166. Mother of Mindfulness: A Conversation with Dr. Ellen Langer
Spiritually Hungry
Monica Berg and Michael Berg
4.8 • 617 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
How can mindfulness improve our mind and body wellness? And how do our thoughts impact the body? In this episode of Spiritually Hungry, we speak with Dr. Ellen Langer to learn what four decades of mindfulness research has taught her about the relationship between mental attitude and physical health.
“If we see mind and body as a single unit, then wherever you’re putting the mind, you’re necessarily putting the body, which gives us enormous control over our health.” – Dr. Langer
Further Readings:
The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health, by Ellen J. Langer
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| 0:00.0 | When you have regrets, what you're saying is, gee, the thing I've chosen doesn't work, |
| 0:14.5 | and you mindlessly assume the un-chosen alternative would have been better. |
| 0:18.8 | The un-chosen alternative could have been worse. Could have been equally bad, could have been good. There's no way of knowing. |
| 0:24.6 | And that the un-chosen or chosen alternatives by themselves again are neither good, bad, or indifferent. |
| 0:31.6 | It's the way we frame it. |
| 0:36.6 | International Women's Day is right around the corner. |
| 0:40.3 | We are excited to invite you to a powerful conversation with Monica Berg and inspiring female |
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| 0:50.3 | This is an opportunity for women to come together, celebrate our collective strengths, and support one another on our journeys. |
| 0:58.0 | The panel will discuss vulnerability, living our values, and celebrate the incredible strength of women in our community. |
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| 1:12.6 | Register via the link in the description. |
| 1:14.2 | We hope to see you there. |
| 1:16.9 | Hello and welcome to spiritually hungry. |
| 1:21.4 | Today we are so thrilled to bring Dr. Langer into our conversation. |
| 1:28.0 | Dr. Langer is a Harvard psychologist considered the mother of mindfulness and the best-selling author of many books, |
| 1:33.4 | the most recent The Mindful Body. For over four decades, she has explored the mind-body connection and how our thoughts affect our health. More specifically, how mindfulness can |
| 1:38.8 | improve our mind and body wellness. We're so excited to have this conversation. And I think that |
| 1:43.8 | maybe when we bring |
| 1:45.9 | Dr. Langer on, one of the places we'll start is we talk about mindfulness. That's such a buzzword |
| 1:51.2 | today. And I really want to hear what Dr. Langer says on it because I think it's a bit different |
| 1:56.4 | than what most understand. So let's welcome Dr. Linger. Thank you very much. And that's a wonderful |
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