Dave and Luke sit down with neuroscientist Dr. Judson Brewer to explore why willpower fails, how habit loops actually form in the brain, and why awareness rather than effort is what unwinds anxiety and unhelpful patterns.
Show Notes & Chapters
Most of us were taught that change is about willpower. Try harder. Push through. White-knuckle your way past the urge until it goes away. Dr. Judson Brewer, a neuroscientist and addiction psychiatrist, has spent two decades showing that this approach quietly fails for a specific neuroscientific reason.
Dave and Luke sit down with Dr. Brewer to explore how habits actually form, why anxiety operates as its own habit loop, and the awareness-based approach that helps the brain learn its way out instead of force its way out.