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#39: A Harvard Psychologist on Mindset and Not Following the Rules | Ellen Langer
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:
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0:45 The experiment that changed how we see aging
4:29 How beliefs change the body
10:52 Placebo, nocebo, and imagined exercise
12:16 Mindfulness without meditation
17:31 Why certainty makes us mindless
24:44 How context changes physical performance
33:21 How rules and labels shape health
43:15 Why chronic does not mean constant
51:14 A better way to make hard…
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