How to think yourself YOUNGER: Ellen Langer, Ph.D. | mbg Podcast

Today’s featured guest is Ellen Langer, Ph.D., an award-winning Harvard psychologist known as the "mother of mindfulness."

“People think about living each day as if it's their last. One could also live each day as if it's their first," she says. In this episode, Ellen and Jason discuss how to tap into your mindset for optimal health, plus:

0:00 Ellen’s background & professional work
3:07 Ellen’s famous counterclockwise study
9:13 How mindset affects the aging process
10:40 Ellen’s chambermaid study on mindset & weight loss
12:59 Ellen’s studies on mindset & fatigue
17:53 Ellen’s mind-body study on blood sugar
23:14 How to optimize your mind-body connection
24:16 Why 1 + 1 doesn’t always equal 2
28:18 How to manage anxiety from uncertainty
33:58 How to learn to be more mindful
35:34 How to make mindful decisions
43:39 How to create positive contagion
45:56 How to use mindfulness in a doctor-patient setting
54:44 How to balance presence & planning for the future
59:16 What Ellen has changed in her life since studying mindfulness
1:04:38 The science of spontaneous remissions
1:07:05 Why mindfulness is not a practice
1:14:43 How to keep childlike wonder alive

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