The first of the year often brings with it our resolution to change a habit that is not supportive of how we want to live our life. These habits vary with everyone: eating, exercising, social media, anxiety, smoking, gambling, worry, shopping, drinking, day-dreaming.

Whatever habit loop we decide to address, we gird our loins and take up our shield of will power and march forward. However, research tells us that will power is depleting and headed for inevitable failure.

What we’d like to examine is bringing compassionate curiosity to these habit loops as a path to unwinding them. Research tells us that compassionate curiosity is energizing rather than depleting. In this Mindful Meet Up, we’ll consider the teachings and research of Dr. Jud Brewer, a psychiatrist and mindfulness teacher at Harvard Medical School.

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