Judson Brewer: A simple way to break a bad habit
Judson Brewer: Una manera simple de dejar un mal hábito
Psychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer researches mindfulness techniques that effectively help quell cravings of all kinds. Full bio
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poner atención a la respiración,
pay attention to my breath,
traerla de vuelta.
to bring it back.
estos retiros de silencio,
in the middle of winter.
because it was really hard work.
porque era un trabajo muy duro.
really important.
tratando de prestar atención a algo,
trying to pay attention to something --
empieza a soñar despierto.
will drift off into a daydream,
de revisar Twitter.
to check our Twitter feed.
of the most evolutionarily-conserved
uno de los procesos de aprendizaje
que ahora conocemos científicamente
currently known in science,
nervous systems known to man.
básicos conocidos.
basado en la recompensa
and negative reinforcement,
"¡Calorías!.. ¡Sobrevivir!"
a nuestro cerebro:
to our brain that says,
y de dónde lo encontraste".
and where you found it."
dependiente del contexto
el proceso la próxima vez.
cerebros creativos dicen
our creative brains say,
para recordar dónde está la comida.
than just remembering where food is.
que te sientas mal,
para que te sientas mejor?"
something good so you'll feel better?"
cerebros por la buena idea,
cuando estamos enojados o tristes,
when we're mad or sad,
procedente de nuestro estómago,
coming from our stomach,
fumar y que pensamos,
outside smoking and we think,
and that was no accident.
un idiota y no fue accidental.
la necesidad de fumar
that urge to smoke a cigarette
mismos con estos hábitos.
with these habits.
entre las principales causas
of morbidity and mortality in the world.
mortalidad en el mundo.
contra nuestro cerebro,
to pay attention,
natural basado en la recompensa
reward-based learning process ...
nuestra experiencia momentánea?
in our momentary experience?
could help people quit smoking.
a las personas a dejar de fumar.
a poner atención a la respiración,
to pay attention to my breath,
a dejar de fumar.
themselves to quit smoking.
antes y ha fallado,
had tried this before and failed --
nos centramos en ser curiosos.
and instead focused on being curious.
dijimos que fumaran.
lo que se siente cuando lo hacen".
about what it's like when you do."
una de nuestros fumadores.
from one of our smokers.
that smoking was bad for her,
fumar era malo para ella,
curiously aware when she smoked
curiosamente consciente al fumar
que fumar era malo para ella
that smoking was bad for her
con su comportamiento.
disenchanted with her behavior.
cerebro desde una perspectiva evolutiva,
from an evolutionary perspective,
que no debemos fumar.
that we shouldn't smoke.
a cambiar nuestro comportamiento,
to help us change our behavior,
esa segunda, tercera, cuarta galleta.
that third, that fourth cookie.
to control our behavior.
controlar nuestro comportamiento.
parte de nuestro cerebro
when we get stressed out,
con nuestra propia experiencia.
in our own experience.
like yell at our spouse or kids
gritarle a nuestro cónyuge o hijos
it's not going to be helpful.
que no va a ser útil.
prefrontal se desconecta,
nuestros viejos hábitos,
es tan importante.
is so important.
de nuestros hábitos
at a deeper level --
a un nivel más profundo
ourselves to hold back
obligarnos a detenernos
en hacerlo en primer lugar.
in doing it in the first place.
al seguir nuestros comportamientos,
when we get caught up in our behaviors,
naturally letting go.
dejarlo ir naturalmente.
magically we quit smoking.
arte de magia dejarán de fumar,
aprendemos a ver más y más claramente
to see more and more clearly
hábitos y formamos nuevos.
solo de estar realmente interesado
about being really interested
in our bodies and minds
en nuestro cuerpo y mente
hacia nuestra experiencia
to turn toward our experience
cravings go away as quickly as possible.
hábitos desagradables rápidamente.
to turn toward our experience
hacia nuestra experiencia
son simplemente sensaciones corporales
are simply made up of body sensations --
corporales van y vienen.
sensations come and go.
de momento a momento
enorme y escalofriante deseo
by this huge, scary craving
cuando somos curiosos,
hábitos reactivos basados en el miedo,
fear-based, reactive habit patterns,
ese científico interior
el siguiente punto de los datos.
that next data point.
too simplistic to affect behavior.
como para afectar el comportamiento.
el entrenamiento mental
we found that mindfulness training
at helping people quit smoking.
el tratamiento estándar
a dejar de fumar.
the brains of experienced meditators,
meditadores experimentados,
of self-referential processing
neural de procesamiento autoreferencial
es que una región de esta red,
is that a region of this network,
por antojo propiamente
by craving itself
when we get sucked in,
cuando lo dejamos pasar,
sobre lo que está pasando,
of what's happening --
cerebro se calma.
mindfulness training programs
basadas en la atención plena en línea
mecanismos básicos
tecnología que nos distrae
that's driving us to distraction
patrones de hábitos poco saludables
of our unhealthy habit patterns
y otras conductas adictivas.
and other addictive behaviors.
about context-dependent memory?
dependiente del contexto?
a las manos de la gente
to peoples' fingertips
inherente de ser curiosos
to be curiously aware
o comer o lo que sea.
or stress eat or whatever arises.
comes por el estrés,
to check your email when you're bored,
aburrido y quieras ver el email
yourself from work,
a ese mensaje de texto al conducir,
to that text message when you're driving,
esa capacidad natural,
this natural capacity,
tu cuerpo y mente en ese momento.
and mind in that moment.
nuestro hábito sin fin...
and exhaustive habit loops ...
compulsively text back,
texto y responder compulsivamente
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Judson Brewer - Mindful addiction doctorPsychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer researches mindfulness techniques that effectively help quell cravings of all kinds.
Why you should listen
Psychiatrist Judson Brewer is a thought leader in the "science of self mastery," having combined nearly 20 years of experience with mindfulness and scientific research therein. An expert in mindfulness training for addictions, Judson has developed novel treatments to help individuals with substance abuse and eating disorders. He has also studied the neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and realtime fMRI, and is translating these findings into clinical use.
In 2012, Judson founded Claritas MindSciences to combine mindfulness and neurofeedback techniques for a variety of conditions; the latest apps are Craving to Quit and Eat Right Now. Judson is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, where he is Director of Research at the Center for Mindfulness.
In 2017, Brewer published a book, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits, that unpacks the topic of his TED Talk.
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