Use Your Mind to Heal Your Body With the #1 Harvard Psychologist

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

What if everything you’ve been told about health, stress, and aging is wrong? Today, the legendary Dr. Ellen Langer – pioneering Harvard psychologist and global mindfulness legend, renowned for her 50+ years of groundbreaking research – joins Mel for the conversation of a lifetime. She says you can use your mind to heal your body, and she has 50 years of headline-making science to back it up. You’ll hear about people healing faster when the clock on the wall sped up. Elderly men getting stronger and younger by pretending they traveled back in time. Hotel housekeepers losing weight simply by being told their work counted as exercise. And that’s just scratching the surface. Dr. Langer’s research shows that your beliefs and attention can boost your health, and today, she’s sharing exactly how you can apply this science into your daily life. You’re going to learn how to use your mind to heal your body and give yourself the gift of a healthier, happier life – from the inside out. You’ll also learn: -The mindset shifts that can boost immunity, ease pain, and speed up recovery -The famed research studies that will stop you in your tracks and make you rethink your health -How to reframe regret and stop getting stuck focusing on the past -What to do next time you or a loved one is facing a chronic illness or scary diagnosis Dr. Langer says it’s clear: You are more powerful than you think. Your beliefs shape your biology. This episode shows you how. For more resources, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked the episode, check out this one next: #1 Neurosurgeon: How to Manifest Anything You Want & Unlock the Unlimited Power of Your Mind. Click here to get tickets to Mel's live tour, Let Them Tour 2026. Connect with Mel: Get Mel’s #1 bestselling book, The Let Them Theory Watch the episodes on YouTube Follow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram Mel's TikTok Sign up for Mel’s personal letter Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes ad-free Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:08.7	I'm going to say something that might sound too good to be true, but I want you to stick with me.
0:14.0	What if the way that you think could change your physical health and improve how you feel,
0:22.1	how you deal with stress.
0:27.7	What if a simple shift in your mindset would boost your energy, enhanced recovery,
0:33.2	charge your immune system, make you heal faster, even slow down the aging process?
0:40.5	Well, Dr. Ellen Langer is here, and holy cow, she says, you better believe it can. She's the pioneering Harvard professor who says after 50 years of research, it is very clear, your body
0:48.4	follows what your mind believes. And look, feel free to bring all the skepticism you want.
0:53.4	Dr. Langer is unshakable.
0:55.3	She's going to convince you that this is true because she has the science.
0:59.8	Your mind isn't just along for the ride, it's driving the car.
1:02.9	And look, this research, this isn't just sitting around in some journal collecting dust.
1:08.2	It's having a profound effect on people around the world just like you.
1:12.4	You are so much more powerful than you know. And today, Dr. Langer is going to teach you how to
1:18.2	use your mind to heal your body and give yourself the gift of a happier, healthy life from the
1:24.0	inside of.
1:40.2	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. It's always such an honor to be together and to spend this time with you. And if you're a new listener or you're here
1:43.7	because somebody shared this episode with you, I just want to take a sec and personally welcome you to the
1:48.3	Mel Robbins podcast family. Today, you're going to learn how to use your mind to heal your body
1:53.0	based on 50 years of groundbreaking research done by a legendary professor at Harvard. Dr. Ellen Langer
2:00.3	is one of the most respected psychology professors
2:03.3	in the world. She earned her Ph.D. from Yale, and she was the first female professor ever
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