Using Your Mind to Control Your Physical Health & Longevity

<p>In this episode, my guest is <a href="https://www.ellenlanger.me">Dr. Ellen Langer, Ph.D.</a>, professor of psychology at Harvard University and the world’s leading researcher on the mind-body connection and the power our thinking has on our physical health. She explains how specific ways of framing and asking questions about the world shape our physical health and rate of aging. Dr. Langer also explains how our perception of time and control significantly impact our rate of physical healing, hormones, immune system, and longevity. She describes mindfulness as a way of framing life, not simply a meditation or other practice, and discusses data showing how to use one’s mind to overcome health challenges and achieve remarkable outcomes. Dr. Langer is a luminary and pioneer in researching the relationship between the mind and body with scientific rigor. Her work and our discussion are applicable to women and men of all ages and walks of life.</p>
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<p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p>
<p>00:00:00 Dr. Ellen Langer</p>
<p>00:02:57 Mindfulness</p>
<p>00:06:53 Mindless, Focus; Being Mindful</p>
<p>00:11:03 Sponsors: BetterHelp &amp; Helix Sleep</p>
<p>00:13:41 Meditation</p>
<p>00:14:47 Choices &amp; Longer Life; Mind &amp; Body Unity, Exercise, Nocebo &amp; Placebo Effect</p>
<p>00:25:39 Self, Mind-Body Interconnectedness</p>
<p>00:32:16 Acupuncture; Cancer &amp; Healing, Probabilities, Tool: Tragedy or Inconvenience?</p>
<p>00:42:18 Sponsors: AG1 &amp; Joovv</p>
<p>00:44:46 Brain &amp; Predictions, Control &amp; Mindlessness; Resolutions</p>
<p>00:48:09 “Should” Thoughts, Multitasking, Making Moments Matter, Work-Life Balance</p>
<p>00:56:55 Sleep, Stress, Tool: Perceived Sleep &amp; Performance</p>
<p>01:01:58 Counterclockwise Study</p>
<p>01:06:15 Pioneering a Field, Change, Decisions &amp; Uncertainty</p>
<p>01:16:47 Sponsor: Function</p>
<p>01:18:35 Making Sense of Behavior, Forgiveness, Blame</p>
<p>01:25:35 Technology, Human Drive; Tool: Noticing &amp; Appreciating New Things</p>
<p>01:32:50 Art, Mindfulness, Education, Awards</p>
<p>01:39:30 Labels, Borderline Effect; Identity, “I Am”, Learning &amp; Age</p>
<p>01:49:44 Sponsor: Our Place</p>
<p>01:50:56 Memory Loss, Vision; Chronic Disease, Symptom Variability</p>
<p>02:01:22 Deadlines, Constraints; Scientific Method &amp; Absolutes</p>
<p>02:06:47 Covid Crisis, Vaccines, Uncertainty, Multiple Answers</p>
<p>02:12:06 Age &amp; Decline?, Experience Levels &amp; “Disinhibited”</p>
<p>02:18:18 Justice, Drama; Life-Changing Events &amp; Perspective</p>
<p>02:25:45 Death, Spontaneous Cancer Remission; Will to Live </p>
<p>02:31:59 Mindful Hospital, Stress, Burnout, Tool: Mindful Checklist</p>
<p>02:36:32 Noticing, Choices</p>
<p>02:41:16 Coddling, Fragility, Social Media, Money</p>
<p>02:48:26 Tool: Playfulness</p>
<p>02:52:08 Nostalgia, Mindfulness; Tool: Gamifying Life; Parenthood &amp; Work</p>
<p>02:59:17 Healing &amp; Time Perception, Awareness &amp; Neuroplasticity, Imagine Possibilities</p>
<p>03:07:12 Reviews &amp; Critical Feedback, Others’ Opinions</p>
<p>03:12:00 Enlightenment, Flexibility, Expansiveness; Everyone Song</p>
<p>03:19:47 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify &amp; Apple Follow &amp; Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter</p>
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