The Neuroscience of Reducing Chronic Pain and Everyday Addictions | Eric Garland

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Plus: How to "turn down the volume" on suffering, how to reframe your problems, and the clinical evidence for "stopping and smelling the roses."

Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW is Endowed Professor in Health Sciences at the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Center for Addiction Science and Treatment at University of California San Diego (UCSD), and Director of UCSD ONEMIND (Optimized Neuroscience-Enhanced Mindfulness Intervention Design). Dr. Garland researches treatments for addiction and chronic pain, and is the developer of an innovative, mind-body therapy founded on insights derived from cognitive, affective, and neurobiological science, called Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE).

In this episode we talk about:

  • The three parts of his MORE protocol
  • Simple practices for dealing with everyday addictions
  • Mindfulness techniques for dealing with pain
  • What pain actually is
  • How to reframe negative thought patterns
  • Practical tools for regaining a sense of joy in your life
  • And much more

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