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The Mindful Body

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Ellen Langer

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This groundbreaking account explores the power of our thoughts to enhance our health, authored by the "mother of mindfulness" and Harvard's first female tenured psychology professor. Many believe that a medical diagnosis indicates a fixed or deteriorating condition, leading to a mindset that ailments can only worsen. Ellen J. Langer's extensive research over forty years challenges this notion, demonstrating the healing potential of mindfulness—being present and not distracted by past or future concerns. In her work, she reveals how our thoughts and beliefs can significantly influence our well-being. Through engaging experiments in her Harvard lab, Langer illustrates how expectations affect bodily functions, healing, and aging. For instance, she modified eye charts to boost participants' confidence, resulting in improved test scores. In another study, she found that wounds healed faster in environments with accelerated clocks, suggesting that a perception of time passing quickly can enhance healing. Conversely, her research shows that negative health news can deteriorate physical conditions, as demonstrated by the impact of learning about pre-diabetes on actual health outcomes. This paradigm-shifting work empowers individuals by emphasizing that true health understanding begins with our mindset, returning control over our bodies to us.