more. But there is a way out. In this workbook companion to his New York Times bestselling book, Unwinding Anxiety, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Judson Brewer shows how you can uproot anxiety using brain-based techniques that are accessible to anyone.

Filled with powerful exercises and thought-provoking journal prompts, the Unwinding Anxiety Workbook will guide you through a scientifically proven three-step program designed to hack your anxiety and help you access more peace and calm in a constantly changing world.

Estamos atravesando uno de los períodos de más ansiedad que cualquiera de nosotros pueda recordar. Ya sea que enfrentemos problemas tan públicos como una pandemia o tan personales como trabajar y tener los niños en casa, actualmente muchos de nosotros nos sentimos abrumados y fuera de control. Judson Brewer explica cómo erradicar la ansiedad de raíz utilizando técnicas basadas en las últimas investigaciones sobre el cerebro y pequeños trucos al alcance de cualquiera.

Pensamos en la ansiedad como en un todo, desde una leve inquietud hasta el ataque de pánico. Pero la ansiedad es la que impulsa los comportamientos adictivos y los malos hábitos en los que caemos cotidianamente para combatirla (comprar compulsivamente, comer por estrés, procrastinar o sumergirnos en las redes sociales). La ansiedad vive en una parte del cerebro que se resiste al pensamiento racional. El Dr. Brewer nos enseña a conocer nuestro cerebro para descubrir los factores desencadenantes de nuestra ansiedad, a desactivarlos y a entrenar nuestros cerebros utilizando la atención plena y otras técnicas que su laboratorio ha demostrado que funcionan.

Con más de 20 años de investigación y trabajo práctico con miles de pacientes, incluidos atletas y entrenadores olímpicos, y líderes en el gobierno y los negocios, el Dr. Brewer ha creado un programa claro y muy práctico que cualquiera podrá utilizar para sentirse mejor, sin importar lo ansioso que se sienta.

New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits.

We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal as having kids at home and fighting the urge to reach for the wine bottle every night, we are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. But in this timely book, Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to anyone.

We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling and social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr. Brewer teaches us to map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can work.

Distilling more than 20 years of research and hands-on work with thousands of patients, including Olympic athletes and coaches, and leaders in government and business, Dr. Brewer has created a clear, solution-oriented program that anyone can use to feel better - no matter how anxious they feel.