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#39: A Harvard Psychologist on Mindset and Not Following the Rules | Ellen Langer
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Michael speaks with Ellen Langer, the first woman tenured in Harvard’s psychology department and author of The Mindful Body, about how our thoughts and expectations shape aging, health, and performance. They discuss:0:00 Preview0:45 The experiment that changed how we see aging4:29 How beliefs change the body10:52 Placebo, nocebo, and imagined exercise12:16 Mindfulness without meditation17:31 Why certainty makes us mindless24:44 How context changes physical performance33:21 How rules and labels shape health43:15 Why chronic does not mean constant51:14 A better way to make hard decisions Read The Brain Glitch That Makes Modern Life Feel Miserable: https://www.twopct.com/p/w…