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Academic Procrastination: A Neuroscientist's Guide

80-95% of students procrastinate.

ADHD vs. Procrastination: What's Actually Happening

Is your procrastination ADHD, or something else?

Anxiety and Addiction: Why They're the Same Brain Mechanism

Anxiety and addiction run on the same habit loop -- and breaking one can break both.

Anxiety Habit Loop: How Worry Becomes Automatic

Anxiety: Why It Won't Go Away and the Science of Finally Breaking Free

Anxiety is a habit your brain learned. Here's the science of how to break it.

The Avoidance Loop: Mapping Your Procrastination

Procrastination isn't laziness — it's an avoidance loop your brain learned.

High-Functioning Anxiety: The Habit Behind the Mask

High-functioning anxiety drives achievement through fear, but it's a habit loop you can rewire.

How to Actually Stop Procrastinating (Without Willpower)

Most procrastination advice fails because it relies on willpower, which doesn't work for anxiety-driven habits.

Perfectionism and Procrastination: The Hidden Loop

Perfectionism doesn't drive you forward — it keeps you stuck.

The Procrastination-Anxiety-Guilt Spiral

Procrastination creates guilt.

Procrastination: The Anxiety Habit You Didn't Know You Had

Procrastination isn't laziness or poor time management.

Why Do I Procrastinate? A Neuroscientist Explains

You're not lazy. Your brain learned that avoiding feels better than starting.

The Anxiety-Eating-Shame Cycle: How to Break Free When Food Becomes Your Coping Mechanism

A comprehensive guide to understanding and breaking the anxiety-eating-shame cycle using Dr. Jud Brewer's neuroscience-based approach.

Why Anxiety Medication Doesn't Work for Everyone (And What Your Brain Needs Instead)

A psychiatrist explains why anxiety medication has a success rate of only 1 in 5 — and what the brain actually needs to break the anxiety cycle.

Anxiety Is Ruining My Life: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Breaking Free

A neuroscientist who has personally struggled with anxiety explains why it feels inescapable — and the first step to unwinding the pattern.

Curiosity: The Superpower That Breaks Any Habit Loop

A neuroscientist explains why curiosity is the single most powerful tool for breaking habits — backed by clinical trials across anxiety, smoking, and eating.

Everyday Addictions: Why You Can't Stop (And How Your Brain Can Learn To)

A comprehensive guide to understanding and breaking bad habits and everyday addictions using Dr. Jud Brewer's reward-based learning framework.

How to Break a Bad Habit (According to Neuroscience, Not Willpower)

The neuroscientist behind one of the most-watched TED talks on habits explains why willpower fails — and the Three Gears framework that works.

How to Break a Doom Scrolling Habit (The Neuroscience Behind the Urge)

An addiction psychiatrist explains why you can't stop scrolling — and the neuroscience-based approach that actually breaks the loop.

Why You Can't Stop Procrastinating: The Anxiety-Avoidance Loop

An addiction psychiatrist explains why procrastination is actually an anxiety habit loop — and why productivity hacks miss the real problem.

The RAIN Method: A Step-by-Step Guide to Breaking Habit Loops

A psychiatrist's step-by-step guide to RAIN — the practice that helps you ride out anxiety, cravings, and habit loops without fighting them.

Why Diets Always Fail: They Don't Address the Real Problem

A neuroscientist explains why every diet you've tried has failed — and why the problem was never the food.

Why Do I Eat When I'm Anxious? (The Brain Science of Emotional Eating)

An addiction psychiatrist explains why anxiety drives you to eat — and why understanding the brain science is the first step to breaking free.

A Simple Way To Break Bad Habits

How To Practice Good Sleep Hygiene

What Is the Habit Loop?

Good vs. Bad Habits

Habitual Smoking: How To Start Quitting Today

Tips for Improving Your Nightly Sleep Quality

The Power of Kindness

The Wall Street Journal: New Strategies for Calming Your Pandemic Anxiety

Dr. Jud on NPR: Why Willing Yourself To Be Less Anxious Doesn't Work — And What Actually Helps Instead

Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere

Why fear is infectious & A Brain Hack to Break the Coronavirus Anxiety Cycle (or any worry habit)

Coronavirus Anxiety Free Resources & Discounted Programs

App-based mindfulness training drops anxiety by 57% (and burnout) in physicians

Hacking Your Brain's "Reward System" to Change Habits

Dr. Jud on the TODAY show: "Overcome anxiety in 2020"

Curiosity: Our superpower for everything from breaking bad habits to overcoming anxiety

See Anderson Cooper Unwind Anxiety With Dr. Jud

Anderson Cooper visited Dr. Jud's lab to see his research first hand for a segment on 60 Minutes.

Habit Loops & Everyday Addictions

Habits are our brain's way to conserve energy and keep us alive. But addictions are just runaway habits, and science shows us how to overcome them.

Can Yoga Serve As An Effective Complementary Therapy For Quitting Smoking?

How Can Family Members Play A Part In The Smoking Cessation Process?

Smoking Cessation Dos And Don’ts For Effective Quitting

Our Brains Are Out of Date!

Proven Smoking Cessation Strategies That Work

To Quit® smoking cessation app study is first to identify the neural mechanisms of a digital therapeutic mindfulness intervention for smoking cessation at the individual level

DrJud Apps Win the 2019 Health Value Award

Our Two Brains and Decision-making

TEDx: You're Already Awesome. Just Get Out of Your Own Way.

Habit Change Strategies Reviewed (2019)

Read "The Craving Mind" by Dr. Jud

Read Dr. Jud's book on the roots of habits and addictions called "The Craving Mind".

A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit

Dr. Jud's TED Talk on breaking bad habits has been viewed over 38 million times. A straightforward, science-backed approach that turns traditional advice upside down.