Judson Brewer MD PhD is a psychiatrist and internationally known thought leader in the field of habit change and addictions, combining nearly 20 years experience of mindfulness training with his scientific research. He is the; Director of Research at the Center for Mindfulness, associate professor in Medicine and Psychiatry at UMass Medical School, adjunct faculty at Yale University and a research affiliate at MIT. He has been featured in Time, Forbes, BBC and Businessweek among many others. His latest book “The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love —Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits,” explores how habits form, why they’re so hard to overcome and the research that gives us hope they can be changed.