Mindful Eating: Mindfulness-Based Habit Change
Cultivate greater present-moment awareness in everyday life through the lens of mindful eating. This class invites you to slow down, tune in, and rediscover the joy of nourishing yourself. You will learn tools and techniques for fading unwanted eating habits and cultivating healthier ones. We’ll also touch on other types of consumption such as social media feeds and news feeds. You’ll also have free access to the powerful Eat Right Now app for 60 days, as an optional resource to help deepen your learning.
Experience the pleasure of savoring and eating without distraction.
Learn to meet cravings with curiosity instead of judgment.
Feel empowered to make choices that align with your values — not just your impulses.
Nourish yourself with lasting inner rewards.
Led by seasoned mindfulness teachers Robert Lurye and Elliott Law, this 6-week series blends ancient wisdom with cutting-edge neuroscience to help you unhook from patterns that no longer serve you and build a more compassionate relationship with food, cravings, and yourself.
*Continuing Education Units (CEs) are offered for this course. For more information, see below.
Mindful Eating
Dive into learning mindfulness techniques and mindful eating tools – including breath and body awareness, self-compassion, heightened awareness of taste, slowing down a bit and taking pauses when eating – that can help transform your relationship to food. Unwanted behaviors begin to shift through repeated clear awareness of their downsides, so they slowly become less rewarding. You will learn how to tune into the body’s natural signals of hunger and fullness and discern between physical hunger and emotional eating.
Additionally, you’ll learn about the science behind habit formation and how habit loops work, and how understanding this helps you rewire the brain to fade unwanted habits and build sustainable healthy ones.
Mindfulness-Based Habit Change
Based on the groundbreaking work of neuroscientist and addiction psychiatrist Dr. Judson Brewer, Mindfulness-Based Habit Change (MBHC) is an evidence-based program that blends the ancient wisdom of Buddhist psychology with the latest science on habit change. Clinical research has shown this approach to be effective for those seeking to break free from anxiety and the negative habits that can follow when we seek relief in unskillful ways.
Learn more by listening to Dr. Jud Brewer’s TED talk, or by reading this article from the New York Times.
Location & Schedule
This is an online course. Join us live on Zoom from wherever you feel most at ease. Classes meet Wednesdays from 6:00 – 7:30 pm PT on:
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12
Who is this 6-week course for?
This course is for anyone who wants to change their relationship with food and cravings. The course content and mindfulness practices are suitable for those who are brand new to mindfulness, as well as those who currently have a personal practice.
CEs are available. For more information, see below.
What’s included in this course?
Join a supportive group of fellow explorers as we share insights, challenges, and breakthroughs. Sessions include a mix of guided meditation, mindful movement, experiential exercises, live discussion, and real-time coaching.
In six engaging 90-minute classes, you’ll learn how to:
- Discover how habits are formed and perpetuated with regard to adverse eating behaviors
- Identify emotion-driven habitual behaviors
- Understand how mindfulness affects brain processes
- See how mindfulness can help change addictive habit patterns and create space for choice
- Relate to difficult emotions with more presence and acceptance
- Choose healthy, rewarding actions – without resorting to force or willpower
- Integrate experiential learning techniques to increase freedom of choice
- Recognize and cultivate skillful, wholesome mind-states and habits
- Integrate core mindfulness exercises into daily life
- Cultivate self-compassion and body awareness
Clinical trials show this approach can reduce craving-related eating by up to 40%.
Ready to change your relationship with food — and yourself? Sign up today and take the first bite toward freedom.
This class series offers CEs. For more information, see below.
Recommended reading by Judson Brewer (not included):
- The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We’re Not Hungry and How to Stop
- The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind
Testimonials:
“I would recommend this course to anyone looking to work with habits and even those who are not. It’s just a good class.”
“This course helped me change my relationship to anxiety and helped me see numerous habit loops I wasn’t aware of and to be kind to myself while changing my behavior. It was a great follow-up to MBSR.”
“Robert was professional, courteous and very respectful and empathetic to the needs of all participants. Would definitely be interested in future classes he offers. I would recommend this program to anyone. The tools I have learned can be applied to someone who is looking to improve their quality of life. I learned so much and I am very grateful that I was able to sign up.”
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Continuing Education Units:
This course offers 9 CE credits. California licensed MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs: Continuing Education Credit for this program is provided by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. 9 CE credit may be applied to your license renewal through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. For those licensed outside California, please check with your local licensing board to determine if CE credit is accepted.
Psychologists: Continuing Education Credit for this program is provided by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Nurses: UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16351, for 10.75 contact hours.
