The Craving Mind

Excellent content, narrator hindered my enjoyment

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

No. I feel the narrator did not capture the proper tone of the author. I would recommend the written book instead. The narrator was too unnatural in his tone and delivery.

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Hard to listen to

This would have been better if the author had read it himself! Good content hard to listen to.

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Narrarator ruins the book.

What would have made The Craving Mind better?

Bummed out that I used a credit, I can't listen to this man's monotone speaking. It's weird.

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Hear the reason why mindfulness works

Would you listen to The Craving Mind again? Why?

Yes its an interesting listen and I don't think anyone can get all the points it brings up with just one time through

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Everyone needs to read this book!

We all have vices. Chances are most of us weren’t taught great coping skills. This book has helped me tremendously understand my addiction better and how I need to approach treating it differently. Even if you don’t have an addiction, mindfulness is so important for helping you cope with stress or anxiety or boredom or really any emotion.

The most impactful part of the book for me was when he said to the smoker “What do you do when you crave a cigarette on a plane and can’t have one” and the smoker said he just has to get through it and the craving passes. Such a common sense answer but powerful as we can do that every time we have a craving.

Rarely do you hear about mindfulness from doctors or experts on TV who talk about addiction. It’s always medication or therapy. While these methods can be useful, those of us who’ve had addiction know they aren’t curative and sometimes create added problems or are expensive. Mindfulness is free! Just loved this book so much. Many aha moments!

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Uncanny valley narration

I am pretty certain this was read by a robot. Don't know if it's a good book or not because I can't get past the unsettling voice.

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Wonderful Book

I really enjoyed this book and how Judson lays out the current scientific understanding of Mindfulness. It is fascinating to see how science and what was once the esoteric realm are steadily merging as we gain deeper understanding of who and what we are and what potential may lie just beneath the surface.

I highly recommend this book!

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Interesting findings. Could be more short and straightforward

Honestly I like the theories and finding in the book. But I just wish he could have added less of his personal B.S in the book. I really don’t care where he went to school and how good student he was/ hi being competitive mind or his breakup story. It’s even kinda to a degree of annoying to use those boring examples. He really could just use his clients or more obvious cases to elaborate his theories

lots of form low on substance - selling something?

very dissatisfied that the potentially valuable mindfulness messages were undermined and diluted by the author's hubris, hawking his apps. . . and bragging about his Lab at Yale

Understanding is Half the Battle

Brewer's thoroughly researched and thoughtfully presented ideas, on how and why we get caught in craving loops, will help just about anyone suffering from the ill-effects of a mind that craves, or, knows someone who is.